Thursday, June 11, 2009
3 days ago - at about 0530 plus, everyone of you who had happened to read my blog or saw my MSN nickname, would have known that my favourite cousin had passed away. He's only 24 years old and he passed away unexpectedly. Till now, I can't accept that he had left us.
Anyway, the last time when I visited him at his house was on 22 April 2009, a week after I graduated with a Diploma from Polytechnic. Back then, I shared the joys with him and his family on successfully graduated with a Diploma without having a need to retain, in any of the 3 years of my Polytechnic life. At that point of time I still remember the facial expression which he had while looking at my results and Diploma certificate.
He was very happy and proud of my achievements. Later, while we were in the kitchen, he told me these exact words, "Hafiez, if you can continue study, please go and study. Don't stop halfway". Hearing that, I nodded and smiled. Two weeks later (about a month before he passed away), he came to my house after intending to visit my parents for quite a while. There he seemed like acting normally. He joked, smile and chatted like usual and even played with my punching bag with me. Seriously, nothing seemed wrong.
Then came the big day which marked the end of his life. He was pronounced dead on 8 June 2009 at about 0530 hours. Seriously, its the most unexpected news which I ever had and I cried non-stop after that. I felt very hopeless and my heart broke into a million pieces upon hearing the news.
This is because he, Muhammad Yassier Eyzhaq Bin Mohd Abdul Ghar, had always been there for me since I was sent out of my house by my dad in 2004. For an instance, upon being sent out of my house back then, I stayed at my ex-girlfriend for few days. At times, I will sleep in the streets, sleeping in the cold wind and rain as well. Feeling sympathy, he called me and asked to heed to his house my cab. Even though the time was clocking 2 in the morning then, and he need to book in to his camp the next day, he waited for me patiently, carried my bags upstairs and even made me food and drinks before telling me to call it a night.
The next day, he will fetch me to school and gave me additional pocket money to spend on my daily needs. Then, upon returning home, he will show his concern by asking me how has my day been, how has my lessons been, have I completed my homework or not and so on. He never stop caring for me. Not to forget, he always makes me smile and encourage me to stay strong despite my hardships which I had gone through back then. This cycle goes on and on for about 6 months of my stay there.
Apart from this, whenever I see him, he will treat me the same way like before - or if not much better then usual. Seriously, I owed him alot. I will never ever be able to pay his kind deeds to him especially since he has already gone now.
Lastly, for those who read this post on whom are muslims, PLEASE - I beg you to offer a very short prayer for my cousin (Allahyarham Muhammad Yassier Eyzhaq Bin Mohd Abdul Ghar) and his soul so that he would be in the heaven for Eternity. Al-Fateha.
Will always remember you Abang ............... Written By Hafiez Ismail
