Memoirs Of A SiaoKia

I can’t believe my new year started with a friend passed away on 1/1/06. Sigh…

A best friend of mine called me this morning and informed me about the bad news. I quickly flipped to the page of the newspaper where the news was reported. In fact, I read the same news before his call but I didn’t realize it was him. I didn’t take a close look at the photo and didn’t read thoroughly about the accident too. I hoped so much the news was not true. He met an accident, banged his bike to a car. I have no idea how it happened, but the accident took my friend’s life away. I was stunned and very sad when I read the bad news.

We were football school team teammates back in secondary school. He used to be the trickery striker playing up front and I was the central midfielder, as usual. We joked, we battled for ball during trainings, we had drinks after matches and we even bet on football results. If I am not mistaken, the last betting I lost was the one I lost RM100 to him in form 3. Ever since then I didn’t bet on football anymore.

I have not met him since SPM, but I heard from a few friends that he married the girl who he has been together with since form 3. What a loyal boyfriend and husband he was. He got a lovely daughter then. Immediately I thought of his wife and daughter after reading the newspaper. I really hope they can walk through this tough period and live a better life ever after. I hope my friend is blessing them from the heaven until they meet again.

I treasure friendship a lot, especially those who really stepped into my life. I will always remember the scenes me and him playing the ball on the pitch. May him rest in peace, my dear friend, Lau Hee Chuan. May GOD bless his wife and daughter everyday.