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Goodbye, Old Friend :(

A good friend of mine died today. She was trapped in the comfort room of a burning health center in Nueva Ecija along with her three other classmates. She was on special assignment for a Community Medicine immersion. I met her when she applied to be a member of the UP Manila Debate Circle. We went to many training days together and even experienced a couple of national tournaments with the Circle. Her passing was such a shock to all of us. She was a very intelligent and passionate debater as well as a  kind, bubbly, optimistic, thoughtful and uplifting friend and colleague.

I never had the chance to reconnect with her after she left the Circle to pursue medicine elsewhere but now I regret not doing so.

We love you Jessa. We miss you already. :(

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This was written by benj. Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at 2:48 pm. Filed under blogging. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

4 Comments

  • At 2010.02.10 21:59, aajao said:

    it’s really depressing if someone dear to you is lost, eh?

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    • At 2010.02.11 14:46, ikotoki said:

      Sorry to hear your friend’s passing. I heard it over TV.
      Napadaan sa blog.

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      • At 2010.02.17 19:57, The Rookie Blogger said:

        I guess this is a big loss… intelligent people are very important in the society… I think so…

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        • At 2010.02.20 02:44, lilac_wine said:

          i’m sorry for your loss
          she seems like a very promising, wise and eloquent person. the way you described her

          but why were they trapped? were there any attempt to rescue them?

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