In memory of Tevindiran a/l Subramaniam (written july30 2009)

Today, two out of the ordinary things took place in school. the first was a large circle of people in the tennis court heads bowed,praying, holding hands, seemingly oblivious to the time or the fact that the school assembly had already started and ended. The second, a very large group of students comprising of mostly prefects and various student leaders, leaving the school in droves in broad daylight despite not having permission to do so.

The sudden berevement of Tevindiran Subramaniam left his friends and schoolmates devastated at their lost.

” How could he be dead?” we thought,

” He who was so alive.” “Are you Sure??”

Nobody wanted to believe it. After all, it Didn’t make sense? These things don’t happen to us.! We only read about them in the papers.!!

It took some time for the realization to sink in. The realization that a great guy had just been involved in a bus accident and had battled it out in the hospital and died. The full impact of the news hit us right in our chests and in our stomachs. That dull achy feeling, the sense of lost and disbelief , the thought that we’d never see or hear him again.

You know that song? “never too late” by three days grace?

sad to say, This time, it Was too late. Too late to say goodbye and to tell him how much he was loved, appreciated and liked. How awesome it was that his smile was practically permanently on his face and how his antics and his ability to make fun spiced up our days.

At this point, the only thing that we can do for him is to keep his soul and his family in prayer. It’s the best and only thing we can do. So If You believe that God answers prayers, please pray for him and his family right now. I really wish i knew that he really Is in a better place..

Let us not ever take life for granted. Never take the people around us for granted. Don’t ever go to bed angry at someone. YOu might not see them again tomorrow. Don’t forget to say “i love you” to the people you care about. Embrace , make merry and be fulfilled.

There are a thousand lessons to be learned from death . Tevindiran’s passing has indeed helped to teach us some of those lessons. I believe that alot of us will never be quite the same as we were before yesterday.

Let us live on , more loving and more appreciative,irrevocably affected by him. In this aspect, it is not too late. It is , in tHIS way that we can truly “keep him living on in our hearts”.

Tevindiran will be truly missed. No one can replace Anyone’s place in this world.

to all my friends, every single one of them : i truly truly appreciate your presence in my life. thank you so much for everything

ps: the Last time i saw Tevin was during the weekend at School during our prefect’s Ltc. He was teaching me how to pole dance with a volleyball net pole in the assembly ground. .