Not Enough
It was sometime around 2-4PM that I heard the news today.
A schoolmate, senior and friend had passed away.
I don't know the details, but I'm in shock. He was only 19, for Kami's sake.
I remember him as one of the most energetic GLs in Skelto when I went for FOW last year. It was him, along with some of the other GLs, that I talked to and it was them who made me feel less shy. It was them who made me feel like I belonged somewhere in Skelto, in TP. I remember him talking to the fellow freshies, asking if everyone was alright after running so much in the hot sun. I remember him doing all sorts of retarded, silly stuff with the other GLs. Even after FOW, when school started and there wasn't any time to meet up with the rest of Skelto, whenever I happened to run into him in school, he'd say hi to me. That really meant a lot to me, because it meant that he actually remembered me, even though I was just any other freshie. He actually remembered.
I was out with my mum and cousin today when I saw the news on Twitter. When I saw my friends, especially those who were from Skelto, tweeting about #RIPisaac I thought it was a joke, until I went to check out the hashtag.
I wasn't close to him, and I won't pretend to be, but I do remember him. And he did make an impact in my life, especially in my pre and early TP days. What's the biggest shock is that he was only 19. He was only one year older than me, and he's gone.
I won't go for his wake tomorrow, because I won't know what to do, and it would feel disrespectful to go and not do anything and feel awkward.
Twitter's all flooded with tweets expressing heartfelt condolences to his family and saying how much Isaac was, is, loved. The word RIP is all over the timeline. Even on Facebook, it's the same story.
I would do the same. I wanted to post a comment on Facebook, but then I hesitated. How much can "RIP" possibly convey? It doesn't say anything of the person he was, it doesn't tell anyone what he did. It doesn't do anything to show how many lives he touched, how many people were crying because he's gone, how many people and friends already miss him. It doesn't do anything to show what everyone feels.
The word itself is useless. It's not enough.
But because there isn't anything else that I can use...
RIP, Isaac. I genuinely hope that wherever you've gone, it's a better place.
"To the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure."
"Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
So let's turn on the light, you guys.
A schoolmate, senior and friend had passed away.
I don't know the details, but I'm in shock. He was only 19, for Kami's sake.
I remember him as one of the most energetic GLs in Skelto when I went for FOW last year. It was him, along with some of the other GLs, that I talked to and it was them who made me feel less shy. It was them who made me feel like I belonged somewhere in Skelto, in TP. I remember him talking to the fellow freshies, asking if everyone was alright after running so much in the hot sun. I remember him doing all sorts of retarded, silly stuff with the other GLs. Even after FOW, when school started and there wasn't any time to meet up with the rest of Skelto, whenever I happened to run into him in school, he'd say hi to me. That really meant a lot to me, because it meant that he actually remembered me, even though I was just any other freshie. He actually remembered.
I was out with my mum and cousin today when I saw the news on Twitter. When I saw my friends, especially those who were from Skelto, tweeting about #RIPisaac I thought it was a joke, until I went to check out the hashtag.
I wasn't close to him, and I won't pretend to be, but I do remember him. And he did make an impact in my life, especially in my pre and early TP days. What's the biggest shock is that he was only 19. He was only one year older than me, and he's gone.
I won't go for his wake tomorrow, because I won't know what to do, and it would feel disrespectful to go and not do anything and feel awkward.
Twitter's all flooded with tweets expressing heartfelt condolences to his family and saying how much Isaac was, is, loved. The word RIP is all over the timeline. Even on Facebook, it's the same story.
I would do the same. I wanted to post a comment on Facebook, but then I hesitated. How much can "RIP" possibly convey? It doesn't say anything of the person he was, it doesn't tell anyone what he did. It doesn't do anything to show how many lives he touched, how many people were crying because he's gone, how many people and friends already miss him. It doesn't do anything to show what everyone feels.
The word itself is useless. It's not enough.
But because there isn't anything else that I can use...
RIP, Isaac. I genuinely hope that wherever you've gone, it's a better place.
"To the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure."
"Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
So let's turn on the light, you guys.
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