Personally, I don’t know this person. I wish I did. During the Arts school briefing, he was already speaking about the course when I stepped into the plenary. He sounded fun and witty. He sounded like a friend. Then when he was introduced, I realized that I will be having lectures by him for my FTV units for this semester. I went up to him to ask a few questions. He said that I’m being paranoid (ha ha), don’t worry so much and he’ll talk to me again about it during lecture next week.
The problem is that…he didn’t turn up for the lecture. He passed away shortly prior to that. It was a sudden death. I walked passed his room just now when I went to pick up a Reader. Notes and flowers for Ben along the corridor. There were a few students outside his room and we kicked up a short conversation. They were his students. And from what I can gather, he was not just a lecturer to them. He was a great friend. Sigh. Wish I had the chance to know him. AND he’s a Yasmin Ahmad fan! We could’ve had sucha great conversation!
