2007-01-04 - 8:04 p.m.
I just returned from an exhausting, one-day-road trip to Bandung, Tasikmalaya, and then back again to Bandung and Jakarta.:(
I still can't believe that my Uncle Herly passed away yesterday.:'-( It happened all too quick. A sudden death, I must say. I know, none of us mere mortals can ever really predict death --- even if you're somehow "gifted". But still, it was quite a shock. I mean, the last time we had our family gathering in Bandung, I'd still seen him there. The big, warm-hearted old man was still around.
Uncle Herly died of a heart-attack yesterday, at sometime around 2:30 am.:| He left his shocked and ailing wife Aunt Yanti and my sweet cousin Aditya --- their only son. When we got there in the morning, Aunt Yanti had looked pallid as the moonlight. She could barely stop crying. My cousin was very tough, though. He'd been consoling his mother most of the time, although he was obviously crying too.
*deep sigh*
The long road trip to Tasikmalaya took about three hours or so, and we'd gone past Garut. Since Uncle Herly was a dedicated police officer (a commissioner), lots of police cars were escorting us there and back. Families and friends were crowding their house in Sekelimus, Bandung and Uncle Herly's family in Tasikmalaya. Well, that obviously showed that he'd been a good man all through his life.:) A lot of people will definitely miss him.
I also got to see his face one last time before the funeral in Tasikmalaya. Uncle Herly had looked so peaceful, as if he was only asleep.
Rest in peace...
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