Last tribute to my partner….
This is a sad day… my partner had just past away.. actually yesterday afternoon at +/-2pm, leaving behind 2 sons (5yrs old & 7 months) and his beloved wife. Apparently he complained a chest pain, and consulted a GP, which had instructed him to go to the hospital straight… but he went home instead, perhaps to pack his stuffs or whatsoever… but he couldn’t make it. He was overcame by the pain that he just collapsed and past away… rite infront of his wife.
According to his father, prior before he died, he managed to make a last call back home to remind his dad that if anything were to happen to him, he would want to be buried back at his hometown, Batu Pahat.
The moment i received a phone call telling me that he might be dead. I was dead stoned man.. stoned and pale as my gf told me. I fumbled to search for his phone number…. called and only to be answered by a sobbering sound of his crying wife. I was devestated… crest fallen. I really didn’t know what to say to his wife. I put down the phone… spread the news to the rest of my colleagues… even to those on assignment at outstation. They were all devestated… as the gentleman of MIS had left us.
Straight i left LowYatt plaza in a hurry… desperately calling his friends on his whereabout. I just gotta see him.. for the final time… and of course.. his family. And fuck.. of all the time, my phone battery went flat.. but thank goodness, my gf lend me her phone. Managed to reach Hospital Kuala Lumpur at late evening.. saw his whole family there at the Forensic Dept… they were determining the cause of this death. Apparently it was due to heart attack.
I did saw him for the final time before they wrap him up in the traditional malay burial custom. He was pale… eyes closed.. as if he was sleeping. His wife was crying over his body.. holding his favourite pillow. His eldest son didn’t want to see his dad for the final time… and his youngest son probably doesn’t know a clue on what had happened to his dad. I didn’t had the heart to take anymore of this.. so i walked out to the hall way.
Seriously.. this really happened so suddenly. Yes.. i know, death don’t book a schedule with you to bring you away, but hey… i just spoke to him last friday, a day before he past away. We were still happily joking over the phone planning our next assignment at Kota Kinabalu, which is actually going to take place this coming friday.
He was really one hardworking dude… very responsible and a real gentleman. I always took for granted as i know, working with him would be somewhat of a priviledge coz he is always so well prepared… as a matter of fact i always rely on him on things to prepare…. i just bring my body and brain. Looks like it is a wake up call for me. I’ll have to complete our remaining 4 assignments.. on my own, but i believe he will support me, from above.
We, the Ernst & Young MIS dept will deeply miss him. Last tribute to the good man, the gentleman, a father, and a husband… a friend. God bless him and his family. May he rest in peace.
