Everyone got shocked with the unexpected departure of Sir Joel. 

Sir Joel was my CL teacher way back second year high school. Indeed, he was one of the best and most memorable teachers I had back then. We were the last batch he handled in St. Paul before migrating to Australia. 

I even saw his recent post of pictures in his Facebook that Sunday, the day before he died. It felt so terrible to see messages of grief on Sir Joel's Facebook wall two days after I saw his last post. :( I've been noticing many counts of Aneurysm cases. It seems like it is the leading silent killer aside from MI (myocardial infarction, or heart attack). 

All I can say, as much as he made memories with the higher batches, he also did a huge impact on my life. I knew CL was a boring class for most during high school; but for me, it was one of the subjects I looked forward to twice a week. 

I really have this vivid memory of having a pep talk with Sir Joel in one CL class. He even comforted me when lola died. He was really a kind man. A blessing to everyone. I remembered that one time wherein he said in class that we should be good people because if ever there is really the concept of "heaven and hell" then at least we did good while we were living in this world and we won't go to hell. And if it wasn't true, we won't ever now until we reach that point of death. I know Sir Joel found out the answer in that question already. And it were true, I'm sure he's now in heaven, peaceful. 

You will be forever missed, Sir Joel. I hope your wife is already carrying your mini-me before you left. We love you, Sir Joel. I've been thankful to have met you. :)

In loving memory of Sir Joel,
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