
Nicky, Andrew, Myself and Trevor – The 4 of us hanged out together everyday, for 10 years.
For us lot that travel and live abroad, I got the call all off us fear of receiving. My buddy, who has been battling cancer for the last 5 years (since he was 24), was taken into hospital and was in a bad shape.
Hours later I had arrived in London and made my way over to see him at the hospital. He promised me he’d be my angel and that I had to stay strong for everyone else. We joked about the good old times we would get into trouble together while growing up, the state of the food the hospital were serving up and even began talking about our wild trip to Bangkok 5 or 6 years ago.
Sadly, Nicky Avery, my best buddy, passed away the next day on 19th July 2010, due to brain cancer.
Nick was a hero to many, as he was always upbeat about battling cancer and still made it he’s priority to make people laugh and feel good about them selves. He was the least selfish person I knew and also the strongest by far. He’s big smile and deep laughter will be remembered by hundreds that were lucky to know him. It was a privilege to know Nicky. I will miss him deeply.
RIP Nicky Avery.
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There’s a lesson to be learned here for those that live and work away from home; and that’s to make sure you have enough money to get home in case of an emergency. Although not important in the grand scheme of things, the cost for me to get home was just shy of $1,500 (one way) – a figure a few friends who work online in South East Asia do not have saved up.
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