My Guardian Angel...
David Wei Meng
aka
Odie
May he rest in peace...
(10.25.81-12.10.00)
Odie! Where are you? I miss you sooo much... Words can't even describe... I only see you in my dreams every so often, yet I never seem to go through a day when I don't think about you...
Dave is one of the very first people I met at Cornell... In the beginning of the first semester, I had temporary housing because the school couldn't provide enuf housing to everyone... I hated it, but it had to be one of the best things that happened to me... If not, then I would've never met this wonderful guy that has touched my life so deeply and all those that surround me...
This little attribute to him will NEVER compare to what he really means to me and to the rest of my friends...
When ever I want to talk about him, I'm at a loss for words... I guess only my heart, tears, smiles can express what this friend means to me... I guess I'll just post up something I wrote the day after I found out about his death...
Dear Friend,
It was just last weekend that I saw your face... You gave me one of your warm hugs as you always do when I see you... Even if only a few minutes passed by since our last meeting...
It was just over a year ago when I first met you... You were just a stranger that opened the door for me as I walked into Jameson Hall for the first time as a frosh with my big luggage... I even remember what you were wearing... White crisp ironed button down with your kachis... A polite and cosiderate one you always were... "After you," "Thank you." Ever since our first exchange of words, you were and always will be close and dear to my heart...
Always looking out for all those around you... Making sure you drove me right to the door of Baker Hall when it was pouring outside... Buying those milky pens to write to your little baby cousin... Silly Odie... Always walking me back to the next building just because the sun had gone down... Specially ordering me that beautiful cake from Wegmans on my 18th birthday... Giving me wake up calls at 9:00 AM so that I'd wake up for our Econ 101 class...
Hey, I thought that you were gonna wait for me to come back to school next year... so that I could make your bed like I did that night Christine was coming over your room for the very first time... so I could iron your shirts again... so i could pick out your ties for you... so i could hold the flash light for you when you worked on your car... so we could all stay up and play puzzle fighter and watch movies like frehmen year... so i could make sure you looked good... so that we could act all gay and sing classical songs together... so i could go to the florist with you to buy flowers for the semi... so i could give you advice about girls and hear you bitch about girls...
A few simple words... Extravagant words... or even millions of pages written on our times shared together can't express our friendship. Odie... A man's best friend... you were always everyone's best friend... I hope you're somewhere up there looking over us...
Gosh, I miss you so much... I'm sorry for not talking to you as much recently... I'm sorry for not being there for you when you needed someone to talk to... It's just an endless path of "sorries," and "I should've."
I know that if there is one thing that you ask of me right now is to take care of Christine... Don't worry... We all will take care of her... Just know that everyone loves you... That you're greatly missed... and most of all...
Rest in peace...
Missing you greatly,
Halo
P.S. The next time I see you, do you think you can give me one of your hugs again...?
