a lecturer from the department of sociology had a heart attack yesterday in the midst of a consultation with an honours student and died. i've never been taught by him since the soci dept is kinda kinda large but i was just as surprised when a classmate who was supposed to take his module told me this afternoon. his class was obviously cancelled.

i thought about how helpless the honours student in his office must have been when the lecturer collapsed out of the blue and i pictured the student with his eyes wide open and jaw gaping for possibly three seconds (which is a really long time in those circumstances. i wonder how the honours student is doing right now).

then i wondered if i would have had the sense to respond immediately. i think i would be rather traumatised by the incident and wondered if i had said or done anything that might have triggered the cardiac arrest. i think i might have felt responsible in a way for his death.
i think i would have felt guilty for being the last person to see him alive.

then i thought about the lecturer's age. he's not very old, probably around my mom's age, mid-fifties; and since the average life span has increased to 77yrs for men and 81yrs for women, his death can be considered premature. then i wondered if he exercised regularly while he was alive. then i started worrying about my mom. think im going to ask her to start exercising more, keep the heart pumping strong.

so, youpeoplewhomimeetonearth, take good care of your health.