jhameia | (no subject)

I just found out that one of my Pokemon Go crew, who was a core member of the UCR Pokemon Go community and was one of those who helped organise Community Day events, has passed away.

I was just thinking the other day how I hadn't received a gift from him in the app lately, after getting back on it after so long.

I was just telling my brother the other day how during a dinner with him and my other PokeGo friends, I found out he was Singaporean, and another is Filipino, and the three of us ate rice with fork and spoon as SEAsians.

I was just thinking "hrm, it's been a while since I talked to all my UCR Pokemon Go crew, we all went our separate ways after graduation, except Tara, because she works there, I hope they're okay. Maybe we'll get to raid again when I get back to the States. I should go to SoCal for a visit."

He wasn't even my age--he was a junior undergrad when I first met him, a freaking baby. Hanging out with him and Isaiah and Tomas was like hanging out with a bunch of little brothers who were growing up too fast. He was a serious kid but in a goofy way trying to make the game more interesting for himself by throwing Pokeballs upside-down. We made fun of him for not catching a legendary Pokemon with his birth year as his CP when the rest of us were getting one until he got sick of it.

All we know is from a Facebook post his dad made on his account, and that he had a bad fall, and was in the ICU, and passed away a few days after.

Justin, maybe we'll see you in Kanto.