And, 10-hours after the wedding, the groom passed away.

Wedding is the most wonderful occasion in one’s life. 
It is a ‘happily ever after’ that every couple dreams of. 

But it was not the same for Rowden Go Pangcoga whose wedding went hand-in-hand with his death. 

While battling cancer, the only wish that Pangcoga, had was to say ’ Do’ to his long-time girlfriend Leizel. The time was so short that this wish had to be fulfilled in the hospital itself. 

And, 10-hours after the wedding, the groom passed away.

Death is nothing at all

I have only slipped away into the next room

I am I and you are you

Whatever we were to each other

That we are still

Call me by my old familiar name

Speak to me in the easy way you always used

Put no difference into your tone

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow

Laugh as we always laughed

At the little jokes we always enjoyed together

Play, smile, think of me, pray for me

Let my name be ever the household word that it always was

Let it be spoken without effort

Without the ghost of a shadow in it

Life means all that it ever meant

It is the same as it ever was

There is absolute unbroken continuity

What is death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind

Because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you for an interval

Somewhere very near

Just around the corner

All is well.

Nothing is past; nothing is lost

One brief moment and all will be as it was before 

How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!

Canon Henry Scott-Holland, 1847-1918, Canon of St Paul's Cathedral