The weather was mostly cloudy and gloomy during weekdays this past week. After a tiring week at the studio and after knowing about the devastating news of a friend’s brother (also my friend) sudden passing away, I decided to take some time off work. The gloomy weather was good for me to watch World Cup at home during the day because I use a projector but I don’t have any proper projector screen nor any curtains to block off daylight. I figured this could help me from over watching too many videos during the day. Weather was cooperating and helped me mourn for a dear friend. There were a couple of days I would just lay on the couch all day watching whatever matches were being broadcasted. I was so unmotivated to the point that I didn’t even want to take a shower before going to bed and slept on the couch instead. I ended up sleeping on the couch Monday to Friday.
The lack of motivation didn’t stop me from engaging in some social activities however. A good friend’s dad was visiting from HK and I met up with the father and son again for wings and beer on Tuesday night. Another good friend’s relatives were visiting from HK, and after chauffeuring them to Niagara Falls last Sunday, I drove them to do some shopping on Thursday and treetop trekking on Saturday. On Friday, I met up with a couple of church brothers for lunch. One of them suffered from a major stroke a few years back and is still pushing hard on himself in rehabilitating, and the other lost his job recently and decided to take a little break for the summer.
After Sunday service today, my friend who had lost his dear brother opened up his house for a some of us to visit and watch the Canada’s game together. He had been staying at his elderly mother’s home the whole week to care for her after his brother’s sudden passing away. We chatted calmly and casually about his brother and had a little whiskey in his name. Canada won the match over South Africa and made it to the round of 16 for the first time in World Cup. Watching the winning game and seeing my friend holding up okay seemed to be a good ending to the week of mourning. Life goes on.
