During the two years course in Communication and Journalism we were assigned to bring out a daily campus journal. One day, one professor from the department of Sociology passed away leaving the faculty and friends in sorrow. As usual, the Communication students were busy trying to figure out how to profile the deceased.
We started editing his profile when suddenly we realised that we had doubts over his full name. Some of my classmates said, "I think his full name is Professor Mohamad bin Ahmed." Another one quips in, "No, it's only Professor Mohamad." After much confusion the student editor sent me to do the great detective work of finding out the full name of the professor.
I went and got his name from his department. Being in a hurry to escape from the class I barged into the lab and said to the editor, "I got him, His full name is just Professor Mohamad Ahmed."
The news editor typed in the keyboard and within a flash on the computer monitor comes: 'Just Professor Mohamad Ahmed was a lovable….'
I instantly noticed the 'JUST' and told the editor that the professor's name is just simply PROF MOHAMAD AHMED and not PROF JUST MOHAMAD AHMED.
We all had a good laugh. However sad the occasion maybe to the family members, we can't help it. But we gave him a good send-off in our obituary-profile. Nice man makes people smile even when they finally lay down to rest.
*Real name has been changed to protect the identity of the departed soul.
We started editing his profile when suddenly we realised that we had doubts over his full name. Some of my classmates said, "I think his full name is Professor Mohamad bin Ahmed." Another one quips in, "No, it's only Professor Mohamad." After much confusion the student editor sent me to do the great detective work of finding out the full name of the professor.
I went and got his name from his department. Being in a hurry to escape from the class I barged into the lab and said to the editor, "I got him, His full name is just Professor Mohamad Ahmed."
The news editor typed in the keyboard and within a flash on the computer monitor comes: 'Just Professor Mohamad Ahmed was a lovable….'
I instantly noticed the 'JUST' and told the editor that the professor's name is just simply PROF MOHAMAD AHMED and not PROF JUST MOHAMAD AHMED.
We all had a good laugh. However sad the occasion maybe to the family members, we can't help it. But we gave him a good send-off in our obituary-profile. Nice man makes people smile even when they finally lay down to rest.
*Real name has been changed to protect the identity of the departed soul.
