Friday, June 20, 2008 @ 00:03
a hero.
dont think i've been though anything..
as heartwrenching or sad.
it's a horrible thing. like zumi said in her blog. sending a friend off and knowing you'll never see him again. Seeing, hearing and feeling his family's sorrow and loss.
Clifton. there were enough poeple there that day to make one whole FOC. lol. it will be different without you, not being able to discuss nxt year's programme comm's skills and how we can help them improve. Visiting camps without my good old programme mentor is just something i dont even want to imagine. You have been the light for me and so so so many others. And that's how we'll all always remember you yeah?
When we all sang the TP school song with you one last time before they sent you off i just kept remembering the times you were still here, singing your heart out with the rest of us. Your smile was always one that brought joy to those around you. Singing it that afternoon knowing that we'd never see that smile agian.. is just a feeling so extreme that can only be felt and not put into words.
Your mother came to speak to the crowd of us just aft we finished and she told us that she was proud of you, and that she's happy to know that her Clifton had so many friends. i couldnt understand some of it, coz she spoke in chinese. But what she said just made so so many of us break. you did leave a legacy behind yo. and we're all proud of you.
And so is Singapore. lol. in a way. :) seemed as if the whole frigging army was there at mandai luh. with the band, the ppl with the rifles and all. a sending off worthy of a hero. =)
aye. Clifton. there will come a time when we will probably smile and laugh again as before we heard the new about your passing, there will be a time for laughs and jokes again, but know this. we will never forget the joy that YOU brought to us, and how you had faith in so many of us when others did not, we will feel sad (like, extremely) when we think about you, and how you could actually be laughing with us, but then we will smile again, coz we know that you arnt the kind who would want anyone to be sad, especially if it's coz of you. You were always a person who had hope in people, and one who was always there for us. And that's who you will continue in our hearts. k?
Just as we all shouted for you during ur very last few moments, we will shout together now that you will always always be loved and missed, and remembered as our hero.
thankyou Clifton.
as heartwrenching or sad.
it's a horrible thing. like zumi said in her blog. sending a friend off and knowing you'll never see him again. Seeing, hearing and feeling his family's sorrow and loss.
Clifton. there were enough poeple there that day to make one whole FOC. lol. it will be different without you, not being able to discuss nxt year's programme comm's skills and how we can help them improve. Visiting camps without my good old programme mentor is just something i dont even want to imagine. You have been the light for me and so so so many others. And that's how we'll all always remember you yeah?
When we all sang the TP school song with you one last time before they sent you off i just kept remembering the times you were still here, singing your heart out with the rest of us. Your smile was always one that brought joy to those around you. Singing it that afternoon knowing that we'd never see that smile agian.. is just a feeling so extreme that can only be felt and not put into words.
Your mother came to speak to the crowd of us just aft we finished and she told us that she was proud of you, and that she's happy to know that her Clifton had so many friends. i couldnt understand some of it, coz she spoke in chinese. But what she said just made so so many of us break. you did leave a legacy behind yo. and we're all proud of you.
And so is Singapore. lol. in a way. :) seemed as if the whole frigging army was there at mandai luh. with the band, the ppl with the rifles and all. a sending off worthy of a hero. =)
aye. Clifton. there will come a time when we will probably smile and laugh again as before we heard the new about your passing, there will be a time for laughs and jokes again, but know this. we will never forget the joy that YOU brought to us, and how you had faith in so many of us when others did not, we will feel sad (like, extremely) when we think about you, and how you could actually be laughing with us, but then we will smile again, coz we know that you arnt the kind who would want anyone to be sad, especially if it's coz of you. You were always a person who had hope in people, and one who was always there for us. And that's who you will continue in our hearts. k?
Just as we all shouted for you during ur very last few moments, we will shout together now that you will always always be loved and missed, and remembered as our hero.
thankyou Clifton.
i wouldn't be who i am now if not for you.
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thank you for everyone who was there for me over the past week. it really helped me through the period in case ur thinking it didnt. i love you all. =)
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Here's a message from yilin, Clifton's girlfriend of three years, for those who didnt get it;
Thank you all for the past 4 days. I'll be strong because i know Clifton would want me to. I guess it's another painful lesson learn, esp heartwrenching one for me, he said he'll be back but he never will... treasure and love the ones around. Don't take anyone for granted. Love you all very much.