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11 Responses to “Goodbye Simon Jones…”

1. Yasha | August 22nd, 2007 at 10:11 am
   

   I didn’t know that you knew him, Ndri..

   Yes, he was a nice guy. Do you happen to know his relatives?

   I also wrote about it in my blog http://mryasha.multiply.com/journal/item/90/That_Simon_Bule_Guy

2. Indri P. Rosid | August 24th, 2007 at 1:56 am
   

   Hi Yash!

   I knew the story from Nancy.
   She said Simon will be cremated, then his ashes will be sent to his family.
   That’s the last news I heard..

3. ichil | August 24th, 2007 at 5:45 am
   

   simon was my author in prasetiya mulya business school. i was shocked with this news..

   would you send me any news about him???

   thx,
   ichil

4. Alun | August 28th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
   

   Thank you for your condolences.
   Simon was one of my cousins. I was stunned to hear from my mother that he had died.
   Most of his immediate relatives live in Europe and North America. Simon was born in Wales - hence that occaisional English accent that Mr Yasha referred to in his blog. Simon moved around the world, spending a lot of his life in Europe and North America before moving to Asia. A free spirit, he was at times difficult for his family to keep in touch with, information being given on his whereabouts given when he felt like it. This used to worry his parents greatly, but I guess that was the way he wanted it .
   He will be sadly missed by his parents, brothers and sisters and all his uncles, aunts and cousins.
   I don’t usually submit to blogs and chat rooms, but since Simon died so far away from us it is heartwarming to hear that he had friends and colleagues who regret his passing.
   By the way, what is a Bule Guy?

5. Indri P. Rosid | August 29th, 2007 at 1:22 am
   

   Hi Alun,

   Thanks a lot for the info. Yes indeed, Simon will be greatly missed by all of his friends here. I hope your posting could also answered the queries from Ichil.

   Please accept our deepest condolence from big family of Maverick.

   Anyway, Bule Guy is an Indonesian slang word that commonly used word to describe a white person or person of European/American descent.

6. vivenne jones | September 8th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
   

   I am Simons sister Vivienne in Toronto. When we recieved the terrible news we knew very little of his life in Jakarta. We did know that he loved it there and loved his job.We we worried about him often and craved more contact, but Si had long been a free and restless spirit.He was a complex person with many talents, bright and curious with a wonderful sense of humour, intelligence and stamina, and he was loved by his family. There has been some comfort in getting a glimpse of his life and the people he worked with and I feel there is much sincerity in the condolences as well as the help we have recieved from his associates at Metro Tv. Thank you for that.
   warm greetings vivienne

7. christopher | September 10th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
   

   I am Chris, Simon’s older brother.
   I would like to also say thank you to those of you who have offered your condolences, Like Viv and Alun I find it heart warming to hear the kind thoughts and words from the people who knew Simon. A special thanks to those at Metro TV who have helped us so much to sort out this sad buisness with such a distance between us. I had so wanted to go to jakarta and see what he was doing and see more of his life.
   Rest in peace ‘little brother’………….

   Chris
   Simon was indeed free spirit and

8. Nancy | September 14th, 2007 at 11:48 am
   

   Hi Viv & Chris,

   I’m Nancy, i was working in Metro TV before & was working together wih Simon in the international desk. Shared funny times with him and friends in Metro TV. He did told me about both of you and family…
   I was shocked when i heard the news, may he rest in peace in a better place…
   My deepest condolonces for your family….

   Warm Regards,

   Nancy

9. vivienne | September 20th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
   

   Nancy,how nice to hear from you ,and it means a lot to me that he spoke to you about us. We are a family thats really diverse and spread out with Simon the furthest away of all. We finally hear now that he died of a heart attack. Atleast he didnt suffer.Did you know if he was aware of any health problems I wonder? We celebrate his life ,
   warm greetings,
   vivienne

10. Farid Yusuf Mansur | March 2nd, 2008 at 4:43 pm
    

    hi this is farid yusuf mansur
    i was googling his name and just found out he passed away, so its quite a bit of a shock. I met Simon 4 years ago while i was visiting indonesia. We stayed at the same place. I didnt know much about him, except he always made me laugh. He was the funniest guy i ever met, seriously. Nobody was as crazy as he could be. May God have mercy on his soul.amin

11. emr | March 16th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
    

    he was my SAT teacher back thenn..

    i was really shocked when i heard this news from my friend who’s also a student of his..

    he was a great teacher and a great friend who likes to share is stories, passion and funny jokes..
    i can even remember what he told us..how he looked like distinctly even though we havent met for almost 2 years..

    we love you simon!
    may you rest in peace…

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