Hmm.
Well, this might be something Alvin the joker/always cheerful (according to somebody I can't remember haha) might say.
Err, I have no idea how to start this.
A few weeks ago, a guy from my church died. He was supposed to be 23 this year if I'm not mistaken. His name was Markus Ng. Now, when I heard this through sms, I didn't want to believe it. I mean, I just talked to the fellow a week before that. I remember I stayed back after church for this music practice thing where anyone can join and I felt kind of an outsider because it was my first time going for the practice and even though I knew everyone there, it's just that feeling you know? And there was Markus who came up to me and talked to me about playing guitar, making me feel much more comfortable being there.
I just didn't believe that he could die.
Until I got another sms from one of the adults in my church saying that his wake service would be on Thursday and Friday of that week.
Markus, who was supposed to be teaching my form 4 group at my youth fellowship had died.
His wake service was a mix of sadness and hope. There were so many people who came up and said how Markus, just one guy, had an impact on their lives so much. Just a bit of background, Markus had just graduated from studying law and politics overseas but he had studied here in Malaysia before that. People always said he was the most patriotic guy they've ever seen. He studied politics because he believed that in order to improve our government, we had to work from the inside, understanding it and finding ways to make it better, not just sit there and criticize it. He had big dreams in making Malaysia a better place.
And he didn't want to change Malaysia just through politics, he also changed a lot of people's lives just through his constant love for anyone he came into contact with. And I mean everyone. The people who came up to talk about him said that he even made sure he thanked the toll booth person by his/her own name which is always displayed at the booth. The wake service was packed with people he had an impact on. I saw people of all races coming to his service.
A lot of people questioned why he died. But I really truly believe that his death was planned so that it could impact a lot of people. Rather than one guy having all this qualities and changing the lives of others, I think it was planned by God so that it makes us realize that we ALL should be striving to have all these qualities and making an impact on others.
I mean, I barely knew Markus and yet his death really made me think about what's really important and how we always strive to get happiness through a lot of things, but how striving to make others happy is much more rewarding and fulfilling.
I know this might not be the side of Alvin you usually see but this IS me too. But more to that later.
I wrote this post because I wanted people have the privilege of knowing Markus without really knowing him and still be able to be touched by his life. Like me.
Go listen to his songs , "http://www.myspace.com/markusng" especially blahblehblue
And his memorial website : "http://markusng.last-memories.com"
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