Saturday, October 25, 2008

He's my ex-student,a very talented debater...and he has left us all...

Ladies and gentlemen, friends and students,

If you know him, you'd miss him dearly...coz he's so talented, pleasant and cheerful . He really makes your day everytime and anytime. That's Allahyarham Saiful Rizal bin Meor Abdul Melek , an outstanding student in my ITCB class, an eloquent speaker and debater, a truly jovial personality and company. For EDSoc. members, you should remember that he was with us to support the debut of EDSoc. as he was the president of Kelab Bahas UNITEN....Well...when you see him debating (he's a Malay debater)....you just admire his style and light-hearted presentation....everybody likes him so much...:)

Friends and students...Saiful has left us. I knew about it this morning when Pak Arip called me to convey the sad news. Frankly, I miss him so much and i pray that he will rest in a peaceful and heavenly slumber. I hope you could join me in the prayers....For a truly nice guy...well, he only deserves the very best..amiiiiiin. To my Muslim readers, mohon dibacakan al-Fatihah dan dihadiahkan pahalanya kepada Allahyarham Ahmad Saiful Rizal bin Mior Abdul Melek. Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat dan kasih sayang Allah yang maha Esa. InsyaAllah. Hopefully others could do the same in your very own respectul ways.

Lastly, thank you Saiful for enriching my teaching days and sharing with me wonderful moments as a successful student and eloquent orator.Thank you for also sharing your thoughts in this blogoshere - he signed up as -Saiful- I truly appreciate it, and I miss you so much.

Puan Zue

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

ow.. :-(
sorry to hear the news.. hope he rests in peace.

Anonymous said...

may allah bless him T_T

Unknown said...

Hi Pn.Zue,

I'm sorry to hear about Saiful.
Hope he rests in peace.

-Sneha.

Anonymous said...

Al-Fatihah,
May his soul rest in peace..

We breathe, eat, sleep, work every single day without even knowing that we are living.. we strive for the best and collect our reward.. what's next? we continue "living" without stopping by to smell the flowers.. Its like someone somewhere flicked a switch somewhere and we go on day by day, week by week.. we always dreamed about the life that we could lead if we are not sitting behind our desks.. we dream about the impossible but never done the impossible.. make the first move and live your own life.. reduce our obligations and start making choices.. stop living in a predetermined world and try your best to achieve more out of this short life. Fill it with happiness and share every bit of you with everyone around you. Lamenting your sadness will not benefit anyone. Live your life and break from the robots that we have become.

Anonymous said...

My condolence to Saiful and his family,
that whom I've missed out the opportunity to meet with. Such a bold, promising and charismatic young man that succumbed to the tragedies of life. Unfortunately he has moved on in life and all that I'm capable of doing is to pray for him along with his grieving family. May God grant his family the grace to accept his departure, overcome the sorrow of losing dear Saiful, and cherish the precious memories spent together that he has left behind.



And to Madam Zuraidah who seems busy lately. I hope that you'll be able to manage your workload well and stay healthy as life can be so fragile. Quoting a saying from dad, "When we are young, we pursue wealth and the luxuries of life at the cost of our health. Regrettably, we attempt to redeem the health that we've lost through the riches acquired as we age". To put it simply in mathematical form, Health > Wealth.

Take care.

Dr. Zue said...

hmmm...thanx kou loire, for the kind reminder...i am so very touched. yupp:) I am on my toes all the time, that is...life is kinda busy when u're a wife, mom of three, resident counsellor, lecturer cum researcher, PhD student... But I enjoy doing what i do, and that grants me the strength to handle my multi-tasking challenge..i guess...

But, don't worry:)dear...I shall manage my time and life efficiently so that i can live long enough to see all of you sweet and charming personalities graduate and make a mark in the country.

Keep in touch and let's pray for each other's health, wealth and happiness.Health > wealth. I agree totally.

Madhav said...

The one person who introduced me to debating, the one person who have and gave confidence to me, the person i would like to emulate, as a debater, as an orator, as a student, as a leader, as a friend; has left us to be with Him.
I had the honour and the pleasure of knowing him, of learning (a lot) from him, even being in the same team with him; and with no disrespect to Pn Zue, i would consider her appreciation of our late friend as an understatement. The most cheerful yet patient person i've known, he was easily approachable and very friendly, and thanks to him, it was easier to fit in to Kelab Bahas UNITEN(KBU), and subsequently EDSoc.
Many Edsoc. members knew him since the beginning of EDSoc., but i had the opportunity of knowing him even before we had an English debate team. Needless to say, it was only the Malay debate team at that time. Never would i thought i would debate in Malay, let alone represent UNITEN in Debat Perpaduan and Debat Kepenggunaan, but i ended up enjoying it, thanks to his flair and persuasion that is, if i could find a better word, mesmerizing.
One has to commend his level of passion and commitment into debating. Even as he was not busy debating for UNITEN, he would be actively involved in open debates, debating against alumnis and working class people. also a model student, as mentioned by Pn Zue, he is a perfect example for us to follow.
It is sad that he is gone, we have grown so close as to call each other brothers as he is the only child in his family. My deepest condolences to his family; may God take him under His arms. We will miss you, i will see you up there some time.

R.I.P

Dr. Zue said...

Hi Madhav, one of these days, may be his dad will read all that we write here and he'll share with us all the wonderful living memories.

No problem about the understatement coz i write as a lecturer and a debate technical advisor, but you and others may write as close friends, and brothers and sisters. More people should know about arwah Saiful and more should send him prayers. may he rest in heavenly slumber:) It's good to express words of remembrance, and i'm so thankful to God for sending him to be amongst us as a role model, friend and brother.

Readers and bloggers, it's great to learn more about arwah Saiful from Madhav's writing. Thanks Madhav. He would want to see you as a great debater yourself. Keep up d good work, dear.

Anonymous said...

erm...i dont really know him but from what i have read...he seem to be a very wonderful guy...looks like Allah really love him....may Allah bless him...Al Fatihah....

Anonymous said...

May Allah bless him.

To say a few words, he is also an ex student of mine. It was kind of shock when we heard the sad news, in sense that such a wonderful student - hardworking, very kind and soft person, have respect for lecturers - had finally reunited with Allah.

i remembered well when the very first time he came and see me regarding the lecture notes. In my mind, i was amazed of how polite this student is. We bumped into each other many times after that - he was COIT student after all.

Well, like people said, good person will leave us earlier, probably because, in that way, he will be remembered in many years to come as an example for the lived one, apart from a fact that Allah loves him more.

Anonymous said...

Al-Fatihah,
As a human,we need to know that all living things not life longer. First think in our life,we need to put Allah as our first love. This life just like a candlle burning.How strong it ,how succees it burning finally we find the end of life.I hope this student rest in peace with blessing from Allah.And will placed togather with people of Allah's love.

SNAR said...

salam n hye 2 puan zue...

al-fatiha to him..May ALLAH bless him.Hope he rest in peaceful.

i dont really knw about him bcz he is my senior rite??i knw about him from our senior in ilmu.and they had told me about him.he is a good student and debater.i hope one day,we can makes a memory day to remember him and give award 2 his family maybe??...=)

if he still alive,i think he is a good teacher of debater for us as his junior...=D

to mdm zue..dont be sad yaa.let gone be by gone.we who alive must pray for his..

last but not least,my condolence to his family.May Allah bless him 4eva..

till then,salam...

Saatesh Kumar said...

im sorry him....
may he RIP.

Unknown said...

ouh really,madam zue..?? i think he's just left us because he was graduated and leave our college..i'm so proud of his talent..i just thinking that i wanna be like him..but,after i have finished reading your post..it makes me sad n it is really touch my heart..but.we have accept it as a takdir from allah..i'll pray for him..insyaalah!! may allah bless him..oke,madam..take care..!! :)

achik said...

Even though I do not recognize him,but according to your article,he left with great remarks to people around him.

Hope he rests in peace.

noor junaini said...

Puan Zue, I'm really sorry for him..:(. He is a very talented person and a good debater. But Allah loves him more than us..May Allah bless him and hope he rest in peace..Al-Fatihah.

Tom Riderss said...

I feel sorry for him...
the article seems to be the saddest one....
really touched my heart...
hope that he will rest in a peaceful and heavenly slumber... =)
even i don't know him... i can feel that he is a nice guy... an excellent debater... after all... at least... he had colour the day of his fellow lecturers and students...
One debater had left us all... probably as a debater... he wants us to be as good as him... thus... why not we accept this as "challenge" and be like him... One day... a good debater will be born... and that is us...

VP said...

Hi ma'am,
I'm so sorry to hear that.
I was reading your articles and finding this that it reminded me about somebody. I know that feels when we were missing someone. I wanna share a secret that I didn't talk about it more. sometime we lie to keep our secret bury in the heart. when I was studying in university, I had closely friend I considered him as my twins. His family is our neighbor. I and him were in the same class at college and room at hostel. In one morning, he had class and I didn't have then he went to college. after a couple of hour , I received a call they said " your friend was kidnapped by terrorist group ". at that moment I haven't any idea what I must do. afternoon of that day hospital called me and told me " He killed ". we were planning to get married at same day. He never get married. I lost him by the violence that happens in my country. therefore, I never wanna go back to my country and see his family. Finally , I'm praying to meet him in other life.
I'm so sorry again....