I know that the arrival of Christmas does not fill me with joy like it used to when I was a kid, but the sad news pre-holidays seem a bit too sad.

FPJ died last weekend, due to heart attack, if I'm not mistaken. I don't really care overly much about "The King" (sarcastic voice), but many people do. In fact, his wake is like Rico Yan's, only with the older generation. I saw on TV that the fans were even taking pictures of him in his open coffin! My gosh. Talk about respect. Aanuhin naman nila yung picture, diba? Sa cellphone pa. Maybe it's their only picture of their idol or whatever, but, really. The guy's dead. Give him some respect or something.

And then, anyway, to continue, the father of my high school friend suffered a stroke also last week and so did the mom of my college friend. My second cousin died this morning and also suffered, um, heart attack, I think, during the week. Is it just me or are there far too many people suffering from heart attacks and strokes? Is it something in the air, in the year, in the month, that so many people are dying and getting very sick?