Rest in Peace
In loving memory of Tony Wang
Thanks for all you've done
We can't believe you're gone
You were our shifu, our brother and our dearest friend
Smiling down on us as you always do
We will carry the memories that remind us of you
And even though you're gone
You will always be in our hearts
Tony was our shifu because we looked up to him with much respect of his work ethics and experience to resolve difficult problems.
He was always the one work on memory leaks, random core crashes or new algorithms.
We called him shifu also because he was master of daily routines.
Always early to work, always exercising, always with a cup of Chinese tea, always greeting co-workers in their native languages
(Spanish, Filipino, Vietnamese) and always taking lunch walks rain or shine.
Tony was a brother to us. One day he invited some of us to his home at lunch time to eat his home made dumplings.
I couldn't forget the smile on his face while he watched us eating and told us how he made those dumplings from scratch. One time
Tony asked Stephen if he had some working gloves.
Stephen said "sure I have a pair, but what for?" His hands were sore because he had to level out a two feet of sidewalk that a city
tree had started to uproot on the side of his house.
His home insurance assessor said it was a liability. Tony only used a screwdriver and hammer to break down the concrete and he hauled
the concrete in his pickup truck to the Milpitas landfill all by himself. We were all so amazed at Tony.
Tony was our dearest friend who was always there to help. At work, Tony was always so patient even when we asked him some very basic
technical questions. He always explained everything in details without any holding back. When I joked "now I believe you are a true PhD!",
he would reply with a big smile "Do you know I got every possible degrees from Tsinghua university?". Tony had the greatest sense of humor
and that laugh of Tony's will be missed. Off work, Tony helped many of us transport furnitures or oversized stuff with his signature pickup truck
which reflects his personality perfectly - calm, humble, down to earth, a man with few words but a big heart.
We will forever keep those memories with us, Thank you Tony! So as we sit here and mourn the loss of our beloved friend Tony,
we have to keep telling ourselves that we will meet again.
Rest in Peace, Tony!