Condolences

I had wanted to write stories of other things, but I just can't. MH17 tragedy is too sad. Al-fatihah to all those yg terkorban dalam nahas tersebut.

I don't know anyone from the flight, but like all Malaysians, this tragedy mmg menyayat hati semua. Terkesan di jiwa.

I found out that one of the victim was staf USM yg buat PhD and balik nak Msia beraya sekeluarga. Yg sempat post pic kat Instagram dia yg flight dia dah nak berlepas. Entry Insta dia yg paling last. Actually, kitaorg dlm satu group FB rupanya walaupun tak pernah kenal. Aku boleh terbayang perasaan excited masa nak berlepas tu. Masa kat UK dulu pun aku pernah balik satu kali lps dah 2 thn kat sana. Mmg excited lah kan, happy occasions, nak jumpa yg tersayang. Now hajat nak beraya tak kesampaian.

What about the family of six yg nak balik Sarawak foor good? Lagi la tugging kat jiwa kan. Ye lah, bertahun2 merantau, then finally dapat relocated back to Msia, mana tak suka. Aku terbayangkan pula perasaan aku nak balik Msia for good hari tu. Mmg look forward sgt2 nak jumpa family sbb dah bertahun2 tak jumpa. Tapi enam sekeluarga tadi tak sempat bertemu mata berpeluk mesra dgn keluarga yg menanti. Kita merancang, Allah merancang, dan perancangan Dia lebih baik. Begitulah suratanNya.

Hati aku terusik jg bila baca around 100 reserachers yg on their way to Melbourne for an AIDS conference pun turut terlibat dalam kemalangan jiwa ni. As a researcher myself, I feel the loss. Betapa kita telah kehilangan experts, kerugian dalam bentuk their knowledge and possible contributions yg tidak dapat diteruskan. Terhenti sampai di situ. Tinggallah ilmu yg bermanfaat sahaja yg telah disebarkan yg dpt meneruskan perjuangan. Terus rasa insaf dan mungkin nak kena tulis jurnal byk2 lps ni. Tapi first kena buat research dan penemuan yg bermanfaatlah dulu.

What about the little children? Or the old? They were someone's child, or maybe someone's parents even. The crew yg bertungkus lumus menjalankan amanah? 

Daripada sedih bertukar jadi marah. Yg pergi ni bukanlah calang2 org. Ramai yg bijak pandai, bertahun2 belajar, yg spent their lives dedicated to discovering ilmu pada alam semesta ini dan kemudiannya menyalurkan these knowldge for the goodness of mankind (the researchers, the engineer from Sarawak, the PhD student). They had so many potential to help make the world a better place. TAPI, disebabkan org yg bodoh, yg dikuasai oleh nafsu menggila, di atas tiket peperangan, yg tak boleh nak kenal mana satu plane Putin dgn commercial flight (MH17), these people who could've contributed so much are now dead.

Ruginya.

I pray that the shooter is brought to justice.

Al-fatihah to those who passed in the MH17 tragedy on 17072014.