LIFE just ended like that... Goodbye to a friend.
LIFE just ended like that...
Goodbye to a friend.
Monday ~ 26th November 2007
"There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go."
While having dinner with my parents on Sunday, my parents shared the news with me about how 5 people from the Singapore Dragon Boat Team went missing after they were hit by a wave while they were rowing back to the start point after the race.
When we reached home, my dad turned on the news and we were all watching the updates on the missing 5. The bodies were located on Sunday morning. The news flashed the 5 names of the bodies that were found.
When I saw the list of names, I was shocked to my bone...
The last name on the list looked really familiar and I told my parents that that could be my friend's name.
I went to grab the newspaper and saw that one of the five missing was indeed my friend. I could not really believe that this has happened to him...
This morning, while reading the newspaper, about where and how they found the body and also the articles on those who met the accident, I cried when I thought about my friend and the times that were shared together.
We were in the same project group last semester and he was always smiling and was really hardworking. We were always meeting in the computer lab to do our project. He was in the NTU dragon boat team and was really active in sports.
He just graduated in July and had just started working 2 weeks ago, he also just celebrated his birthday last month...
I also remembered last talking to him at our Graduation Night dinner in July.
My condolences to Mr Poh Boon San's family and also to all of the other families as well...
My friend, Mr Poh Boon San, on the left
The news articles on the incident:
Five Singaporeans missing in Cambodian boat race mishap
Relatives of missing S'poreans in boating mishap arrive in Phnom Penh
Eyewitness account of Singapore dragon boat accident in Cambodia
Five bodies found in Cambodia after boating accident
Family of Poh Boon San coming to terms with the tragedy
"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive." ~Anäis Nin
"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal."