Extracted From Kevin's Blog

Extracted From Kevin's Blog

Thursday, June 30, 2005

tribute..kudos awesome friend =) ivan ong.. one bruce lee look and act alike.. one of the back of the class mischievious grp.. one of the six of us that called outselves the olss during the Os.. really fun and lively guy... although we were same class for 2 yrs only. the whole grp of us had a hell lots of fun at the back of the class.. brithday pranks, stripping madness.. plain crazy talks... it was fun... but yesterday, i received news out of the blue... ivan collapsed while servicing army and was pronounced dead moments later.. ive never tot such things would happen to anyone close to me... i havent contacted him or met up with him for the past few yrs after i left for states.. well.. wherever he is now, i hope his in a much better place. will miss ya.. kudos for being a good friend of mine

Wake

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The address is Block 5 Boon Keng Road... its a stone throw distance from Boon Keng MRT, Approximately 200m

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In Memory

Extracted from Mister-I-Mare's Blog on 29 June 2005

This is to my good friend Ivan, who passed away this morning:
If you can read this, this goes to you. I adore you as a friend, in fact i'm so fortunate to have you have a friend, I'll do anything not to let you go. But nothing is predictable, life is so fragile, I should feel happy for you, cos you are serving God now. But i just can't help myself... Here i am trying to calm my female friends down, but deep down inside i feel very troubled. This happened too soon, without warning. And i know I'll tear when i attend the service, I cannot hold back, so please do not blame me.

:(

I had a great shock 20 mins ago when the name IVAN GESS appeared on my phone, In fact i was happy cos i thought he called me to say hi. "hi is this zixuan?" This don't sound like ivan... "I'm ivan's brother" He spoke softly... "Yes?" I replied. "Ivan passed away this morning..." I just got so shocked, that i gave a loud "Huh? What!!!" in the office. I just cannot believe it! My good friend, my schoolmate! I used to disturb him and he used to tease me. He is part of my secondary school life and now he's not here anymore. How can that be happening. I knew he wasn't joking but i just dont have the courage to ask what happened. "Oh... okay" My mind was in a total vortex... in twilight zone perhaps. "the service is at Boo..." "hold on i get paper and pen" "Okay where is it again?" My mouth reacted calmly but my hands were trembling. "Boon Keng Road, block 5" "Ok thanks" "its the day after" day after? Day after is my NDP rehearsal, its near impossible to visit him on that day... After that i called everyone from GESS on my phone list... I managed to contact a few... Oh no... Angela is crying her hearts out, I'm not sure what to say to her too... Words just blurted out of no where, not sure whether it'll work... The more i try to calm her down, the more troubled i became.

:(

I called my OC immediately to apply for a last minute leave tomorrow and friday... but he only allowed friday cos there's training tomorrow. Then i called my mom to help me prepare a bouquet of flowers for my dear friend... Hate this kind of feeling... its just too sudden...

:(

Still can picture the days when we study for O levels at Red Hill Mcdonalds... and in JC... used to tease him with this girl... I still want to tease him! He did so well for his A's! What the heck, he got a bright future! He is intellectual and easy going. Perhaps thats why God chose him to serve him early. But i still hope God don't choose him so soon...

:(

To Ivan my dear friend... I'll remember you always...