A blog on a more serious note here.... I just had to break a piece of bad news to a friend... which kinda reminded me of it as well. An army friend (lets just call him W) recently passed away. It was a bit of a nasty shock; at first we (the NS gang) heard that he had gotten cancer last year. Apparently he battled through that phase and got through it pretty well; I went to see him during my summer break together with other people and he seemed to be slowly recovering... going through chemotherapy and all. So it was quite unexpected when I received news of his demise... somehow in my mind I had already assumed he had won the battle... but I guess for cancer u can never tell when the battle is won.
W was such a fun guy to be with.... and great person whom I (and many guys in the army) shared many good and bad times. W had it all going for him... he was extremely smart, had a scholarship, and recently got a gf... something I teased him mercilessly about. Now everything I write for him has to be in the past tense... it is really such a dreadful waste. I am only glad that I managed to make the effort to go see him in June... if I didn't I would never been able to anymore. This serves as a reminder that sometimes when we put things off... we will never get that opportunity again.
Death brings about the harsh reality of how minute in the world. Even that W has gone, there is hardly a difference to show that such a wonderful person is no longer around. Life goes on as normal... and unless u know him personally, there would be nothing to show one of his passing. Its not that this is wrong.... but thats how life is. Death is simply a harsh reality that we all have to live with.
All I have of W are memories now... which I will forever cherish. May that never be forgotten.