It's sucky to start a new blog entry after a few days hiatus with news of the passing of a close dear friend of mine, jackson kong. yah we've been pals for around 11 years. Cant sleep on wednesday nite when friends informed me of what happened. It;s kinda hard to let the truth sink in, because it was unexpected. But who's death is expected anyway unless u are suffering from some terminal diseases. Jackson had a car accident while driving alone in his car. I shall not dwell in the details of it. When was the last time i saw him? Chinese new year at sitoh;s house. We still laughing happily away to Jackass 2 on dvd.was at the wake last nite. I looked at him lying peacefully in the box. It;s almost surreal to see him inside. Friends were in tears... i cant bring myself to cry.. i told chris later, "i cant cry because everytime i think of jackson, only fun and laughter came to my mind." Yah his a funny guy, a big, hairy funny guy.. and i want to remember him that way.
i always think that funerals are one of the ways u can actually bring everyone together. The departure of someone close is the reunion of people that someone was close to. After the initial seriousness and tears, ppl gets more relaxed and we try to think of the funny things that we and jackson did before. And then there's the wish list of "what do u want from the things that jackson had left behind" Guess i'll settle for his big toy collection. heh, though he still owe me a ceramic kettle pottery which he made himself. yah, 2 years and he still did not pass me that. He had a nickname, Hairy potter, since his hairy and he likes pottery.. :) ok not funny.
like i said earlier, the reunion of friends.. Please next time if any of u attend funerals, leave the business and name-card exchanging to other appropriate time. If u are reading this blog, fuck u and your fucking coffee business. Like i fucking care. I dun even fucking drink coffee.. i, or in fact all of us, had never seen or hang out with that ex-classmates ever, and his like giving his name-cards to all of us, making small talk to ppl he knows and not knows, and ending the sentence, "keep in touch" after passing his name-card around.. Fuck u.. All of us just feel like having a piece of him, am sure jackson feels the same too if he knows.. Me and jackson, last time in school, would love to find any trouble with him when there;s a chance.. heh.. me, small bully, he, big bully. I am talking about physical size here.. They say we looked like monsters inc when standing together..
Well got lots of things in my mind, but cant put into words here.. so ya... ppl out there, drive carefully and change your "botak" tyres asap.
3 comments:
Sitoh told me about your Blog...
You probably didn't know this, we last met in March. Jackson came to my office to see how he can do community work... Jackson was a good man.
After that discussion, I sent him off and stopped at his Swift. As I was contemplating to buy a car, we chatted about cars, motoring in Singapore... and because of my line of work- Motor accidents and how dangerous the roads can be. Sssheesh man!
Agree with you that 'after the initial seriousness and tears' we kinda look back and laugh about the past. After looking at your photos you brought last night, I went back to dig out mine too. (Not easy- especially after shifting house. I had a good nostalgia trip too.
I think the time of cremation (later in the afternoon) would be a difficult time for all of us to hold back our emotions but I guess it's okay if we mourn the passing of a good friend- Together. Let us also remember how he Lived.
Yup, we'll really miss our friend..
RIP, Jackson. Till we meet again.
Kelvin
(Sorry if I use your blog as a memorarium... just thought the other guys (even Jackson)would check your blog to see how PD Buds remembered our BIG Friend)
Glad that u met jackson pretty recently... and nice that u wrote something here.. i'll prolly move what u wrote to the main blog..
thanks.. i'll move what u wrote her to the main blog for the rest to read.. nice to meet u again
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