Remembering My Teacher, Mr Samuel
I learnt of his sudden demise on 27 Feb while he was on short term visit at his ailing sister's place in Kuala Lumpur. According to unconfirmed sources received, he was found laying on the floor at his sister's place for 3 days before he was found and rushed to the hospital. His own ailing sister, already in her 90s and suffering from dementia is staying at a nursing home. A classmate, Ragu who has been his closest companion in all these years has been receiving calls from his friends in KL checking on his will which seems to the main interest for them now. He was single and his only kin, his ailing sister who is also suffering from dementia remains easy target from his friends keen on getting a slice of his estate. Hearing this is sick to the stomach. I remember him as one generous man, so generous that he almost spent his entire fortune away, slowly but surely enriching some of his old teaching friends who schemed to cheat his pension monies till deleted. He was naive ...