At our age, its certainly disturbing to see someone you know in the orbituaries. It was even more saddening to read about it in the New Paper today. Colin Kang, a lawyer had died of cardiac failure and had passed away. He most likely had thalassemia major (as stated in the papers) that would have inadvertently affected his health. (I have thalassemia minor myself, but it is unlikely it would affect me unless my spouse-to-be has it)

Nearly a decade ago, he was part of a group of dedicated individuals enlightening teenagers enroute to confirmation. I was part of the teenage group. He was a no-nonsense disciplinarian as compared to the rest, but inspite of his seriousness when it matters, you could always feel his dedication to the cause, and as serious as he was, there were always the lighthearted moments with him.

Furthermore, reading on, I couldn’t but feel a sense of culpability, here was a lawyer, going out of his way and time (which would probably be worth lots more) to help strangers, but sadly in the cruelty of the draw, his life was taken away at such a young age. On the other end of the pole, a dissimilar myself has done nothing of the magnitude and yet still breathe to write this. Such is the way of life.

Rest in peace, Colin.