A Dedication & Others

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A Slice of Singapore

In the land, far and foreign,

Amidst the arid, sandy expanse,

As we toiled while pining

For the comfort of familial surrounding,

You were there to prod and prime us

To give sustenance to the idea

Of sacrifice, professionalism and camaraderie,

To remind us that were not all alone;

You gave us reasons to move on,

To render more than what we possily could;

You rought us cheers li!e a deft magician

"rawing loaves of read and ottles of !aya#

From your travelers ag;

You rought us cheers, preciously lugged within your heart

And with glint of win! on your eyes

Than! you, $ir, for not failing to ring

A slice of $ingapore on each visit to "uai%

coconut 'am or read spread(

&$ayed )a'unoon, *+ Feruary -**(


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AN ODE TO FRIENDSHIPEndless meetings, gatherings, briefings and presentations,

Damned statistics, reports, executive summaries, justification papers,

Customer satisfactions, Regulatory rendezvous, industrial standards,

Stakeholders, matters of staff, inter-departmental pressures,

The ways of modern management are wide and varied,

Confusion is the order of the day for connectedness;

Resource deployment, budgetary allocations and delays,

Headways, dwells, loops and layovers

Throughputs, mileages, downtime and loading factors;

The maze seems thicker and deeper.

To the uninitiated, its a sheer mind-boggling mess.

But Shahrin, you seems to weave through well.

You see a method in all these madness,

As if you see an order in its innate chaos.

A gentleman and a scholar, Sir, you are,

With a heart of steely firmament rooted to the ground

While the mind soars over the realm of ideas.

Your firmness of actions always complements

The fairness of your dealings.

How then is it possible to have a heart

That is soft, warm and healing?


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Perhaps, one has to be hard to be soft

Or doggedly persistent to be pliant.

If not for Dubai, we wouldnt have known you that close -

As a caring boss, a trusted friend and a loving family man;

But then, how could we possibly not remember

The Lifes lessons dispensed as a daily dose?

You were calm, collected and clear, even under trying moments;

A magician, lightening the burden of Duty

With an elegantly disarming sense of humour.

This is not a goodbye as you are not leaving us

But from the common space which we eke out for living.

This is not a farewell as we are connected

By a bigger and endearing space of friendship.

We pass through this world but once,

But how Providential it is that our Lives

Converged all this while to bear testimony

To the essence of friendship that enriches us.

May Allah, The Almighty, Bless you and your family.

Thank You

Sayed Majunoon

28 September 2012


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