Bon Voyage Capt

Capt Yusof a.k.a The Ancient Mariner will be sorely missed, both in the blogosphere as well as MRTs. I enjoyed his company immensely whenever we lunched at Kak Ton's.

We talked about anything and everything. Capt was a well balanced man which is not common given that most people I meet these days have a 'with us or not' attitude.
Sadly, he passed away yesterday.

I received a call from A Voice asking me if I had heard about Capt's passing. I immediately dismissed it as a rumour, knowing that Capt had just laid his mother to rest last week.
The call was urgent and real enough that I detoured from the usual weekend grocery trip with my family in tow to his apartment, where I had picked him a couple of times back when we had activities in Blog House. Arriving there, I asked the guards which confirmed my worst fear.

We have lost another good friend from MRT. Others just stopped going there presumably because of differing opinions. But at MRT it was never that. We all have respect for each other enough to know that difference of opinions do not spell the end of friendship.

From our usual Tuesday chatter, I know about his seafaring days, and his family. He even told me that his daughter had started her own spa, which I didn't get to know where it was.

Last night, while having drinks with some good buddies of mine, I was thinking of the jovial Captain, and how his passing at 64 reminded me of my dad.
Thank you for the good memories, Capt, my friend, Farewell, and Bon Voyage.

Sheesh! If only others value their friendship more than being pro this and that!