Gone with death

This was taken from my private blog. This was supposed to be private but something inside me wanted to share it on here.

Pardon the mixed languages. This is how I write on there.

Two days ago, the son of the Media Prima group editor, Datuk Manja who happened to be my dad's BFF died in a car accident near his house in Subang Jaya.

Ikhwanul Ashraf. He was 18 years old. Sama umur dengan kita. Baru habis SPM and all.

Imagine how fast life can change for us. Last Sunday, dia baru masuk A levels kat Taylors College. Life was just beginning to start for him. And then 2 nights ago, he went to mamak to watch a football game at 3am with his friends. Balik lepas tu, he was driving and his car hit a kerb. Ashraf was hurled out of the vehicle and was killed on the spot.

I wasn't close to him but our parents have been friends for years. I think I've seen him once or twice dekat open houses or family-friends gatherings kot. I don't remember what he was like but I'm sure he was a nice kid.

It's really sad. Imagine the so many possibilities he could have gone through but yet, his life ended a little too soon. 18 is too young of an age to go away like that.

Kepada kawan-kawanku yang disayangi, please oh please drive carefully when you're on the road. Fadzil especially. Kau drive paling banyak di antara all of us kot. So please take care of yourself and of those in your car while you're driving. The rest pun macam tu.

There's no need to rush kalau hidup kita sendiri jadi mangsa nanti.

Al-fatihah to Ashraf.

You can read his blog here. Apparently he was a good singer and guitarist too.

Such a talent is lost. It's sorrowful when you Google his name, most of the results come up like this 'Anak Bongsu Datuk Manja Ismail Maut Kemalangan' in most of the newspapers and online news. I'm not sure that's how most of us want to be remembered. But oh well...

May Allah rests his soul. And hopefully, Uncle Manja's family would be alright despite what happened.