Cruel April

Hello. April has been cruel. As a matter of fact, I've lost two friends.
It's not just a typical breakup or arguments, it is a departure that is eternal.

Vinod departed on 4th April, 2013.
We were in the same company in National Service, and we share the same dorm.
We wake each other up when one of us is so reluctant to crawl off from the bed at 6 in the morning.
We created our own handshakes.
We learnt each other's languages.
We helped each other out.
We generated more than ideas. We created more than teamwork.

It's a synergy of friendship.

Sin Yiap appeared on the local newspaper.
The China reported:
'Merit student addicted to online gaming, staying up till late nights, dies of cardiac arrest.'

There are controversies going on on the credibility of the report as many doubt that so. 

Frankly, it's been a long time I didn't got in touch with him. 

We knew each other when we were in Kadet Remaja Sekolah back in secondary. 

We went through the same training.

wearing the same uniform.

being punished together.

It's the sweet sweat of team spirit and friendship.

I know I am not well at expressing feelings, so here's something that we all share during our times during secondary education...

“Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Don't get me wrong on why I chose this quote. In fact, these people has done the exactly the opposite.

They rekindle flames. With their spirits ever so magnificent and glaring, the light their paths, with a shadow lying long on the ground. A player of life that God would be impressed, leaving foot prints of his steady pace, and his trails never washed away. It is a tale that signifies a journey. A great story. 

That story, I hope, won't just end here