Adios, Amigo!

Received these photos and verses from a former student just in the nick of time to bid a colleague and friend good-bye and fare-thee-well.
My 'sahabat seperjuangan' (comrade-in-arms, metaphorically speaking), Sheih of
http://kickdefella.wordpress.com,
forgive me for my prejudices and suspicions at the initial stage; I have this emotional baggage about Kelantanese men, actually just one in particular. No, not grudges, just wary and weary; it's self-explanatory.
Anyway, would like to thank you for lifting my spirits up with those fun posters at times when I was feeling down and sharing the wound of having had absentee fathers and strong mothers, those few and far-between teh tarik sessions with others at that oh-so-odious 'lorong', that night out with Knudsen, Beh and Cynthia, at Hartamas Square, and the invitations to Wisma Denmark, Kafe4Teen and NPC, which I managed to honour a couple of times. Don't want to sound cliched, but "the road is long, with many a winding turn, that leads to who knows where ..."
At any rate, I wish all the best in your future endeavours. I had hoped that you would produce the new Malaysian cinema (paradiso?), but it's alright too if you produce consciousness-raising materials to awaken political activism (and I mean this in a very broad sense of the word) within the citizenry, be they Kelantanese or Malaysians.

Adios, Amigo, til we meet again!

Sometimes in life, you find a special friend;
Someone who changes your life
just by being part of it.
Someone who makes you laugh
until you can't stop;
Someone who makes you believe
that there really is good in the world.
Someone who convinces you
that there really is an unlocked door
just waiting for you to open it.

Believe in yourself

Be brave...but it's ok to be afraid sometimes
Remain calm, even when it seems hopeless
Be weird whenever you have the chance
Love your friends, no matter who they are
Take an occasional risk
Fall in love with someone..
Love someone with all of your heart
Watch your step
It will get better
There is always someone who loves you more than you know
Exercise to keep fit
Live up to your name
Seize the Moment

Hold on to good friends; they are few and far between
Indulge in the things you truly love
At the end of the day... PRAY
....... and close your eyes
And smile at least once a day!