NTU Economics Year 2

8th FOOT Treasurer

9th FOOT Logistics

Full time slacker=P

Kota Kinabalu(1)

Datuk(1)

Pelepah(3)

Lata(2)

Desaru(1)

Endau Rompin(4)

Grade 8 distinction

GPA > 4.0

Sunrise at peak of Kinabalu

Sunset at peak of Datuk

Berkelah

Stong

Visit Dubai

Backpack Europe and Canada

My grandpa left. Just like that.

Mum called in the afternoon to bring the news. It wasn’t shocking for we were all expecting the day to come. But I was momentarily stunned. Stunned to hear to news; stunned to react. I went on with the usual chores. It felt strange. I know he is gone, but somehow, I don’t sense his departure. Perhaps reality takes time to sink in.

It is hard to believe my grandpa is gone. The one who brought me up. The one picked me up from school when I was a kid. The one who brought me to the playground. The one who protected me. The one who brought me along for marketing. The one who always cared for me.

Vividly, I remember my grandpa waking up in the morning at 4 to prepare coffee. He laid out the table daily so that we could all have breakfast and reach school/work in time. I remember the perfect soft boiled eggs he used to make every morning. Every time we visited, he would always greet us with the usual, “jiat ba bueh”. There will always be a packet of duck rice on the dining table which he buys everyday in case somebody gets hungry.

It suddenly dawned to me that he has did so many things for us without us realizing. It’s funny that my memories of him came only from my adolescent days. What have we been doing for the past 10 years? Maybe we never learnt to appreciate the things he has done.

No matter what, I’m glad that he is no longer suffering and that he has left us rather peacefully.
Though not a Christian, I believe, God blesses.