Story 1 Malaysians praying for Boehm "The Star" PENANG: Concerned Malaysians are praying that Willi Hans Boehm, who is dying of cancer in Australia, will get a last taste of his beloved durian ice-cream from Penang where he first met his Malaysian wife.
Well-wisher Jalil Yusuf from Kuala Lumpur e-mailed north@thestar.com.my with a message that God would let miracles happen if he wished to.
“By the grace of God, who knows, after taking the durian ice-cream, a new event may take shape. Let us pray the Australian Customs give clearance and the ice-cream reaches you as soon as possible.”
On Sunday, The Star highlighted the love story of Boehm, 86, a former German navy officer who fell in love with Agnes Vaz, 81, a local, during World War II despite strong resistance as he was from the “enemy” camp.
The couple, who got married in Singapore in 1946, used to eat durian ice-cream at Kek Seng coffeeshop in Penang Road and after migrating with their six sons to Australia in 1973, they would go return for the ice-cream whenever they visited Penang.
Boehm is now critically ill in a hospital in Perth and has been given weeks to live. His six sons are searching for a Penang and a German flag to drape over his coffin.
Malaysia Airlines offered to send the Penang flag while the 75-year-old widow of the Kek Seng ice-cream maker Tan Gaik Nooi, 75, made two tubs of durian ice-cream for Boehm although chances of it reaching him are slim because of Australia's strict quarantine controls.
Story 2 Rumah tiga beradik ditinggal ibu musnah
"Utusan Malaysia" JERANTUT 16 Jun - Kepiluan tiga beradik yang masih kecil setelah tiga tahun ditinggalkan ibu tersayang tidak berakhir begitu sahaja malahan nasib mereka terus dirundung malang apabila rumah mereka musnah sama sekali dalam kebakaran di Kampung Durian Hijau dekat sini malam tadi.
Lebih memilukan, Kamarul Izat Hamid, 12, dan dua adiknya, Kamarul Hazreen, 10, serta Mohd. Firdaus, 7, yang tinggal sehelai sepinggang ekoran kejadian itu terpaksa mengharungi kepayahan untuk ke sekolah tanpa pakaian seragam.
Walaupun ditimpa bencana itu, mereka tetap ke kelas di Sekolah Kebangsaan Durian Hijau yang masing-masing terpaksa menyarung baju dan seluar yang dipakai ketika kebakaran selain pakaian yang `disedekahkan' oleh guru mereka, Zuraida Abd. Ghani.
Ketika ditemui di sekolah itu hari ini, Kamarul Izat dan Kamarul Hazreen yang kelihatan agak sugul mengenakan baju pemberian Zuraida manakala Mohd. Firdaus pula terpaksa menyarung baju yang dipakai Kamarul Izat semasa kejadian malam tadi.Tambah menyayat hati, kakak sulung mereka, Norain, 14, yang tinggal di asrama SMK Pulau Tawar dipercayai masih belum dimaklumkan mengenai kejadian yang menimpa keluarganya atas alasan tidak mahu emosinya terganggu.Sementara itu, Guru Besar SK Durian Hijau, Md. Basir Ramli berkata, ekoran kejadian itu, pihak sekolah segera melancarkan kutipan derma selain membawa perkara itu ke peringkat atasan.
Mereka yang ingin menderma boleh menghubungi SK Durian Hijau di talian 09-3011150.
I really hope that we malayan come together on helping whoever in needs. Jangan kerna kulitnya berbeza maka perhatiannya lebih..
p/s - kementerian pelancong should come forward.. would give durian a worldwide promotion, wouldn't it?
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