tonight is for you

4th December 2016

Today, I met with one of your students. He was a volunteer at a program the company I'm working for. It did not occur to me that he was your student until I asked, from where he was.

One of the kids we were taking care of blurted out that he appeared on a radio program at International Islamic University Malaysia, (IIUM). 

Me: Oh are you studying there?

Him: Yes

Me: What course?

Him: Architecture

And all of the sudden, a flashback to where I met you on the bus on the way to Singapore, on my very first solo trip, just strike of, running through my mind.

Me: Oh, I met with one of your seniors *told him your name* I met him when I was alone, travelling to Singapore.

Him: Oh yes, he was my lecturer. He's now in...

Me: Yes, in the UK doing Masters. He's really great

Him: Yup. He is. He's one of the best student in Architecture and he's really well known

An I just uttered, "Yup, I bet he is" while recollecting picturesque fragment heavily circulating my mind at that moment. 

You drawings, your murals, your poems. Your pantun. The way you articulate your words. The sketches you had in your notebook. The way you bring yourself. The classic old songs you listen to. The movie you watched in the bus that made me looked for it as soon as I got back from the trip. The stories you told me during our break at Yong Peng rest area. Your favourite building, still in construction at that time. Which is finally completed when I had another visit to Singapore the year after.

And then I remembered the LinkdIn request you sent me a couple of weeks back. Thank you for reminding me of you. 

Although it was a brief meet, it was more than memorable. It was heartfelt, it was inspiring, and it was up-lifting. Thank you for showing that being able to feel is not a terrible thing. But to channel the feel into artworks was even more fulfilling. I hope our connection does not end here and we will meet again when He says we are ready. 

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