I will remember you.

I remember listening to this song the night that my Grandpa passed away.



Perhaps some of you are not very close to your grandparents, or perhaps they may even have left the world before you were born, but my Yeye held a very important and special place in my heart.

He was one of the people that I loved most in this world.

I put this song on replay, and just spent the whole night listening to its meaningful lyrics and crying to sleep.

It's a beautiful song.

1 week before he died, I promised him that I would take him to eat his favourite food, laksa.



He hadn't eaten laksa for a long time because of his weak health condition, it was best that he stayed away from oily and spicy foods.

When he died, I was extremely devasted.

Why didn't he wait? I thought. Why couldn't he just wait a little while more.

I remember being the first at the hospital to break down when the doctor mentioned the word, "comatose". At first, I was just listening silently to his diagnosis. Tears began building up in my eyes, but I tried to control it. However, the more I listened, the more I couldn't hold it in anymore.

And the tears just went down my face, like there was no tomorrow.



My whole family stared at me in astonishment.
But they could not do much to comfort me because they felt really sad themselves.

My grandpa died when a blood vessel ruptured inside his brain, causing internal bleeding and the permanent disability of his bodily functions.

I felt his pain.

That night, I listened to this song countless times.

Even though he did not understand English, I believed that perhaps far away, really high up in the heavens, he was watching over me sleep and listening to every single lyric of this song.



Don't cry, he said. Don't cry. I will always remember you.

And so I dedicate this to him, because his 1st death anniversary is coming up soon.

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