A Tribute

So I mentioned in one of my previous posts that it's the exam season and I won't be posting for quite some time, but I guess there are exceptions to be made....like when a friend sent me a text message a couple of days ago to inform me that his mother had passed away. To be frank, the news shocked me. I mean, I knew that his mother was sick and down with cancer, but I never expected her to go. And certainly not this quickly. Yes, for a moment everything was almost surreal. I didn't even know how to reply to his sms. This guy...he was a good friend of mine; one of only a few Malay guys I could really have a great conversation with. A great guy all round whom I went on debating trips with, even all the way to Teluk Intan once. Those were the good old days...back then you'd never expect that he'd lose his mother in such a way. It's one of those situations that you'd think won't happen to anyone near you. Y'know, situations that you think would only happen to somebody's somebody but never expect it to hit this close to home. If I'm feeling sad for him right now, I can't imagine what it must be like for him, his siblings and his father.

To my friend's mom: Rest in Peace. I never met you when you were alive, but I'm sure you must have been a great mother to have raised such a fine son.