Life

Its amazing how timely a reminder is sent, just when we start to believe that life is becoming a bed of roses... the truth is, it never is a bed of roses... with only a pair of eyes, you can only see so much happening around you but are you really aware of all that is going on?

Last sat, i attended a funeral service of Emmanuel, a 10 yr old boy who had died due to dengue fever...Personally, i have never met him though i would have loved to.... Its amazing how minor things such as dengue fever can become so massive... The image of Emmamuel's mother, beating her chest and blaming herself still remains embedded in my mind. It is a sight that i can never forget. The sadness, the tears and the sorrow was all moulded into one picture, frozen in a frame. And as i sat through the service, i could not help but start thinking about what was going on in the world...

With the recent tsunami incident as well as all other instances whereby people's lives were at stake, it got me thinking... is there only so much we can do? what can we do in our own lives, to benefit others? is there only so much we can do? that question burned rapidly in my head from saturday onwards...

As the weekend died down, it was back to work today... The thoughts from sat did remain in the back of my mind to serve as a reminder that life is as fragile, if not more fragile than it really ever is... Until i recieved this phonecall from my mum 12 hours ago...

Mum: Mel, your godfather has just passed away this morning...

Me: What happened?

Mum: Apparently, he was driving your godma this morning to somewhere. And when he stopped to ask for directions, when he got out of the car, he just collapsed.

Me: WHAT!!!! Could it be a heart attack?

Mum: We are not too sure. According to your godma, they can only collect the body tomorrow.

Later today, i'm gonna attend the funeral over at a church in the Hougang area.

(Being the paranoid person that i am, i kept asking corrinne today how she would react if i died...She just kept slapping me on the arm and told me to shut up... hehe)

The one thing that i have grown to realise over this weekend and actually, in fact, from the tsunami incident, is that life can be so unpredictable. As cliche as it sounds, sadly its true... and with that, i think i shall revert back to a quote a teacher of mine once quoted to me:

" Live life as if you are gonna die tomorrow."

Life really is too short to have any more regrets.
Do things that you've always wanted to do but will never do because of misc reasons.
It might be your only one chance ever to do it.

For me, i would just wanna tell everybody that i love them. Cuz i might never get a chance to tell it to them.
And if i have ever done anything wrong towards you, pls forgive me. I can only hide behind the excuse that i'm young & rash. It isn't much of an excuse but it is true.

I pray for Emmanuel and my Godfather, Anthony. May you guys rest in peace in heaven.

And till we meet....