End Of The Road Season??

I guessed I probably am getting old!!!

Recently, it seemed that people that I know of are meeting their maker in succession.

1) There was one which I blogged about earlier, a dear friend who died young.

2) A few days earlier, an acquaintance, cousin of my god-sister passed away at, I think 41. I knew him from my pre-teen age even, as my mother used to work for my god-sister mother and that, my god-sister will occasionally give us a joyride and visit her aunties and relatives. And also at times, they come a visiting and that's how we get to know each other. Not extremely close but still, the history goes back a long way.

3) Then, yesterday, my sister-in-law's brother passed away at age 49. She just informed me today. I don't know him that well but then, he being my sister-in-law's brother, he was sort of like a relative, he was after all my nieces' and nephews' uncle.

4) Today, another friend passed away, I think he was 53. He was a friend, not extremely close but I have looked up to him like my very own elder brother until circumstances changed. After that, due to irreconcilable differences, we drifted apart, or rather, our path don't cross anymore. No hard feeling though. It is just that, I am a person who can be as passionate and as indifference as the situation dictates. I know he will be missed by many, he was after all, a very nice man but I have said once and again, life goes on. Whatever it is, I hope he finally found his peace and meet his Maker in peace. He was a staunch Christian and I hope he will have his place amongst his Maker's subject. Amen. (Though I am not Christian, it doesn't mean I can't pray for him, can I?)

I talked to my best friend just now, who is a mutual friend of the deceased number 4, and jokingly told him that, there are so many people moving on that don't be surprised that when he came back from Shanghai (he is leaving tomorrow morning) that his own close friend (that is me) suddenly is no more in this world too. I know it sounded morbid but let's face it, nothing is more certain than death, like one of my favourite tagline in my Facebook :- "mors certa, hora incerta" - "death is certain, its hour is uncertain"

And who is to say that I will not be recalled tomorrow? Most of us are on borrowed time anyway. To the ones who have left as mentioned above, may peace be with them. R.I.P.