A Friend and Father Lost

byolieben

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Updated 3 years ago

A REMINDER AND FAREWELL TO A FRIEND WHO SHOWED HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE

My Sympathy on Loss of a Father and Genuine Friend: Leon

UK to Leon

Was a place of gentleman, kind and caring attitudes, he reveled in this viewpoint and in many ways imitated it with his flamboyance and wearing clothing that reflected and represented a gentleman, an educated one with style. He believed that to be a gentleman you needed to dress like one and behaved like one.

Training Spell UK

Time in the UK helped him to develop a broader aspect of his view of the world and its deficiencies, policies, problems,

He once told me UK was an experience he held close to his heart, and on one occasion jokingly stated, he was with group of military friends when one questioned him

Friend:

”Leon is it true that all Asians have small penises”,

Leon:

He calmly responded: ”until I came along and broke the mould”

Public Speaker

As an expressive and ”stickler on facts” speaker Leon commanded attention, and on one occasion He was in his glory also his professional field of expertise as a soldier.

Giving a Broad Story about his stints in Turkey, Africa, Iran, Iraq uprising, what difficulties he and his party of men faced and how they overcame tough choices faced in life threatening situations.

He Enthralled the audience, finishing up with presentation and display of hardware and how to utilize them in uprising or military environment. The audience rose with a tumultuous applause at the end.

I Never forgot the Look

That grin of accomplishment and satisfaction appeared on his face.

My Run-in with a Patriot 2018

I was introduced to an English corner Group Wechat we connected on a topic that raised strong arguments about Chinese unsociable attitudes in public places, metro, streets, restaurants and abroad.

• Loudness, nose picking, spitting, and pushing in queues

Leon!

Stepped in and calmly, balanced, unbiased, fair and understanding of the points on both side, breaking it down to differences in cultures and that in reverse the lady in discussion my very well find it just as strange abroad with habits she encountered, there was no right or wrong it was simply my opinion of what I saw, He defused her feverish outburst and defensive denial of the truth in the chat room like a politician.

Fired up

I was ”in for a penny in for a pound” in this one, I had to voice my opinion as a traveler to china over 10 years, which cause a stir with one particular lady, she had a strong Political and Patriotic mindset, unwavering, non movable, stayed and even obsessed in the manner of her response, not only to my questions and statements but to a few other group members that showed any affiliation with what I was presenting in the group

Dinner Invitation w/ Family

Leon a few days later he offered me to visit the family, I did, It was an honor and I was super happy he offered, If I could to raise his mood and situation in the process, would be worth the visit. He meet me with the family at a restaurant near his home, nice place and chosen to offer a good impression I felt.

All Introductions were completed I ended up having his son playing with me as we waited for our orders.

I Could See Leon was a tentative father, considering what’s been going on recently and his mind lately he held it together and promoted his wife and child telling his son I was uncle Chris, it made me feel very special too.

Leon Wife and Son

Li suli and Kang Were not pretentious just a mum and kid, her English was basic as was son, I applied all the Chinese I knew, it was a good atmosphere all the same.

Trying to pay for dinner he refused and we struck an agreement of [AA] 50/50, Several hours later, we hugged parted and went our ways.

Evening Of 20/09/2020

I was reviewing some photos in my collection and came across his, it galvanized me to contact him immediately.

On doing so via wechat I was responded to by his wife, apologizing that her news would not be a good one, that he had in fact died in an accident in June 2020?

I was blown away with this news, it took a whole 5 mins to respond back

Collecting myself offering my sympathies and so forth, I didn’t want to push what happened as she didn’t offer, perhaps it was too painful to express today.

We will keep in contact I dare say but the life will certainly be tough for a fatherless family here in china.

Farewell my friend!

Chris