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Are you awake?
Yes.
Hakim dah meninggal.
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
(We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return)
Hakim brought fish. All the way from Terengganu to Kuala Lumpur for the big reunion event a year ago. He would cut the fish and grill them for the reunion feast. He would do anything for others.
Hakim gave and gave. When I met him the first time at Red Card Cafe in Bangi for an earlier reunion gathering, he gave away Terengganu fish to ex-schoolmates till he emptied the iced polystyrene crate in the boot of his seasoned Mercedes Benz.
Are you awake?
Yes.
Hakim dah meninggal.
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
(We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return)
Hakim usually wore Indonesian batik, not batik from Terengganu where he was born, in Dungun. Aah… his loving wife, Rose hails from Medan, Indonesia. Their only child, son Arshad would take annual leave from work in Kuala Lumpur to take care of his Papa for the surgery in Terengganu.
He had colon cancer, stage 4 by the time it was detected in mid-2017. It affected his liver and he went through palliative care in his life-remaining days.
Are you awake?
Yes.
Hakim dah meninggal.
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
(We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return)
In Dungun, droves of friends would make the journey to visit Hakim. He would offer to arrange “homestay” accommodation to ease our stay there. He wanted to take friends to Dungun’s favourite eating places, despite being on painkillers.
When Marsila and I looked him up at his family home there, he would entertain us with cutting coconut from his front yard to let us savour the juice.
Are you awake?
Yes.
Hakim dah meninggal.
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
(We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return)
He rapidly lost strength and moved to Selayang Hospital in Kuala Lumpur. In his life-remaining days he lived with his elder sister in Sungai Buloh, where palliative assistance from an organization like Hospice (Hospis in Malaysia) would be available that Terengganu lacked.
At Selayang Hospital, Hakim was excited about an alternative medicine he found that was beginning to show positive changes as predicted by the provider. He was a battler. He would always be cheerful, before and during the sickness. He was happy receiving more droves of visitors at Selayang Hospital and the sister's home.
Are you awake?
Yes.
Hakim dah meninggal.
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
(We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return)
Hakim left us at 1:00 AM on Sunday, 21 January 2018 and was brought back to lay to rest in Dungun.
Hakim was Marsila’s schoolmate. I did not have to know him long and I did not have know him well. He left me his impression. His generosity. His fish. His smirks and laughs. We miss him.
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