When death stalks by
November 13, 2007I came home tonight from a funeral wake of my friend who passed away three days ago. I wasn’t expecting, not really. He’s young, he’s fine and suddenly he was taken away. So many questions about death randomly spurted inside my head. But no matter how much I wring my thoughts, it only leaves one answer… death chooses no one.
“It’s already his time”, a remark I heard from the funeral. I was thinking then, all along it was actually time who discreetly takes everything away from us. We can cheat death, but not time. We can take control of death, but not time. We can fight death, but not time.
Perhaps, if we allow fantasy to cloud reality, the greatest power one can attain is to control or stop time. But no matter how much the clouds cover reality they eventually disappear, and reality tells us that without a doubt nobody has the power to stop time; it’s impossible, it’s preposterous. Time is incessant, and it will always be.
For the past twenty two years of my life time has been so cruel, it loves being chased, it runs fast, and worst… it strikes. Time is a reason. Time is a thief - the only thief the law does not arrest. Time is selfish. Time is one-way. Time is irreversible. Time is dreadful… it is death’s best friend. Time holds everything, and it has the power to lose everything. Time is invincible, and there’s absolutely no way to combat time. There’s so much about time that it seems to slip away so fast. One minute you’re existing, the other you’re gone.
Nevertheless, no matter how terrible time can be, we need time to survive, to heal, to learn, and to be happy. Time is gold as the cliché goes; time should be valued and must be well-spent. So what do we do with time? We use it. We don’t want to waste it, or we’ll be running after time. Let us not wait for the clock to tick because we barely notice that we’re running out of time before we set our affairs into order. Don’t hurry things up, we take our time but we don’t kill it - little do we know that time is quietly killing us too.
The time given to us is short, very short that we really don’t notice this until our time is up. This is obsolete but I’ll be repeating this because we actually don’t mind it at all: Life is so short, live the fullest and make the best out of it… before it’s too late.
I just hope I didn’t waste your time reading this.
And to my friend who is now at the hands of our Father, may his soul rest in peace. He will always be remembered.
Sarah 
Hey, I like ur blog. And this “Life is so short, live the fullest and make the best out of it…” is one of my motto in life…..
I just want to share u something. It’s my uncle’s testimony about one of his encounter with his dad. The scenario goes like this. My uncle was sitting in a bench drinking something. I forgot what it was. I think it was a coffee or a beer, and his watching the clouds moving in the sky. Suddenly his dad came by, sit and drink with him. After a moment of silence a word came from his dad telling “son, when I die first, I will be the first one who will welcome you in heaven BUT when you will die first, u will be the first one who will welcome me in heaven”. My uncle replied, “Ok dad, when I die first, I will be the first one to will welcome you in heaven. BUT Dad, …. ARE WE GOING TO HEAVEN?”…… a silence again overwhelm their conversation. They stand up, walk away in silence, with this question left in their minds. The question they never forgot. =)
Comment by Lord Van — November 15, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
Time is really cruel, it accounts the idea of deadlines, and the reason for some misfortune, and a friend of death.
Comment by Lei — November 16, 2007 @ 9:13 am
thanks for dropping by guys.
@LordVan I guess you know who I’m talking about? I’m guessing you’re his friend too.
Comment by Sarah — November 16, 2007 @ 10:53 pm
Yup! How did you know? Are you a fortune teller?… =)
I really feel sad to know that he died. We did not reach a year spending time together but he’s been so close to me for that short time. I’m not really a friendly-type kind of guy. I only have few friends but I treasure them so much. He is one of them. He is really a very good friend. A fun-to-be-with kind of guy. I really miss his company.
I just want to share this to you, that in spite of our busy life, we must also think about our next life. And make sure to it that we will find the right path that will direct us to heaven. Coz it might be too late for us. Life is short and we do not know what time is ours. I really hope that he found the path to heaven before he died. I really am. =)
Comment by Lord Van — November 19, 2007 @ 7:55 pm
Were you there the night we went to his wake together with his classmates and officemates? I bet you know Ares, and Niña - they’re my friends too. Maybe that explains why I know you know who I was talking about.
Comment by Sarah — November 20, 2007 @ 8:04 am
Secret! Do i need to answer that? will i go jail if I won’t?
Do you talk to strangers?
Comment by Lord Van — November 20, 2007 @ 10:06 am
Death comes to everyone, and I am so prepared for that time to come. By the way, I like your way of writing. You have a very nice blog.
Comment by Aldrin — November 21, 2007 @ 4:52 am
@Lord Van Ok you don’t have to tell me.
hehehe by the way, what about talking to strangers?
@Aldrin Thanks for dropping by. Wow, I barely hear someone who’s prepared to die. As for me, I’m not afraid of dying, but I’m not yet prepared. There’s so many things that I need to settle, dreams that I want to fulfill, and I’m still making the best of my life.
Comment by Sarah — November 21, 2007 @ 6:42 am
I thought about it kasi. Hehehe just kidding. Aaaaaaaaah Because I’m a stranger.
I’m also an alien from a far far away planet, do you talk to aliens? 
By the way you are a fortune teller, right? So who do you think I am? Just a simple details. That’s enough for me… I just want to test your powers..
Comment by Lord Van — November 21, 2007 @ 7:31 am
Fine. You’re a comsci grad. You love drawing, web designing, you love photography, you love swimming, and you love mountain climbing (by the way, if you have time, check out my post about mountain climbing). is that enough? heheheh don’t even think that i’m stalking you. hahaha xD
Comment by Sarah — November 21, 2007 @ 7:48 am
Wow! you’re good! Will you impart to me some of your powers?
How did you know? I haven’t given you any clue. I’m really shocked.
I’ve been targeting it since I enter college but until now I’ve never been there. My mother will not allow me that time. I have to respect it. She’s my mother. But I don’t think she will still do that this time. I’m just waiting for a go signal from any of my friends… hehehe.
Actually I’ve already read that blog. I just read a part of it. I don’t like it. MASUYA KO!….
I have already been into many places. I want to conquer first Mindanao. Next will be the Philippines, and then the World…:)
There’s a lot of beautiful places here in Mindanao. The beaches, lakes, waterfalls, hot spring, etc. If you’re interested, I have some pictures of it at my friendster. Maybe you already know about it. You have that power to know everything…:) if you want, I can be your guide. But I don’t know if you can afford me, I’m already professional… hehehe just kidding…
Comment by Lord Van — November 21, 2007 @ 9:24 am
Secret! Will I go to jail if I won’t?
Comment by Sarah — November 21, 2007 @ 11:22 pm
Aaaaaaaaaayyyyyy kalain. sige na gud. pugson ta ka ha.
sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na… sige na…
:)
Comment by Lord Van — November 22, 2007 @ 4:48 am
ok ok.. it was through your friendster that I’ve found out everything… hehehe
Comment by Sarah — November 25, 2007 @ 7:21 pm
Ha? But still I didn’t get it. Based on my analysis even if you knew my friendster, I still don’t understand how you know about my likes. My friendster is restricted. I checked the feature “who’s viewed me?” your name didn’t appear. Unless you checked it through my website, but still the links through it is on my friendster. Other option is you get it from other source. Who might that source be? And beside everything of that, I post comment to your blog with an alias “Lord Van” only few of my friends knew. The purpose is to hide my identity. I don’t think that my email add appears in yours since I’ve read the note informing the email add will not appear. I don’t really get it. What’s wrong with my analysis? How did you do it? Are you really a fortune teller?
About the other post.. You’re welcome!. But I hope I will really be there next time you needed a helping hand..
Comment by Lord Van — November 26, 2007 @ 5:43 am
Lets just put it this way, people say I have incredible instincts. lolz
Comment by Sarah — November 26, 2007 @ 2:43 pm
Ok. No more questions… hehehe
So back to the topic. I know it’s not good to talk about death. Death is one thing most people are afraid of. But we can’t stop it. Death passes by us anytime. It chooses no one. I know you’re not prepared to die. But preparation doesn’t mean that you want to die already but being equip to it coz anytime the angel of death will stop over us and take us. I just want to ask you about something. You don’t need to answer it but I hope you will. Where you think you will be after you die? How sure are you?
Comment by Lord Van — November 27, 2007 @ 9:36 am
I’m not afraid to die..it’s just that, I don’t want to die…not yet. I still have dreams to achieve and there’s more in this world that I want to do. About your question, I’m pretty sure I’m going to heaven… seriously.
Comment by Sarah — November 28, 2007 @ 12:12 am
ahhhhh. You know, you’re answer made me smile.
Now i know we are really the same. Have you ever shared that to him? the person we’re talking about. I really felt guilty that I haven’t shared it to him. I hope he heard about it from somebody else.
It’s almost midnight already. Do you eat midnight snack? do you want to eat?
Comment by Lord Van — November 28, 2007 @ 12:52 am
Hey, I already know how you got my info. It was my mistake that I didn’t explore the blogsome functionalities… hehehe…
Got to go. I’ve been here for almost 3 weeks now. If you have time please visit my blog post “The Journey of the Heart”. This is my first blog post, inspired by someone.
I also want to promote my friends blog since he dedicated it to me. Attendance Principle. I was so blessed that he made something like that.
I’m not really into blogging. I just read if it gets my attention and interest. I hope i can visit here again someday. So bye now, Sarah. Until next time.
Comment by Lord Van — November 29, 2007 @ 8:19 am
Thanks for dropping by… it was great talking with you.
Comment by Sarah — November 30, 2007 @ 12:57 am