Dear All
Bert's feeling blue about turning 44 this 29 Aug 08. I told him only yesterday that I happen to read an obituary of a 27 year old man who passed away leaving behind his parents. Feli told me it's most likely car accident. I shared with Bert that it's so much better to grow old than to die so early. That's even more sad.
Then co-incidentally, in today's papers (28 Aug), a read an article of a guy who was an friend of a good friend of mine, who I was introduced to many years ago when I was working in NUS. His name was Ooi Ban Leong. He was a postgraduate student when I first met him. He was recently a Associate Prof at NUS but he was killed in an accident when a truck hit him yesterday at 8:30pm when he was walking home from NUS. It seems he was the only child, and leaves behind both his parents and his 2 parents-in-law, his 38 year old stay-at-home wife and an 8 year old son. He was only 41.
It reminds me of the ME weekend on "If tomorrow never comes". It always brings tears and pangs of pain when I think that Bert will not be with me one day. Tonight, I told him how much I love him, wished him a happy birthday and reminded him to be very careful when on the roads.
The girls have each given him a little birthday present. As I didn't have time, I "tom-panged" Feli and shared a present with her. The girls bought their gifts from their school's bookshop. They are beautiful gifts and Bert was so touched by their gestures. I didn't have to remind them this year of daddy's birthday. Their daddy must be doing something right for them to remember his birthday this year. I told him so, and he seemed contented.
Love Theresa
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