Roll on the carpet, clean out the house, prepare food for Death… You guys know the drill!

Do you?

Well I’ve always imagine death to be a woman. Sorta like in the Sandman series.

Anyway, our org-mate died yesterday. It was very… emotional.

I first heard about it through text that I received from Laureen. All she said was, “Garrick just passed away…”

That time, I was walking around SM San Lazaro with my sister by my side. And after reading that, I uttered a resounding “sh-t!” — and I didn’t even check if people around me were offended. I was in shock.

No, I wasn’t close to him. A few encounters here and there. Small talk and joking around — he always struck me as a happy-go-lucky fellow.

(Photo grabbed from Superbong’s Multiply)

I regretted not visiting him or texting him.

What made it harder was the fact that Chris, another org-mate regularly updated us about Garrick. If you check out his multiply, you’ll see a handful of blog entries about progress and even a video — a video wherein Garrick even stuck his tongue out with a smile, supposedly trying to cheer up all those people who were keeping tabs on him.

So Garrick, we love you.
We really do.

I might be selfish in saying that I wanted you to hold on but I really did want you to. I can’t imagine how much you suffered but I still wanted you to bear the worse of it. I’m sorry…

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