SAD

My friend Lyon's mom passed away on Sunday morning. died of cancer. jux came back from the wake @ jurong west.. think Lyon's mom was a very strong and kind lady.. young also.. turned out tt Lyon's dad had passed away too some few yrs back.. so the mum 'brought' Lyon and his elder bro up.. now she's gone.. frm terminal stage of cancer.. peacefully on Sunday morning.. after a 3 wk battle...... think she was frm Ernest & Young.. saw the wreath sent by the company.. lotz of them... she mux haven been a well-liked lady..

chatted wif Lyon for abt an hour.. he's still the strong and sensible guy whom i had known 2 yrs back.. but this time looking very weary.. and as if he was trying to hide his troubles from us..

i feel so sad.. life's not gg to be easy for the 2 brothers in future.. Lyon's bro has graduated from NTU Accountancy.. so i think he should have a stable job; but Lyon's still in army.. ORDing onli on 19th Oct 2005... he mentioned tt he wanted to further his studies @ SIM before... not sure if he still will do so after his ORD now..

the funeral reminded me of my relative's abt 2 weeks back.. Life is so short. often, we make some mistakes in the process of growing up, some good ones, some bad ones, some memorable ones, some which could be better off forgotten.. but memories have thie powerful ability of flooding one's thoughts.. esp during one's most fragile moments.. simple things like the route travelled, the words spoken, the actions done and even the occassional laughters or even frowns often become the trademark of that particular person. try as we may, sometimes we simply cannot forget them.

Should we enjoy life to the fullest? cast away all our worries and doubts and jux follow our hearts? or sit down and weigh out the pros and cons before deciding what to do? why do we sometimes refuse to listen to the advice of others and jux bang our head into a dead-end even though we know that it is one?

Life is simply unpredictable. Much More Violatile than any of the most violatile chemical ever known; Full of the disappointments, sadness, anxiety and regret in the ever-so-realistic life.

Why do we nid to make decisions in life? only to regret some of them later on in life?

anyway.. thks james for the ride there.. haven seen him for a while.. he still looks the same.. his car's interior also exactly the same.. no changes at all..... mayb he's juz a bit tanner and slimmer bah.. but eyes still puffy like before.. the kind due to insufficient sleep.. he claims he has been watching VCDs all night long... wat a good life... but his dad met wif an car accident some months back.. dad ok, but car had to be sent for repair.. spent quite a bit on it... now still in the process of claiming insurance.. and he's going for his operation final chkup in April.. doc says 92% success rate.. so tat shd set his mind @ ease.. everything's still the same like before, or maybe not the same as before? reminds me of the show ' Zong yi zui ai xian' on Sunday, the feature on 5566's Meng Zhe... got a new hp.. Nokia 7610.. v noisy when it rings.. sound of a baby's cries.. haha..

den his sister called while we were @ the wake... tremors of the earthquake felt in Sgn Nth , my home... at first we tot she was kidding.. den when i came back to my room the latest news from dear and 933 was that there was an earthquake measuring 8.2 on the ritcher scale.. originating from the earthquake in Sumatra.. areas like Punggol most severely affected: some residents are still below their blocks as i am typing this... itz so sad...

Peifen frm 933 says there are predictions that another tsunami might occur.. this is the aftermath of the Tsunamni Disaster on 26th Dec 2004...

Let us all pray for the safety of everyone..