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Respects for Rei Ling Wei
03.17.08, 18:06:35
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This is long overdue.
This thread will be a permanent sticky on the forums, for all old members of this community to pay their respects to the memory of a young woman - Rei Ling Wei - who help shape this place, and became its heart and soul in many respects.
The veterans of this community will understand this better than the newcomers. If someone wishes to elaborate, please feel free.
This is also dedicated to the memories of any past communities members, however obscure they may have been, who passed before their time. The little pieces make the greater whole.
Please keep this thread clean of spam.
I'll let someone else go first. |
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Last edited by Michael : 03.17.08 at 18:43:32.
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My tribute says it all... So here goes...
I know you've long gone. I just found out... well... thats a lie... I found out a half year ago, and I hadn't the courage to speak. I loved you and I still do.
I know you will never read this, but damn. It was like only yesterday that we were best of friends livening up the place and chatting online everyday... Damn it, why did you have to die. You made my life seem like a heaven, even if you didn't return my feelings, we were always best of friends.
Of all the people in this cruel world, why you? The one person who loved everyone and cherished everything. The one person who still smiled through all the hardships in you life, and made everything you touch glow with love and life. The one person who had it all taken away.
This is my confession. I hate myself for not being around in the end. I'm so sorry. I was young and foolish, but it doesn't comfort you, or forgive me to make excuses. All that mattered has now passed. I know that you would probably laugh at me and what I say, but it still doesn't close the hole in my heart that bursts open whenever I think of you. You were my best friend, and I took it on myself to make you laugh and never cry; to make good things happen to you, so you could forget about the bad.
In the end, I failed. I failed as your friend and as one who loved you with every fibre of his being. I never did visit you, however, like I promised those six long years ago when we were in our prime, I will come and see you, and I will bring flowers. I will laugh by your side and cry with you. I will still do that.
I don't know if you're even in heaven, because to be honest, you outshine it's light and goodness with you heart. They must have made a new level just for you. I hope I can see you again, and then apologise properly, but for now, this is all I can offer; a feeble and pointlessly useless repayment for your love and friendship.
I'll say again what I said six years ago. I hope it reached your ears and lets you know I will always think of you and remember you, no matter what happens.
I love you, Rei Ling Wei.
I am so sorry...
~ Tariq.
Rest in Peace.
The Rose Blooms and then Fades,
But the Beauty and the Fragrance,
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Rei.....
My feelings are so mixed right now. I'm so happy to be back at FFR.... but now I feel like a big piece is missing. I remember you, but not as everyone else does. Sure I remember you being kind hearted and peaceful. But above everything else, I remember your compassion. I was young when I first joined FFR. Hell, we all were. But you were the one person who could make me settle myself down. You alone could end a battle of egos. Not only did you make all of us feel comfortable here, you made us feel at home.
Home is something many of us have never experienced. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for showing me what it's like to feel TRULY safe.
You are missed.
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*sighs* Here goes nothing...
You were one of the first people to really talk to me. Sure, I chatted with other people in the shout box and the like. But, you actually listened to what I had to say. I was in a ****ed up place back then. I seem to always be in a ****ed up place. But you made it easy for me to talk to you about whatever was wrong and did your best to help. You were 4 years younger than me, but always seemed older and wiser than I would ever be. Others made this a fun place to hang. You made this a home. We never were as close, as I would have liked. Part of that is my fault for never being around and always disappearing when things got tough, both around here and in real life. But you always welcomes me back, when I returned and talked to me like I never left. You were a good friend, even if I sometimes wasn't.
I miss you, Rei. Whereever you are, I hope you know that.
-- Michael |
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I'll attempt to be as succinct as possible.
Rei, you remain to be a pillar within the foundations that FFRepublic stands. A great deal of what we all see here before us is a direct result of your influence and hard work. You weren't a coder nor a graphical mastermind, but it's your creativity and fresh approach to improving FFRepublic that assisted in our success over the years, even in your passing.
Such a kind and thoughtful spirit has never graced our forums since you set mouse and keyboard on our domain. We are forever grateful for the friendship and leadership we were blessed to experience at your hands. Thank you for everything and may you rest peacefully. |
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I AM BLACK, JEWISH, AND COMPLETELY WORTHLESS, I PROMISE
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Hello, Rei.
Wherever you are, you probably don't know me. Well... actually, you don't know me. You were gone before I came but I can tell you that..... from what all the people around here, especially Killak, you were a wonderful, wonderful girl. I wish I could have been around to meet you. It's sad that good, kind, lovely people in this world get taken away from life so early. If only the world had more that shone with the kind of light you had, who knows where it would be today?
I hope that, wherever you are, you're doing fine. I hope there is lots of what you love and endless servings of tira misu. |
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leaving for the summer. Will try and pop in everyonce in a while. It will only get worse once school starts, so go ahead and wrap your head around me not being here. Please don't PM while I'm gone. I hope I can clean the slate with you all before I leave. Um... I guess that's it. Have a happy and safe summer and God loves you!
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I never met Rei. I hardly spoke to her when i had the chance. In fact it was rare when i did manage to have some sort of communication with her.
I remember logging in everyday, recounting with my peers and fellow friends the horrors and beauties of teenage life. We shared so much of each other and, in some way, bonded with each other in a way that we never could with people in our offline life. Looking back, Rei was a part of what made this place an escape. I do remember her posts, i was in some of her clubs and activities. She was always kind and helped me when others treated me with disrespect. Yet she always seemed to read and respond in an intelligent and respectful manner. I dint know it then, but it was a time when i really needed support from every angle. And in such a minute way, she helped so much.
Yes, indeed....she was definitely a part of what made this place a wonderwall in those turbulent years.
Then her posts stopped. Everything fell silent. Everyone fell silent. I had not known why at the time it had happened. A place so full of life suddenly still. Only nearly a year later, while searching for old comments and friends for some much needed closure, i found her by mere chance again. Only it was much too late. It was....such a sad, lonely discovery. With her she took what made this place magical. The end of an era.
I owe you one last goodbye, as a fellow comrade. Yet words escape me, as something mystical and ethereal speaks louder than words ever will.
"We are coterminous.
There is no distance between us. NO false veil of time or space may intervene.
For a brief time you joined us. You are one. Between the worlds." |
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"I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it/And when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you scream about it/I hope your conscience eats at you and you can't b_REaTh_e without me"
Last edited by Ave Cielo : 03.23.08 at 03:53:08.
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Thank you Ave. I wasn't there when everything fell silent, but you were, and merit respect for your words.
You speak as one of many who saw the light of Rei's impact. Let it touch you, and become a better person for it, like all her close friends did.
~Killak |
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I know its 2 days late, but happy birthday Rei. Its such a shame you aren't still here to celebrate it with us all. But i'm sure those who knew your birthday were thinking kindly of you.
I was never very close friends with Rei but she stuck up for me when i was a noob here in my early days and i'll always remember that here on FFR. Whilst those of her that knew her remember her though, shes never really truely gone. |
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