Sampai jumpa lagi, Wak Latiff

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (إِنَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ) -- "We belong to Allah, and to Him we return." 

My uncle Abdul Latiff bin Jofrie (standing extreme left) has left us this morning. He was the beloved father of my cousins Rashidah and Wahidah Latiff. A kind, soft-spoken man who was a Boy Scout and who had studied in a mercantile school. I wrote about him in my Gedung Kuning book. Please say a little prayer for him. Sampai jumpa lagi, Wak Latiff; till we meet again.

ps. Uncle Abdullah or Wak Lah is one of the trustees who supported my idea of setting up the 'Haji Yusoff Memorial Museum'. Unfortunately, Wak Latiff was unable to see the museum.

pps. When Wak Latiff was small, this jahat (evil) granduncle asked him to buy beer and cigarettes for him. Wak Latiff refused. Granduncle was furious and slapped Wak Latiff so hard that it affected his eardrum. That was why Wak Latiff was slightly deaf in one ear. 😭

*Family photo taken in Gedung Kuning (from left): Latiff, Ali (uncle), Abdullah (uncle), Fatimah (grandmother) and Asia (mother). Wak Lah and Alwi (not in picture as he was not born then) are the only ones surviving.