Goodbye, AJ!

This is my first time to post something like this on my blog. I was just so affected whenever I hear things about dying at a young age. :(

I was shocked upon hearing the bad news yesterday that AJ Perez is already dead I don't know the whole story until today. He died because of a vehicular accident happened in Tarlac last Saturday, April 16 around11:45pm (according to my friend, Lileth). He was declared dead around 12:20 of April 17. It was so tragic, I don't like that kind of death.

A friend posted it on facebook and I felt how sweet AJ was. It was a letter for his future girlfriend:

Dear Future Girlfriend,

I’ve already come across many nice girls, all of them gorgeous in their own way, but like you, I am still searching. I don’t think it’ll be too hard, because I don’t really demand too much- after all, I am not looking for Ms. Perfect, I am looking for Ms. Right. Physically, you may be the simplest girl in the room, but there has to be that certain something about you that I find charming. It will be nice, of course, if you have positive attitude and an interesting personality. I hope that you can be understanding and supportive of the things I do and the things that are important to me. It will be great if you can make me laugh! There are no dull moments with someone that I know is funny. I want our relationship to be filled with excitement and surprises- I don’t want anything stagnant; I don’t want “just okay”. One of my weaknesses is the sweetness of a girl. If you can find a way to cheer me up after a long bad day, that would really make me feel good. I will also appreciate if you text me sweet stuff. I’d like to wake up to a good morning message from you, and go to bed at the end of the day after hearing you say goodnight. Another thing you should know: I believe that the best relationships always start from friendship. I want to be able to talk to you, be silly with you, and simply hang out with you. I want you to value the “friend” part of being my girlfriend. I also want us to share each other’s life, and I don’t want everything to be just about the two of us. I want our relationship to extend to other aspects of our lives, including our friends, family, and most of all GOD. A relationship will last only if we accept both the good and bad things about each other. Despite all the criteria I’ve mentioned above, I want to make it clear that I don’t want you to change a single thing about yourself just to please me. Losing your identity and turning into someone completely different is not necessary. Relax, I already like you, and I like you for who you truly are. I am looking forward to meeting you, and I know that one of these days, I will. I trust that we’ll find each other soon, and when that time comes, I know you’ll prove to me that you were definitely worth to wait.

I was affected not because AJ and I were close or because we know each other but because he died at a very young age. He's only 18 years old and there are more ahead of him. But as what I am always saying when someone died, death is our gate pass to heaven. And so all we can do is pray for his soul and be happy that he/she is now in heaven.

Whatever the reason of his death is, only God knows. We just have to accept it. May it also give us the lesson, the "old time lesson" as I may say, to live life to the fullest as long as we are here on earth. Let's make our life be lived with meaning and let our loved ones feel how we truly love them. In that way, when it is our time to leave, there will be no regrets for us and only good and meaningful memories for them.

On the lighter note, AJ's cornea will be donated to little blind singer, Fatima. This maybe is AJ's mission.

My condolences to AJ's family.

Goodbye, AJ! 

      xoxo