A Year Later, But Still We Remember. The Heart Is Still Heavy.


[size=18pt][b]It took 21 years to leave your mark on  this earth, but took only a day to sleep under it.
If I had the ability to foresee the horrible circumstance that befell you, I would have saved you from taking that last breath.
A year later, I still remember you, Olubusayo Awomolo.
Even as the tears continue to flow we still remember.

The day they called me to tell me tell me about this tragic event, I denied it. It just couldnt be true. Even staring at your picture on the news had me denying it. "Maybe it was a mistake" "Maybe you were wounded, but you still survived". This is one of the things we watch on the news, yet just skip along the channels. I couldnt believe it. And I still dont believe it.

Busayo was an innovative, loving, intuitive, generous and compassionate man and he will be greatly missed. He is survived by his parents, five brothers and four sisters.

NLers, we should ask ourselves why the good die and the bad continue to overpopulate this earth.
Why would the world want to destroy someone so calm, so friend, so helpful, so brilliant and yet so humble in all sorts of ways.
It took me a while to actually admit that you were gone. I called just to listen to your "weird" voicemail until. . . .I always wondered why you rushed to complete your voicemail greeting. I guess I now know. We must all rush to do what we can, because we do not know when we'll take our last breath.

"This is a guy who could not even hurt a fly. All he did in his life was just to go to school, go to school, go to school," said Olawale Awomolo, father.

A saying goes like this: Live like there is no tomorrow.
Now I know.

Your death made me question my religion, made me question my God. You made me question the existence of this world. You made me question reality.
How could a loving God take you so far away, to a place where communication can forever be lost?
If God was so loving, how could he be so unkind?


They ask me why I cry for you, since you're not family. I tell them I cry because family does not have to share blood because there is a sacred family-ness in friendship. It's hard to explain to them that you were my little brother, why you see yourself as my elder. Now, who is going to demand that I call him oga?
You were kind to me as you were kind to others. You respect others as you wished to be respected.
You cherished the little the world has to offer. And the world cherished you. . . . and will continue to.

This very very very sad day, your life was snuffed out as if you had little significant to the world. What a irony that was. You were the significance that made the world revolve.

“Olubusayo was such a nice, polite, gentle, and productive student that MIE department can be proud to have him as a student. For his MS degree he was working on two different aspects of biodiesel fuels, one dealing with optimizing the process of making biodiesel fuels in a sustainable manner using waste vegetable oil collected from UIC cafeterias, and the other on investigating the ignition characteristics biodiesel fuels. This tragedy has taken away the tremendous potential that Olubusayo has shown to make important contributions in the renewable energy field.” - Suresh Aggarwal

If I and many who are not your family could hurt this much, I wonder how your family can go on. I wish them the best, I wish them the greatest, and I wish them continuos heavenly gift for breeding a gentlemen like you. After knowing you, I can say that I'm amongst the few to have known a true godly reflection. You showed me that religion does not necessarily make us good and righteous, we ourselves determine what we are and what we can become.

Well, I miss you. I miss your jokes. I miss your calmness. i miss how annoying you could be. I miss how helpful you were. I miss how ready you were to help. I miss your altruistic behavior. I miss your sexist joke. I miss everything about you.

I had a brother in you. I had a friend in you. I had  guidance in you. I had  godliness in you.
We've never met, yet you've been more of a guidance angel than those I've met.
Who would sit me through those equations that I did not understand. Who would explain things in a less boring manner?
I fell and almost give up. You knocked me down and showed me how to look up at the world while standing up. Then you helped me up.
Well, you know, the world does look different. Sometimes, you have to stay down to see the world in a way you couldnt see it while standing up.

I wish you well on your journey. May you never walk alone.
Ti Olorun ti se, ti olorun ti gbo, it Olorun la se! Asheee!

A candle amongst so many. May they lead lead you and guide you. [/b][/size]

Did you know him personally?

Sorry about your loss.

Nnenna1:

Did you know him personally?

Sorry about your loss.

He was a NLer who I knew offline.
Not just my lost, a loss for the world to grieve.

May your soul continue to rest in peace Bawomolo 

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mukina2:

May your soul continue to rest in peace Bawomolo

Really? It's him?

Wow , RIP.

It's been a year already?  

He stood firm, argued brilliantly, displayed no guile and left us with 3 smiles.

Smart brotha! Sun re.

RIP

Eloquently kicking homophobes since 2007

I didn't really cross paths with him much but I read his posts in my earlier days here and he struck me as one of the smarter people.

I was out of touch with Nairaland for much of last year (taken up with demands of life), so I missed this news.

This is very distressing, but it is well.  .

Bawomolo, Still seems like yestarday, the pain of your death still stings.  God knows how much we all miss you, especially on the Religious section, but you will always be in our hearts forever until we meet again.  

RIP Busayo, We were close friends under my 5 previous old IDs, The world misses your presence.

RIP, young man. I forgive you for the abuse. may your soul rest in peace.

I've never lost somebody that mattered to me. This is a first and it had to be someone who I'd never met, yet felt like I knew as family.

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How come he good die?

And why do death come?

I know, I know you're gone
I know I'll see you again
One thing that I can promise
That we gon' meet up again
Hopefully up in heaven
Prayin' that I'm forgiven
For everything that I've done
And everything
I forgot to mention

And you never got the chance to see how good I've done
And you never got to see me back at number one

I never knew I could hurt like this

And it's true that you've reached a better place
Still I'd give the world to see your face

I thought you were so strong
You'd make it through whatever
It's so hard to accept the fact you're gone forever

The hardest thing to do
Is say bye, bye

Cause we will never say bye

Thanks toyin for starting this thread, I was going to. I have on many occasions found his replies on some threads and still cannot believe he is gone.

RIP

Every time i remember Busayo, i just say a short prayer for Nlers, he was sooo intelligent and articulate.

May he RIP, a very brilliant young man taken at his prime.

RIP brother True gunner fan.

Bawomolo, one guy who, via argument, have proven that the old age of methuselah do not correlate with the wisdom of solomon. The saddest aspect of it is that you were ready to achieve what you wanted to achieve. You were ready to rise and rule your world in the nearest years. You were ready to prove that the future hasn't begun without your input. The world needed your creativity to survive but they will now be condemned to wait till eternity. . . I'm really short of words. RIP Bawomolo. A die hard GUNNER. A Gunner till eternity . We lost a true fan. I know that wherever you are, you must be ruling there because that was, that is, and that will be your destiny. RIP /*lits up a candle beside mukina2's */

RIP to a gem

why. . why. .why. .why. .why. .why. .why. .why. .why. .why. .why. .why. .why. .why. .why. .

This is all what i can type for naw.

Ileke-IdI:

A Year Later, But Still We Remember. The Heart Is Still Heavy.


[size=18pt][b]It took 21 years to leave your mark on this earth, but took only a day to sleep under it.
If I had the ability to foresee the horrible circumstance that befell you, I would have saved you from taking that last breath.
A year later, I still remember you, Olubusayo Awomolo.
Even as the tears continue to flow we still remember.

The day they called me to tell me tell me about this tragic event, I denied it. It just couldnt be true. Even staring at your picture on the news had me denying it. "Maybe it was a mistake" "Maybe you were wounded, but you still survived". This is one of the things we watch on the news, yet just skip along the channels. I couldnt believe it. And I still dont believe it.
NLers, we should ask ourselves why the good die and the bad continue to overpopulate this earth.
Why would the world want to destroy someone so calm, so friend, so helpful, so brilliant and yet so humble in all sorts of ways.
It took me a while to actually admit that you were gone. I called just to listen to your "weird" voicemail until. . . .I always wondered why you rushed to complete your voicemail greeting. I guess I now know. We must all rush to do what we can, because we do not know when we'll take our last breath.


A saying goes like this: Live like there is no tomorrow.
Now I know.

Your death made me question my religion, made me question my God. You made me question the existence of this world. You made me question reality.
How could a loving God take you so far away, to a place where communication can forever be lost?
If God was so loving, how could he be so unkind?


They ask me why I cry for you, since you're not family. I tell them I cry because family does not have to share blood because there is a sacred family-ness in friendship. It's hard to explain to them that you were my little brother, why you see yourself as my elder. Now, who is going to demand that I call him oga?
You were kind to me as you were kind to others. You respect others as you wished to be respected.
You cherished the little the world has to offer. And the world cherished you. . . . and will continue to.

This very very very sad day, your life was snuffed out as if you had little significant to the world. What a irony that was. You were the significance that made the world revolve.

If I and many who are not your family could hurt this much, I wonder how your family can go on. I wish them the best, I wish them the greatest, and I wish them continuos heavenly gift for breeding a gentlemen like you. After knowing you, I can say that I'm amongst the few to have known a true godly reflection. You showed me that religion does not necessarily make us good and righteous, we ourselves determine what we are and what we can become.

Well, I miss you. I miss your jokes. I miss your calmness. i miss how annoying you could be. I miss how helpful you were. I miss how ready you were to help. I miss your altruistic behavior. I miss your sexist joke. I miss everything about you.

I had a brother in you. I had a friend in you. I had guidance in you. I had godliness in you.
We've never met, yet you've been more of a guidance angel than those I've met.
Who would sit me through those equations that I did not understand. Who would explain things in a less boring manner?
I fell and almost give up. You knocked me down and showed me how to look up at the world while standing up. Then you helped me up.
Well, you know, the world does look different. Sometimes, you have to stay down to see the world in a way you couldnt see it while standing up.

I wish you well on your journey. May you never walk alone.
Ti Olorun ti se, ti olorun ti gbo, it Olorun la se! Asheee!

A candle amongst so many. May they lead lead you and guide you. [/b][/size]

Sorry about your loss but is it possible you reawken some of his old posts so that those of us who do not know him will at leaset take from his youthful wisdom.

Its a pit that such a gem could have been cut short just like that, what a world we live in, RIP bawomolo,

Also RIP to my dear friend Olajumoke Salami its also about 3yrs ago, we were still suppose to meet at the corpers lodge for CDS during our NYSC but u couldnt just make it, RIP, what a world

You still live in our memories Bawomolo.

All will be well!

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Forums / Politics / Re: Who Are The Top Ten Most Tribal Nairaland Members?

on: November 12, 2010, 05:44 PM




Quote

ile ke idi - If u join NL today it would not take u 5 seconds to no she comes from ekiti.

Bawomolo reply ~ ha ha toyin don suffer o


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Forums / Travel / Re: Nigerians In The Diaspora Would You Move Back Home ?

on: October 28, 2010, 03:43 AM




Quote from: Ileke-IdI on October 28, 2010, 03:41 AM

I will fight for what belongs to me and my ppl. But I will not go home blindly, anticipating on fighting with nothing.
When I see that something has started, then I'll join in to move a NATION [yes, nation] of good people.


Bawomolo reply ~ most of the work would be done by the time there is constant electricity, water, jobs and the likes for you. you basically want to ride the bandwagon and not exactly fight for what belongs to you. nothing wrong with that, who doesn't like better thing.




Bawomolo last posts on Nairaland

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Forums / Religion / Re: Christ Embassy Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome In $35million Money Laundering Scam

on: November 29, 2010, 06:14 PM

Bawomolo ~ you want to go to heaven abi? part with your money jare.

it's not like you would die with the money

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Forums / Sports / Re: NBA Season 2010/11

on: November 29, 2010, 05:57 PM



Bawomolo ~ where are the derrick rose haters now, where ya hiding.

show your faces



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Forums / Sports / Re: Nigeria Vs Germany On Thursday Nov 25 @ 6pm (Falcons Friendly)

on: November 29, 2010, 04:17 PM


Quote from: MzDarkSkin on November 28, 2010, 02:46 PM

i love Nigerians denials! lol if you guys lost its the coach's fault, if you win the couch deserves a beer and you guys are the best LOL. I LOVE YOU GUYS!

But in all seriousness lol, look the team is made up of some of the best in the world yes? it is safe to say Nigeria has been blessed, BUT remember these are human beings we are talking about, they get tired sometimes! They are AFRICANS playing in cold -blank- weather I mean come on lol! Seriously! Now they should have ATLEAST gotten in ONE goal lol but they did not, you win some and you lose some. Let the germans talk schit or what ever just keep the faith in Nigeria and not make the ppl them or their families feel like poo!


Bawomolo ~ oyinbo teams can perform well playing in the hot summer sun but somehow black teams can't perform in cold weather?

how about the germans have superior talent and coaching

RIP mate! He really was a nice guy. I hope to be eulogized this way when I'm gone.
All we can do is our best in honour of his memories.

rip

Rip my Brother!!!

R.I.P. to our ultra-liberal gentleman.

Never knew the guy, but heard good things about him.

R. I. P.

It has been a year already!
Rest in peace Busayo
NLers miss you.

He was BRILLIANT, FUNNY & I couldn't believe he was that young. I cried when I saw that thread a year ago, even though I never met him. RIP Bawomolo

Back in the days!

Gone but not forgotten!

RIP!

we all miss u.