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Sunday, July 26, 2015
It's just a lamp.
They stand by quietly, lining our every streets and every walkways.
They watch us as we walk past them. They are the witnesses of numerous activities around us than what we think we know.
They 'sleep' only (usually) when we wake, and do their job dutifully as the sun gets ready to set.
Yet, how many of us lift our heads to acknowledge their presence.
How many of us constantly remind ourselves what and how each lamp contribute to our safety?
We are now so pampered to expect our paths to be lit as we walk in the night. We have come to expect this as an auto function that when night falls - hey bingo, we can still see our roads! Why worry?
Have we reached a stage where we do not know what is/are present when things work out well, but will only know something's absent when problems surface?
Take some time, look around you as you walk, raise your head and give kudos to these silent contributors as they shower us brightness when our solar power goes to sleep.
Appreciate our surrounding today.
Have we ever wonder what it will be like should we lose all these 'auto' things that we don't even bat an eyelid for one day?
26 Jul 2015
7.40am
------Celebrating our Golden Jubilee------
Friday, July 3, 2015
My first white hair spotted!
Arg! It wasnt intentional but while I was at the washroom (at the NHC waiting for dad to finish his physiotherapy), I saw a hair jutting out. I went closer to the mirror to take a look, and to my....er.....horror, saw a white hair!!! It was half of it.
Sigh, it had finally come! Woooooo.....
I hope I dont spot more in the coming future.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Articles and links on Mr Lee Kuan Yew
Managed to copy some links read from FB, news sites on Mr Lee Kuan Yew during the 7 days mourning (23 Mar 15 - 29 Mar 15).
They were simply copied and pasted without being organised.
News:
http://str.sg/Jhv (funeral special edition)
http://str.sg/J74 (mr lee life supplement)
Video clips:
LKY clips:
https://youtu.be/e8rPofi-AUw
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Final farewell to Mr Lee Kuan Yew
If the past one week was difficult, today will be the most unbearable, as we bid a truly final farewell to our dear founding Prime Minister. I will miss your presence. I will miss your voice. I will miss your speeches. I will miss the fact of just knowing you are here. You are leaving us forever, but your legacy will remain. I am thankful for you, and to you. May you now rest in peace, having fought hard for this nation all your life and satisfied with the achievements you have accomplished. You have lived a full life. I hope you are now reunited with your beloved wife in a better place.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Paying my last respect to Mr Lee Kuan Yew
This is a personal wish and mission I have to accomplished, no matter how long it takes, to bid our founding prime minister farewell. What is 5.5 hours wait to say thank you to a man who had spent more than 50 years building a nation we call our home?
The strange thing was, when I was in the queue, time just flew by. The queue came in different phases.
Here's a recount of my journey this morning to bid Mr Lee Kuan Yew farewell:
9.13am: reached Padang. Read the placard that the estimated waiting time is 10 hrs. We were lead to a queue and started waiting.
9.50am: Updated by army personnel our waiting time is about 4 hrs from here on and we were asked to make ourselves comfortable. So we started sitting down and wait for the next movement. Army staff and volunteers came around distributing drinks and biscuits every now and then.
11.30am: Reached the next phase of queue at the Esplanade. Here's where the long, snaking queue started. Movement were slow and steady. Everyone was orderly and patient.
12.25pm: Light rain comes and everyone starts opening umbrellas. Still orderly. Light rain lasted less than 2 minutes.
1.10pm: Reached the underpass of Anderson Bridge. We were directed to move in blocks from this point on so that we could have air circulation and for evacuation purpose, if ever needed.
1.20pm: Beside the Singapore River. Less than 1 hr to go to reach Parliament House. Took the opportunity to have a good look at the place I have many memories, and a place I have not been for a long, long time. And I remembered reading an article about Mr Lee coming to the river on the night after Mrs Lee's funeral. I wondered where was he standing then.
1.35pm: Arrived at the white tentage, hints of our proximity to the Parliament House. Wrote on condolence card that was made available. Couldnt write much and write well as it was all done while moving.
1.45pm: Reaching security counters. Bags and humans were screened.
1.55pm: Entered the Parliament House compound. Someone important must have been there while we were in the queue but couldnt make out who. Could it be ex-President of Indonesia, Ms Megawati? I dont know and we have to keep moving. As I neared the building, the solemn feeling came back. The heart was pounding. The sadness overwhelming me once again.
2pm: Said my final thank you and goodbye to Mr Lee. Sobs and sniffs could be heard. A vigil party was sitting but I didnt quite make out who they were. My mind was in a whirl after seeing Mr Lee's casket, and had to move on.
Thank you, Sir. This is the least I can do for you to show how much you were (and will continue to be) appreciated. Majullah Singapura!
Monday, March 23, 2015
Tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015)
It had been a sad day, waking up to hear the passing of our founding Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. (23 Mar 2015, 3.18am)
I grew up in the Singapore under Mr Lee's premiership. To me, Lee Kuan Yew is Singapore and Singapore is Lee Kuan Yew. That's the only way I knew it.
I cannot imagine how will life be, and how will Singapore be without Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
Mr Lee, thank you for all you have done. It is very painful to lose you. May you now rest in peace, and be reunited with Mrs Lee once again.
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