Goodbye.

            AJ Perez. Until now, I can’t get over his passing away. I wasn't so into him then and I am not a big fan either. But it’s such a tragic event that no expected to happen so soon. He was so alive and even singing just a few hours earlier in Dagupan. I knew he was a very sweet boy when I saw him in past interviews and such. How sad that he had to leave so soon. In just one turn of the stirring wheel, he was gone. And he’s never coming back. Naisip ko lang, ang ironic ng role niya sa Sabel. ‘Di ba siya yung nagseminaryo/nagpari? Ngayon, tuluyan na siyang kinuha ni God. :((

            I looked up what really happened in the accident and it says in the news that the van he was in overtook another vehicle and, not seeing the big Partas bus, smashed right into it.

            I wonder how things would have been if the driver did not choose to overtake that other vehicle. Would AJ still be alive? Would he be continuing his other shows and appearances today? Sobrang nakakapanghinayang mawala ang isang taong marami pa sanang magandang magagawa, lalo na kapag aksidente lang ang pagkawala niya.

            'Overtake pa kasi. Maybe, kung naghintay na lang si kuya driver eh di walang masamang nangyari. Hindi sana sila sumalpok sa bus. Hindi sana nagka-head injuries si kuya AJ. His ribs would not have pierced through his heart and lungs. Hindi sana mawawala ang isa sa mga ABS-CBN stars na hinahangaan ng marami.

            Oo. Super affected ako kahit hindi naman kami close ni AJ. Well, I empathize; it’s not just sympathy  for his family and friends that I feel. I know what it feels to lose someone so important to you, but did not have enough chance to be with—he was only eighteen years old, just three years older than me. Few years pa lang 'yon kung iisipin mo, very short time pa ‘yun para makapiling siya ng mga parents niya. Kawawa naman sila, yung anak pa nilang artista ang nawala, masakit yun ah. At kahit gaano pa sila kayaman ngayon, they probably feel like they've lost so much.

            Naisip ko tuloy, what if sa life, ganun din? What if we just wait for our turn na lang? What if we just let the others go ahead of us? What if we just let them win instead of trying to overtake at unahan sila? Hindi naman isang race ang buhay, di ba? Makakarating din naman tayo, ‘di ba? Mauuna lang sila ng konte. But after that, we will all be safe and sound in our destination.

            Ngayon, hanggang prayers na lang tayo for his soul. He will be in a better place, at least. He will be with God na. Hindi naman na natin mababawi ang buhay niya eh. Goodbye, Antonello Joseph Sarte Perez. Rest in perpetual peace.*