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(keep an eye peeled for this image, coming soon to a tortilla near you)It is with infinite sadness that I post this memorial to our late friend, Fred Wong. Fred appeared on the blogosphere (last time I ever use that word--promise) suddenly, and just as suddenly died of undisclosed causes. I often take comfort in Fred's kind words of encouragement: good. nice. blog.
But what do we really know about our fallen comrade? He was 34--although he appeared to be much, much, much, much, much older. He apparantly lived a very full life---or drank heavily. I'm going with the "full life" angle. Fred liked movies. Music was "good". Books-"ok".
Fred and I had a couple of things in common. We were both capricorns, both born year of the rat. Fred, however, was employed as a korean-to-chinese interpreter, living in Chad. How Chad felt about that, we haven't heard.But I'm betting Chad was "cool" with it--such was the charm of Fred Wong.
Fred's generosity of spirit was celebrated by McDonald's, with a free fillet-o-fish sandwhich for every customer who mentioned Fred--for a whole day. (President Reagan was only memorialized with a hot apple pie)
http://otherpeopleexist.blogspot.com/2007/03/march-24-2007.html
Death has not silenced Fred, however. Fred has posted more blogs (1) than he did while alive. And I suspect that it is his gentle hand that has guided me in the past several days, as I purchased a wok, several books on Asian cuisines, and beer.
http://fredwongsghost.blogspot.com/
Freddie, we hardly knew ye.
3 comments:
Another incredible post.
Fred's death really surprised me, because I was so sure I didn't care about Fred until he was gone.
I had NO idea this was even here. You're such a good man. Fred was a good man, too. He's a little wilder in the after life, but he still keeps it real.
I would never have guessed you had two bats in your ear once.
i cry. good blog.
you make me love you.long.time.
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