I dreamt of my dear friend...

Yesterday, I dreamt of my dear friend. A friend who had just passed away recently.

This morning, I sms-ed my buddies...

Me --> Xiaomei, Joanna, Jianzhong & Thomas: I dreamt of Keng Teck ytd. V weird dream. In my dream I still asked myself: tot he died ald? Dun ask me wat is e dream abt coz I oso not sure..

Joanna --> Me: Actually few weeks ago I also dreamt of him and I oso know he ald died inside my dream. Dunno y we'r still with him.

Jianzhong --> Me: Hahaha, so lucky.
Me --> Jianzhong: He got leg pain is it? Coz seems like he's telling me his leg pain..
Jianzhong --> Me: Ya, I think he said before..

Thomas --> Me: O.. Really. Wa lau.. Keng Teck died liao still thinking of you. Dun even come talk to me. I his friend also leh.. Sigh..
Me --> Thomas: Hahaha... Jo oso got dream of him leh.
Thomas --> Me: Wa lau wa lau.. he passed away liao only thinking about girls but not boy friends...So sad. Next who turn? Xiaomei or Lilian to dream of him?
Me --> Thomas: Hahaha... ok ok I'll let Mei and Lian knw tat if they oso dream of him, ask him go find u la.. hahaha
Thomas --> Me: Dun wan la, I dun wan to see him again. Forget it.

The Final Send Off

As right now I'm at home writing this post, my friends is at the wake paying their last respect and sending him off his final journey in this life.

No words can describe how I'm feeling right now, I don't even know how I'm feeling now while penning down my thoughts.

The 3 days wake has ended as fast as his suffering from the illness.

I just called Jianzhong, they are now walking the last journey with him.

I can't do anything except to ask my friends to tell him on behalf of me....

走好... 來生我們还是朋友.

Good Bye My dear Friend...

Received sms from Mei yesterday at 11.44pm:

*Gals.. Keng Teck passed away liao... :_(*

I'm stone, out of the sudden don't know how to react.

I called Thomas at 12.19am but Jianzhong picked up the call instead:

Me: Where you guys?
Jz: In the hospital. (He sound like just finish crying)
Me: Ok, what time Keng Teck passed away?
Jz: We left the hospital at about 10+ after visiting him, then 11+ his mum called and said he passed away already so we turned back to the hospital.
Me: How is he when you all visit him at 10+?
Jz: He got difficulty breathing.
Me: Ok, don't disturb you guys 1st. Call me back tomorrow morning.
Jz: Ok...

After hanged up the phone with Jz, I can't fall asleep. My mind keep flashing back the past.
Finally I managed to cry myself to sleep at 4am...

I sms Thomas this morning at 7.27am:

Me: Sorry to msg you so early... How is the preparation and where is Keng Teck now?..
Thomas: Is ok.. About 10+ Keng Teck body will reach his grandma house. Any detail you check with Jz cause afternoon he will go down and help...
Me: Ok, you go rest 1st.
Thomas: Don't worry...

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In memories of Choo Keng Teck

( 5.4.1982 ~ 18.6.2009, 2333 hours)

朋友:

一路走好....

永别了..

My dear friend...

And I pray for my dear friend, Keng Teck, who is now in SGH battling for his life with the final stage of Liver cancer.

Keng Teck:

I may not be able to visit you now in hospital, I may not be able to tell you personally how much I treasure you dearly as friend no matter how you had irritated us and made us all so angry towards you.

We had known each other since 3rd Jan 1995, when we are all still an innocent 13 year old kids.

Remembering those school days.... where we often used to argued.
How you used to pull my chair away, how you made me fall, how you received the slapped from me, how you were being punished by teachers for all your mischievous...
Remembering the old days where we often went to Disco, drinks, smokes...
Remembering your 'unique' Lemon Tree dance steps (smile) ...
Remembering that you often used to comb your handsome hairstyle, asking friends which hairstyle suits you most...
Remembering how often we used to played 'Blind Cats' at my house playground...
Remembering how we spent National Day at my house eating Maggie Noodles with the buddies... Remembering how you let me and Yun stayed at your house for weeks...
Remembering how hard your life was after certain things happened...
Remembering how you bought a pack of chicken rice and ate it as 2 meals...
Remembering the class gathering in a chalet without you, remembering how friends told me the reason of your absent, the reason of why you chosen that path...
Remembering the 1st letter you wrote to me when you're IN... the letters that we exchanged. Remembering how well you had improved in your studies, your future dream after you're OUT...
Years later, Remembering the phone call I had received from our friend in September 2005 informing the good and bad news of you...
Remembering our 1st met up with the buddies, the things we bought for you and your happy looks told us that you appreciated it truly...
Remembering the CNY reunion dinner we had last year, how you pissed me off totally... Remembering friends telling me how grateful you are when they organised a birthday chalet for you this April, I am too, happy for you...
And remembering days ago when I received a sms from Mei about your condition...
Friends wanted to 3G me yesterday, but I was scared... I don't think I would dare to look at you even though as much as I wanted to go visit you...
Yun said that I will cry if I were to see you personally but tears already surround my eyes the moment they described how you looked like presently...

We have been friends from 14 years, 6 months. We shared lots of happiness, sadness and angers. Lots of thick and thins...

My dear friend, I pray for you, I pray that you will be painless for whatever journey you need to walk in the coming days...

Even if the final day were to come, please remember us forever.

I believe you do treasure the friendships we all shared as some of the photos were extracted from your friendster.

The days when you are still well...

The days when you become ill...

Memories is something which will stay in our heart...