Today, an acquaintance of mine passed away. I wish I could say that he was my friend but we never really talked in school. However, this guy is an amazing amazing person and in the brief time I got to interact with him, I realized that.
Was 2012 and it was on the first day of school where we were all in our secondary school uniforms. K X and I were at Popular and me being the klutz that I am, accidentally dropped my then new Blackberry into the back of the shelf. Now if you've been to Popular you'll know that their shelves are like friggin stuck back to back and basically impossible to take apart. I was totally panicking and then 2 VS guys came, him and his friend. They saw what happened and offered to help take the books down so I could retrieve my phone. At that point they had no idea we were from MJ and neither did we them. So like we were struck by this random act of kindness and we started talking and found out that hey cool same school. The staff then came to help unscrew the shelves and all and I remember telling them that hey you guys can leave thanks for helping but they stayed to help us rearrange the books and they stayed with us for freaking.......two hours.
This random act of compassion
I can't get over it and I barely knew him, only knew him enough to know of his compassion and perseverance. Simply cannot fathom how his loved ones are feeling and I'm am honestly so so sorry. I do not really know what to say, just.......
Mustaqim, rest in peace. I know that you're in a better place now and I'm so sorry I never took the effort to know you better while I had the chance to. your willingness to help a complete stranger and your determination in life regardless.......... an inspiration and do know that you will be missed
RIP
