the passing of a great man. and an even greater teacher

my lecturer passed away today. he was my final year project supervisor. i feel this immense saddness in my heart that i cant even describe. why?

he was a great man, he was an even greater lecturer, he was a mentor, a leader by example.

even as i type this i can just feel the tears start to swell up inside me. i have never even had a proper conversation with that man so how can i even be so emotional right now?

maybe because i saw him as a light in this dark dark world. the one who would always walk the straight path. maybe he was my hope in men. that there are actually true, honest, hard working lecturers out there.

i know he fought hard. keeping his grace and dignity through his disease. he still managed to take on 16 fyp student projects. managed to always smile, manage to still take on more than any other lecturer.

i will miss seeing the man teaching in the raybans,
thoughing it out through his sickness as he guided us in our fyp. his dedication to his work is in a class of its own. the saddest thing is that now whos left to appreciate and celebrate with us now that our project has come to an end.



i guess what bugs me the most is why it had to be him...

why God? why the good ones?



thank you for everything sir. how you've been an impact in my life you would never know.
cheers to the best lecturer i know.

may he be kickin' it with the saints



you will be greatly missed sir.


in memory of the late
-Prof. Dr. Harimi Mohamed-

the number ten

Speak to me in a language I can hear

Humour me before I have to go

Deep in thought I forgive everyone
As the cluttered streets greet me once again
I know I cant be late, suppers waiting on the table
Tomorrows just an excuse away
So I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own
The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet
At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
Steeple guide me to my heart and home
The sun is out and up and down again
I know Ill make it, love can last forever
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth
And you can make it last, forever you
You can make it last, forever you
And for a moment I lose myself
Wrapped up in the pleasures of the world
Ive journeyed here and there and back again
But in the same old haunts I still find my friends
Mysteries not ready to reveal
Sympathies Im ready to return
Ill make the effort, love can last forever
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth
Tomorrows just an excuse
And you can make it last, forever you
You can make it last, forever you

-thirty three-
The Smashing Pumpkins

i know we'll make it