He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We never know when it may happen or when we might be forced to say goodbye. We never do. Death, it just happens. Sometimes, there are signs but sometimes... It takes away the ones we loved in an unexpected way. Accidents, suicide etc. Death is real.
A few days ago. Joyce, Charmaine & I were just talking about death & suicide. About how real it was because Joyce's friend recently passed on. We were commenting and discussing about it, sharing experiences about suicide & death.
And then. Today.
I found out that somebody I might have known... passed on.
R.I.P
Jordan Tan Jun Jie.
Jordan Tan Jun Jie is a student of Ngee Ann Polytechnic's School of Life Sciences and Chemical Technology, Molecular Biotechnology. He is a year 2 student as well as a committee member for the LSCT GL's. He suffers from a condition known as thrombocytopenia, which is the cause for his low blood platelet count.
On the 10th of Febuary 2009, Jordan was at NP's Convention Center's basement preparing for a test. Jordan vomited out his lunch as well as a lot of blood, and eventually fainted before the paramedics arrived.
He was sent to NUH A&E, where doctors found a blood clot in his brain, but were unable to operate immediately because of his low blood platelet count.
After being in critical condition for almost 12 hours, a small operation was carried out to ease the blood pressure in his brain, which was mounting to a dangerous level.
He has been in a coma ever since, and doctors have certified him brain dead as of 12th Febuary 2009.
However, the masses of people who went to visit Jordan are still not giving up hope. They are still hoping and praying for Jordan, and they are constantly visiting him and folding paper cranes and stars at ward 21 in the hopes of him waking up.
(from the FB group)
He passed away this morning. ):
From the photos people left behind, I realised that Jordan was an SL in RC4 & RC5.
I didn't know. I really didn't.
Perhaps, I may have met him & talked to him then. Perhaps, joked with him & laughed. Or maybe, I had introduced myself as ,"I FORGOT MY NAME" to him.
I wouldn't know. Would I? =/
And though I may not have really known you, may not have been close or anything. I still pray for you. Pray for your soul, pray for your family, pray for your friends.
You will be and already are dearly missed.
Rest in peace.
And to them, who knew him. I doubt he would want you to cry or feel hurt just because he left. He would probably want you to be strong, to move on & to remember him. He'll be watching from Heaven, guiding you slowly.
Let's pray for him and that his soul finds peace.
Let us remember him. Remember his soul. Remember who he was as a person and let us not forget that.
His memories shall stay in our hearts for all eternity.
Amen.
To us, the ones still walking, still breathing.
Let's treasure each day because we never know when death might take it all away.
A few days ago. Joyce, Charmaine & I were just talking about death & suicide. About how real it was because Joyce's friend recently passed on. We were commenting and discussing about it, sharing experiences about suicide & death.
And then. Today.
I found out that somebody I might have known... passed on.
R.I.P
Jordan Tan Jun Jie.
Jordan Tan Jun Jie is a student of Ngee Ann Polytechnic's School of Life Sciences and Chemical Technology, Molecular Biotechnology. He is a year 2 student as well as a committee member for the LSCT GL's. He suffers from a condition known as thrombocytopenia, which is the cause for his low blood platelet count.
On the 10th of Febuary 2009, Jordan was at NP's Convention Center's basement preparing for a test. Jordan vomited out his lunch as well as a lot of blood, and eventually fainted before the paramedics arrived.
He was sent to NUH A&E, where doctors found a blood clot in his brain, but were unable to operate immediately because of his low blood platelet count.
After being in critical condition for almost 12 hours, a small operation was carried out to ease the blood pressure in his brain, which was mounting to a dangerous level.
He has been in a coma ever since, and doctors have certified him brain dead as of 12th Febuary 2009.
However, the masses of people who went to visit Jordan are still not giving up hope. They are still hoping and praying for Jordan, and they are constantly visiting him and folding paper cranes and stars at ward 21 in the hopes of him waking up.
(from the FB group)
He passed away this morning. ):
From the photos people left behind, I realised that Jordan was an SL in RC4 & RC5.
I didn't know. I really didn't.
Perhaps, I may have met him & talked to him then. Perhaps, joked with him & laughed. Or maybe, I had introduced myself as ,"I FORGOT MY NAME" to him.
I wouldn't know. Would I? =/
And though I may not have really known you, may not have been close or anything. I still pray for you. Pray for your soul, pray for your family, pray for your friends.
You will be and already are dearly missed.
Rest in peace.
And to them, who knew him. I doubt he would want you to cry or feel hurt just because he left. He would probably want you to be strong, to move on & to remember him. He'll be watching from Heaven, guiding you slowly.
Let's pray for him and that his soul finds peace.
Let us remember him. Remember his soul. Remember who he was as a person and let us not forget that.
His memories shall stay in our hearts for all eternity.
Amen.
To us, the ones still walking, still breathing.
Let's treasure each day because we never know when death might take it all away.
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