ode to the soapbox

ok it's official. the one that jumped from the building is actually our fellow colleague.

oh man.

at noon while we were having lunch at company cafeteria on 4th floor facing the block where the person jumped, we even distastefully joked that maybe the person was from our company.

then after lunch rumours started spreading that the person in fact, WAS from our company, and a name was mentioned.

i was like.. oh god.

oh god oh god oh god.

i just saw him yesterday at cafeteria with a blank expression on his face. but again, he always had that expression ever since he was involved with a car accident almost 2 years ago. he turned into this quiet guy after that incident that left him in one month hospitalization due to broken thigh.

nobody knows why he committed the suicide. it's sad, to know someone so close yet not able to prevent such drastic insident. we could have done more to help him cope, you know, whatever things that got him troubled.

but then, this is life. some missed chance would never come back. what we could do, is to learn from our mistakes, and cherish life all we can.

may he rest in peace.



...adie