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Today's post is going to be a little sombre but I think it's about time I posted about it since it happened.

Last Wednesday, my uncle passed away. He has been struggling for the last year since he had a heart attack and he died peacefully in the arms of his wife and son.

It did hit my family and myself a little harder. On the day he passed away, I had a doctor's appointment at the hospital for my injured foot and right after the appointment, my mum called my dad asking us where we were and asked us to rush to my uncles place to help the family out. They have called the ambulance and it has not arrived yet, so we rushed to his place.

Lo and behold, we got stuck in traffic. Two to be exact and it was one of those why-the-hell-is-there-a-traffic-jam-right-now moments. My dad called the wife to see how is everything and all the wife could say was I can't talk now and crying uncontrollably. We were about less than 15 minutes away (it was a lot less I think) when my mum called and said that my uncle has passed away.

My dad and myself were lost for words, both of us shocked. We were the first family members to arrive at the home and we automatically did our part; My dad consoled my aunty and when to make the necessary arrangements and what not; I called and informed all the family members, consoled my cousin, carried the furniture out of the house to make space and everything else in between.

My mum took it hard as well because she was on the phone with my aunt the last 5 minutes of my uncle's life and she heard the last conversation between them, as well as his last breath. My mum has been strong so far but I do hope she feels better real soon.

Even though it was nobody's fault but I couldn't help thinking what if we arrived in time to take him to the hospital. I accept it was fated that it would happen and I'm somehow glad that my uncle didn't have to suffer anymore. I was down for the next couple of days for sure. 

I want to thank everyone for their wishes, calls, smses, BBMs, tweets and what not. I really appreciated it.

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