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What matters most
I went Bt Timah Hill for a hike with dad and sis on Sunday morning.

It's the first time we went for such a nature outing, and I must say it beats any of those family lunches/dinners/photography sessions we've ever went for. It kinda reminded me of our Penang trip, where we walked round most of Georgetown eating and sightseeing.

Monkeys and the woods really soothe my concretized soul.

When I told my colleagues I went hiking with my family, they were all so shocked.
"Aren't you very busy this weekend?" (Oh, I didn't go blading, coz I had to schedule in the family excursion and the bowling clinic and the tuition and stuff, on top of chart-templating)

Me: "Ya I am. But you know, at my deathbed, I'm not going to cling on to you and say, 'Oh no, I haven done my charting...', but rather, I'm going to tell you how much I love (fill in whoever's name)."

Friends, let's not lose sight of what's important. Sure. Work takes up a lot of time. We face difficulties. We are constantly submerged by stress (my bro asked me how was work.. and I told him ... very siong ah! he said as-a-matter-of-factly "it's like this everywhere mah..."). Nasty people seem to thrive.

But we've got our soul. We've got our family. We've got our friends. And we can live with ourselves, love ourselves, because we know we're never going to lose sight of what's important, and what are the right things to do, and actually do them.

As I stride in the 4th year since my mom's absence, I've learnt one thing. Death is something you can't reverse. What you can do is how you spend your "today", because it determine's tomorrow's history.

This is a public service announcement. For those who know Hasanna (BPGHS 1 year my junior, NPCC), she has passed away early last Saturday morning. Life is fragile. Never waste a day procrastinating catching up with your friends and telling those who really matter how much you love them. Let us keep her family and friends in prayer.

Current Mood: melancholy