I went for a funeral yesterday. One of my family friend, whose son used to be a close friend of mine, suffered a loss. His dad, who used to be my mom's secondary school classmate, passed away on Mon evening of cancer of the colon.

He was such a healthy person. Very active, played badminton once a week, went for strolls with his wife every Sat, enjoyed travelling, worked hard & ate healthily. There were no symptoms leading to his diagnosis at all. He started losing a tremendous amount of weight, 15 kg in 1 and half mths, and went to the doctor's to check. He was on a conscious effort to lose weight so when the first few kilos were shed, the family thought nothing of it until the weight loss became ridiculous. And the doctor told him, after a few tests, that he had cancer of the colon, final stage. This was in June.

He died 4 mths later, October 29th. But he was suffering throughout the 4mths. It was so sudden and shocking esp when you know the person who died personally. But his wife was really strong. She was very calm and composed when my mom and I went to visit the family yesterday night. But I could see the sadness in her eyes and she hugged me extra long and extra hard. They were really close as a couple, and I know she's devastated.

It's things like this which makes me appreciate the people around me more, and realise that there are more important things in life than superficial and shallow things. And the importance of taking care of yourself and going for regular check ups. I hope nothing like this happens to the people I love...