I remembered it was back in late September when I start following his blog. It was recommended by Kim Ayres in his post 'A blogger recommends...'.
And I remembered clearly back then that I chose to follow these two blogs-Mary Witzl of ResidentAlien and Sang Lee’s Yellow Son. Both are good writers, both write wonderful posts, and ever since that day, I know I've not missed any posts that they wrote ever since. A big thanks to Kim for the recommendation-they are really one of those fantastic blogs that I've read!
I guess that you have known, or might not know that I'm just fresh from receiving two sad news, the first being a serious stroke, the second-death from heart attack [Wei Soong's dad]... Here I was, thinking that the chain of sad news has ended, that it'll be some time more before I get to hear them again.
It was a stupid thought really.
And who would have thought that on this very day I get to know that Sang Lee, the owner of Yellow Son blog had passed away few days before this. I was shocked, unable to believe what I read with my eyes, but as I go on, the truth sink in-that I'll never ever again get to read his writings...
Never ever again...
No words can describe my feelings now. True, I have undergo this before. But when my dad passed away, I was just seven. All I remembered was me happily burning away those 'I-have-no-idea-what-you-called-those-papers' or 'offerings'. Even when my friend passed away back in standard 6 and form 5, there's no such feeling!
Never before...
But having followed him for just a few months, reading his posts, his wonderful stories of his past and his present, just made me feel like as I though I knew him well, although we have never met before.
It may be just me having this kind of feeling, well, I don't know, but it is certainly my first time.
It may be just me having this kind of feeling, well, I don't know, but it is certainly my first time.
Just as Kim said, the world do seems to be a little less colorful now...
To think that he's gone...
To think that I will not be able to read his stories anymore...
...
It's just so unexpected, to think that I just wrote that 'people come, people go' in my last post. And barely 24 hours after, I got this news. Damn! But that's life after all. It's full of the unexpected. Always are...
To Sang Lee,
Although we barely knew (the existence) of each other,
I just want you to know that,
Even if you're gone, you shall be remembered by us always.
Your memory and your words will live on.
Goodbye, my friend...
4 comments:
Patrick, you and I are in a similar predicament, we have never met Sang in person yet we feel as if we knew him such was his wisdom and the power of his writing. I feel as if I should be there today, in Jersey, with Luz and Chuck and his other friends. It's a very odd situation indeed, but I do have a sense of loss...
Paulo
Paulo- Yea, it's an odd feeling. We'll definitely miss him...
So sorry to hear the sad news. I too have lost online friends. It is always painful.
Julie
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Julie- =)
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