Saturday, August 16, 2008

In Memory of Cien Yang

It has been somewhat a very paradoxical week for me. I've attended 2 wakes in a space of a week. One is Jia Sheng's late grandmother wake and the other one was for a good friend by the name of Teoh Cien Yang. Its paradoxical that you only realize how much the person is worth to you when you when they are gone. Its paradoxical that you only realize that the person closest to you doesnt always have to be the person you knew longer...

It was a heart wrenching site as I saw Cien Yang's body twice... The 1st time was with Noel, Yen Chong and Stefan...blood was oozing out from his nose. As they have already nailed the casket, they couldnt clean it.

The 2nd time was with Kelly, who was my junior in UKM. She and two of her friends Steph and Lynn (im not sure how to spell her name) flew down from KL as soon as she heard about the news. Kelly only knew Cien Yang for 4 months.

Again it was a fate worst than death for me, to actually bring them to Cien Yang's body to pay their respects. They cried, they were stupified and they wallowed in grief. I try keeping a brave face all the time. Eventually a tear or 2 came out and I went for a fag.

His nickname for me in Free School was fat f**k, and my nickname for him was short f**k. We were close because of 2 things, 1. The Editorial Board and 2. Only heroes will only heroes. Haha, sounds a bit of cliche, but ya in other words only the cheeky ones will know the cheeky ones. I finally found courage to step up to the coffin again and told him in my heart that "You'll be nice up there ya, short f**k"

It was also paradoxical that Usain Bolt broke the world record yesterday, being the 100m wasnt his pet event. It was paradoxical that after all the free spending all summer long, Totenham would lose to Boro. It was paradoxical that in death you will find life and vice versa...

Hopefully, Lee Chong Wei would win Gold in the men's badminton final later...Hopefully... I dont know what to believe or what to say these days.

And ya, thank you to all who came to my convocation last Sunday in UKM, really appreciate it. Last but not least, Kelly if you reading this. Remember ya, life must go on!!