how frail is human life?

where the hundreds of thousands die in a single stroke of nature? where death, disease and sickness takes away those we love, and those we never had a chance to say that we love?

i am so lucky. my mum was in new york on september 11th. she climbed the world trade centre just a week before it was brought down. we are so lucky. to be living in singapore, to be the centre of a shipping line, to be a city state, united in our diversity, yet living in a troubled region.

how lucky am i, to be able to live.

i have a friend. he lost someone very dear to him. and she lied to keep him from knowing the truth about illness, about suffering about death. how many of us will do that for someone we love? how many of us will lie to save us the devastation we could cause someone we care about? and when you slip away into your dream forever, how many of us could be so irresponsible? thinking that a lie in life could fade away in death, only to cause more devastion and grief to those we love...

if you have not shown your love, do it today. live life as though every day is your last.

my friends, i love you all. thanks for being there for me. for being my guidance and my support, for being my joy and my company. to clarence, jesse, alex, jianrong, zhenliang, hongyan, wendy, weng, maria, chan lek, joses, jeff, jenny, jo. thanks for being part of my life for my 2 years in jc

to yaoquan, yaoyu, mingyan, zihui, jianfeng, shuyi, serene, my primary school friends. thanks for being part of my formative years. humans are such frail creatures. and we pass by so many relationships, some more serious than others, others having much more bearing on our life later.

thanks to my piano friends, rodney, diane, jianhong, weizhen, florrine, mingjing, and many others i may have remembered the face, but not the name. you all have influenced my life, lighted my passion for music.

for guidance, thanks to all my teachers. i know i am a brat. i still am. ms wong, thanks a lot for trusting me, ms how for guidance and passion, ms tey, ms rachel lee, ms madeline yeo (now mrs maas:)), mdm fang yuan, my piano teacher. thank you for making me the person i am today.

thanks for my best friends in life. sharleen, i owe you a lot for teaching me about life and love. thanks. for everyone.

dad mum, sis and bro. i love you.

to everyone...

carpe diem

lip

ranting