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AIDS. HIV... what do you think of this taboo subject? nothing? grossed by even the sight of this word? don't care? me? i just try to project my view as objective as a bystander can be..

years ago.. i got the chance to witness a person died of AIDS.. he was a good guy.. but as all good guys had been .. he made a mistake in his younger days.. a price he needes to pay dearly with his life..

he mingled with the wrong crowd.. he was introduced to drug.. he suffered a lot.. in his good days... he will accompany me playing tetris.. battlecity ...super mario bros.. favourite games back then.. during his "sooopeer dooperr" good days, he is barely the person i knew..

during his last day alive.. he begged someone - very dear to him I assummed.."last, nih memang last.. lepas nih dah tak lagih dah.." and it was true.. it was his last tube.. he was found dead few hours later... he was HIV +ve.

his death brought peace to some others.. why? he was a pond scum.. he was a disgraced to the community... but his death was also mourned by a number of ppl.. he was someone's son.. he was someone's brother... he was someone's friend.. someothers think of him as a kindhearted hardworking friend...

so.. what AIDS to you? what if your loved one is diagnosed as HIV +ve? will you shy away from him? or you will take the opportunity to bring awareness to the community.. eliminate the stigma that AIDS is bad.. you decide?

for me.. i got the chance to send him to his final resting place.. i got the chance to pay my last tribute during his close coffin ceremony.. ntah.. hopefully if i gone missing.. someone will notice..