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My silver lining on a death affair

After finding out that my colleague Grace’s grandmother died yesterday at 2 p.m. out of old age, I immediately contacted Haycee, an old friend and ex-colleague who was also Grace’s neighbor, and arranged to meet her this morning to be able to go to the wake. You see, Grace’s grandmother’s place was a good two-hour drive from my place and I’m unfamiliar with the location.

Haycee was momentarily stunned when she came to greet me at her house’s entrance. She gushed, “Whatever happened to your pimples?!” I too, was quite stunned at her greeting, and then I remembered that it’s been more than a year since I saw her. The last time was in August 2008 when I paid my respects when Haycee’s grandmother died.

I laughed at her stunned expression and shared that I’ve been using an acne and anti wrinkle cream upon my dermatologist’s recommendation. Obviously, it works. ^_^ She was still in awe and found it amazing that there are no traces of my pimples, at all.

Anyhow, having paid our respects to Grace’s family, I stayed at Haycee’s for awhile to catch up with her. We ended up playing Chopsticks and Blue Moon on her piano, with her promising to play and/or sing “Love is the Answer” on my wedding march (whenever that may be).

Although it was unfortunate that we meet again in this circumstance, meeting Haycee was definitely the silver lining in the could-have-been very melancholic affair.