STRANGE LIFE
Life is strange and is definitely unfair - last night I got a call from Doug - a south seas graduate of the class of 2004. He called in to let me know that Rhys Bonney - a graduate from the same year; a good friend; one of my favorite students (when I was teaching editing at South Seas); a gentleman to the core; very down to earth; super-talented and super-bright - had passed away from stomach cancer less than a month after he turned 35.
This is Rhys posing for a database snap for 'Memories of Tomorrow' in 2004Rhys is now survived by a wife and 2 kids, who are both really really young. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard this and it was a total shock for me. It left me really shaken up - how can life do that? Is it just playing a game of russian roulette with each of us? And why is it that a genuine human being like rhys is snatched away in such a bizarre manner? Where is justice in this world? It is such a sad thing to have happened. Death is a part of life but not like this - this is just unfair. Very unfair.
Rest in peace Rhys. You'll always live on in our hearts.
UPDATE: Check Doug's rememberance of Rhys HERE. You will also find more photos of Rhys there.
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posted by Amit @ 9:24 PM
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I met Rhys in Dunedin in 1997 when we did a film class together. We were friends. God, just now I remember crashing at his place when I had nowhere else to sleep. Just the nicest guy in the world.
I really don't get this to be honest. I wanted to work with him one day. Now it'll never happen.
I really don't get this to be honest.
None of us do.
I posted a brief note on my blog the other night here, along with a priceless picture by our old editing tutor Rob. There's also a lengthy reminiscence of our time together in 2004 linked at the bottom of that post.
As our classmate Saum said, he was the gentlest of gentlemen.
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