The Fleeting Moment that is Life
As a rule of thumb, it'll usually take me about a week to totally appreciate (for want of a better word) the news of anyone's death. Be it with Baba, Embah, Tok Che' and the rest. I learnt of Sha's passing from one of her former colleagues in MDEC. The e-mail was sent out on 2 December 2008 to my office e-mail which I could not access (long story) & I only got to know about it when I returned to work last week from my maternity leave.
Shajaratuldur Suhaimi, she is one of those persons whom you'll remember for all the right reasons, and I don't usually remember acquaintances from work that well. I didn't get any chance to speak to her since she left MDEC. I did think about speaking to her on the phone sometime late last year but never got around to calling her- my fault entirely.
This entry therefore, in Sha's memory, should not be self-centred (as they always were).
Just out of a whim I googled her name today. She's on FB, for which I kicked myself- for not noticing & adding her. Sha was a very cheerful person & always interested in what others have to say. I had a chance to be in her team in one of MDEC's training courses and she is perhaps the most selfless person I have ever met. Sha had also assisted our college in one of the university-industry collaboration events and she is super-efficient- always the problem solver & 'enabler', everyone was happy to work with her. Never a cross word, always with a smile on her face.
From the google results, I had a peek of her life- one that is lived to the fullest. I am crying as I write this entry (as is typical with a drama queen) and I cried as I read the many tributes which her friends have written for her. Sha is indeed someone who was loved by the people she has touched & she will always be remembered fondly. Al-fatihah, may Allah bless her soul. Amin.
Shajaratuldur Suhaimi, she is one of those persons whom you'll remember for all the right reasons, and I don't usually remember acquaintances from work that well. I didn't get any chance to speak to her since she left MDEC. I did think about speaking to her on the phone sometime late last year but never got around to calling her- my fault entirely.
This entry therefore, in Sha's memory, should not be self-centred (as they always were).
Just out of a whim I googled her name today. She's on FB, for which I kicked myself- for not noticing & adding her. Sha was a very cheerful person & always interested in what others have to say. I had a chance to be in her team in one of MDEC's training courses and she is perhaps the most selfless person I have ever met. Sha had also assisted our college in one of the university-industry collaboration events and she is super-efficient- always the problem solver & 'enabler', everyone was happy to work with her. Never a cross word, always with a smile on her face.
From the google results, I had a peek of her life- one that is lived to the fullest. I am crying as I write this entry (as is typical with a drama queen) and I cried as I read the many tributes which her friends have written for her. Sha is indeed someone who was loved by the people she has touched & she will always be remembered fondly. Al-fatihah, may Allah bless her soul. Amin.
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