okay - so i leave for the airport in like an hour... but i just wanted to post first coz there's a couple of things weighing on my mind.

first. i heard some tragic news last night. i'm still in shock - i just really can't believe that it's happened. so there was this guy who i knew through church that came to study in perth for a few years. he then came back to do his masters in economics... because he came to my church and coz he lived north - my dad would always pick him up on the way to church - and since i always rode to church with my dad (in the days b4 i could drive that is..) i got to know him quite a bit. so anyway.. he's one heck of a good guy - so kind, gentle, understanding, and just a complete servant of the Lord. he was such an encouragement - and a changed man coz i know that he was a bit rebellious when he was younger... but really. he was just an awesome guy - great to talk to and quite humorous too! he was just such a joy to be around. anyway. so he went back to s'pore the year b4 last coz he finished his studies, so he went back to s'pore to work... well. on sunday morning s'pore time - he ran a 21km marathon with thousands of other people - he finished it in like 90 minutes.. after passing the finish line - he collapsed... his heart stopped and he stopped breathing. the paramedics on site tried to revive him - gave him resusitation drugs and did CPR, but to no avail... he was rushed to the hospital and the doctors there tried to revive him... but they couldn't.. so at 8:07am on sunday morning they pronounced him as deceased.

i really still am in shock - coz it feels like just last week that i was talking to him online asking him how things were going and just getting an update from him... i guess i understand how life and death is all a cycle and that death for him isn't the end because he's saved - that much i'm glad for. and i do know that i'll see him again one day. but still, losing him at such a young age (he was only 25) - i sometimes wonder why God plans the things He does. i don't question it - don't get me wrong... i just wonder that's all. so many people would be incredibly saddened at this loss - i can't imagine what his family is going through right now. but I know that the Lord will give them the strength to get through it and that they can be consoled in knowing that he was a son of God - and they can be certain that he's going to a better place.

on that sad note - i need to go. just needed to pen some thoughts.

wish me a safe flight (i'm flying to toronto tonight) =)

luv lots,
pheebs.