before they gone.

al-fatihah for tan sri a. samad ismail passed away yesterday evening. a great loss to the nation. a tragedy if his collections, experiences, views and thots about our tanah melayu then malaysia was not recorded anyway. for example he was great deal in our history. he is the historian. if anyone want to know the real role of the late tunku abdul rahman in our independence we could ask him. sure he could give his view. but now it's too late.

i can't remember reading any of his articles or writings. i mean i did in the past but can't recall any of it.

mentioning the late name i couldn't help but also to remember the other guy, a. samad said. unlike the late tan sri samad ismail, this guy i saw on a number of occasions. at pudu raya watching him entertained those female students from tkc. sitting opposite him in the lrt. actually a lot more. dia dengan begnya yang warna putih tu. hajat hati nak juga bertegur sapa dan berkenalan. atau pun sekurang-kurang nya bersalam-salaman. tapi tak mengapalah. mereka orang besar. siapa lah pak cik kan. tengok dari jauh dah la.

tetapi, sebelum dia juga pergi, sudah kah kita menimba apa yang sepatutnya dari mereka. macam ayah pak cik. teringin juga hendak belajar membuat pelbagai jerat/pikat burung. untuk burung merbuk, burung wak-wak, ayam hutan. macam2 lagi lah ilmu2 orang2 desa. memang dahulu semasa kecil pak cik biasa mengikut ayah masuk ke belukar, hutan, sungai, pantai dan sebagainya. itu sekadar ikut menemani dan menolong. bukan sesi menurun ilmu. tetapi entah bila akan berkesempatan.