Lately, I've noticed that there has been quite a few deaths around Toronto. I mean, not people that I was close to but deaths in general.
I was reading The Star just now and found out that a 13 year old teen died unexpectedly from the H1N1 virus this morning. You can find the link here:
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/716657--teen-died-of-h1n1-health-officials-say?bn=1
Even though I don't personally know the teen, I feel this sense of pain for him and his family.
I don't know why and I don't know how. I just feel it. I feel like the whole world is slowly dying before my eyes and I can't do anything about it.
I think it all started in the summer. Here are a few events I have encountered:
- One day in software training class, my class mate just bolted out of the classroom, looking quite upset and emotional. I see him all the time in class and he was always so cheerful - until that one day. Another classmate, Marco whom I talk to often, also ran outside looking quite upset. Afterwards, I found out that my classmate's best friend who lives in London just passed away from an overdose of drugs in the forest. He was only 20 years old.
- A man was beaten to death by a group of guys in my cousin's old neighborhood over some territorial disputes. He was my age.
- My friend whom I've known since I worked at Athlete's World told me last week that a person who I knew back in the day recently died of cancer. He was just a year or two older than I am.
- two years ago, I came into the office one morning and found out that my HR rep had passed away that morning because of a car accident. Apparently the other vehicle was speeding in traffic (it was raining cats and dogs) and got away with little injuries.
I feel like I need a good crying to remember these people who had families, friends, relationship and... life.
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