In Memory of Zhiyuan Chen Tribute

Ryan is one of my best friends in Houston. We arrived here around the same. As an international student, living overseas is definitely not an easy thing. There is one thing that Ryan knows the best is that we need to help each other so that we make each other's life easier. He was such a nice person with a kind heart for people around him.

There are a lot of memories in my mind and I simply can not help my self not to think about it. Sadness is not the only thing I feel and I believe I need to write something to express my memories of him. He was an easy going person and always offered help to his friends, he used to help me a lot. Ryan took me to take the driving test on many occasions, I was not confident of my driving ability, especially after
I failed my first two attempts. He was the one who took me to my test location at 6 am in the morning and waited in the line with me. He impressed me with his patience and comforted me when I failed the
test.

He was the one that helped me to shop around for a used car and in the end I finally got one from his uncle friend's shop. Although I did express my dissatisfaction that I did not get the car that I wanted, because the car gives me a lot of problems. He still tried to help me out by taking me to fix it or give me the options to fix the problem. The last time I took my car to the shop, he was the one which took me to my job at the Woodland. It took him almost two hours for the round trip, he did not complain one bit. A friend in need is a friend indeed, I really appreciated the way he treated me and he was such a wonderful friend.

I know I was not the only one that received the help from him. This semester, he helped his new school mate who just got here the end of last year. He arranged time to help her and others to shop for grocery. Its very easy for people to help each others once or twice, but he is different, he always tried to help others continuously. His kindness and warm heart brought comfort to many people around him.

I was so happy to hear that his girlfriend will come to Houston after her graduation this semester. He was very excited to tell me that. That was the last time we met. He told me about the trip he had with his girlfriend in New York and Boston. He suggested that I should take some time off to travel too. He also mentioned that his brother may come to Houston to study music next year. It seems that everything is going well for him, but he passed away so suddenly.

I still could not believe that he has left us. Tears dropped down from my eyes, every time I think about that. I believe he can and he will start his new peaceful life in heaven.


2/11/2008 10:49 AM