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My Brush with Death

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Yesterday evening (301208), i almost lost my life while crossing the traffic light junction along Still Road South. It was blinking Green light and i was walking halfway across the road when a reckless vehicle just bashed the Green light. I was centimetres from being hit. FUCK this Fucking vehicle. His Carplate number is SFJ 3571P. God has mercy on his soul as i hope He will Rot in HeLL and may his car just explode in mid-air. Drivers in Marine Parade are really a bunch of jack-ass reckless and proud drivers. Since, yesterday almost became my Death Anniversary, it bore special meaning to me. Somehow i felt a tinch of being re-born again. The meaning of Life and how one treasures and fights for it caught my attention. As i recollect the significant events in 2008, there are two episodes which caught my attention.

A China registered cargo vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Aden by pirates using speedboats and armed with heavy machine guns and rocket launchers. When the pirates successfully boarded the ship, the 30 Chinese crew refused to yield and locked themselves in their sleeping rooms, mess rooms and recreation area. The crew used 'water cannon, self-made incendiary bombs, beer bottles and other missiles to fight the pirates' during the five-hour stand-off. (See Pics 1 & 2). Five hours later, two helicopters from the multi-coalition naval force finally arrived at the scene. They fired at the pirates, forcing them to flee the ship and nobody was injured.

News Commentators were shocked and impressed with the Chinese crew because it is rare where pirates have successfully boarded the ship but failed to hijack it. Bear in mind that 109 attacks occurred this year off the coast of Somalia, with 42 hijackings. Fourteen vessels are still with the somali pirates with a total of 240 crew members (of various nationalities) held as hostages. The Chinese crew's will to survive is so overwhelming that they fought heavily armed pirates. This is in sharp contrast to crews of other nationalities who simply yielded without putting up any fight.

I think most of you can remember the Sichuan Earthquake which struck China in May 2008. The China press featured Wu Jiafang, a farmer who tied his dead wife on his back riding on his motorcycle. He was desperately seeking a mortuary in town. He refused to let her lying on the debris. He wanted to give his dead wife a decent burial- He was deemed by the China Press as "the loyal Husband of Sichuan" (see pic 3). The impression of "Till-death do us part" is deeply imprinted in my mind.

At this juncture, my point to make is simple: Life is too short and can end abruptly anytime. For e.g, i should be dead by nw if that jack ass car hit me. Fight for the pleasures and joys in life like how the Chinese Crews fought against the SOmali Pirates. Say whatever you want to say to your Loved ones and don't wait until your spouse pass on. I am sure Wu Jiafang, the china Farmer should have some regrets in not telling how much he loved his wife when she was still alive.

2008 in review

I recall at the Xmas service in Year 2007, my pastor asked all of us to state and pray 3 wishes to God for 2008.

The 3 wishes are 1) a good job, 2) family well being and health and 3) getting attached/finding the other person.

As i look back, i have most certainly secured wish #1. Abba has placed me in an excellent workplace. THE favour i experience here is overwhelming. My bosses like me and that includes my deputy director and director. The colleagues are fine so far. The staff below me look up to me to solve any big problems be it facing unreasonable customers or abrupt visits by building contractors commissioned by HQ. My grassroots assigned to me are also fine considering that i have worked hard to earn their trust and respect. There is an amicable working relationship between me and my GRLs. Indeed considering that i was jobless for a LONG while before my securing this current job, i should feel awfully blissed. I am indeed grateful and cherish my current job very much. But somehow a tint of joy is missing. Perhaps that is because i have been working too hard.

This Xmas somehow feels different. I suddenly realized it is actually quite a waste of $ to be sending Xmas smses back and fro especially when most of the time, these smses are recycled. I can receive 3 smses at the same time all bearing the same message and graphics. I did send a few Xmas smses but i only sent it to people that mean a lot to me. ;p

For wish #2, my family was in relatively good health. There were however a few health scares though. First being the stomach cancer scare my mom faced. Luckily after diagnosis and testing, she is cleared. Thank you Abba for a healthy year enjoyed by my family. I know many more years of good health will be enjoyed by my family.

For wish #3, I am perplexed. It seems to succeed abit here and there. I did experience a very-short-lived relationship in 2008 after the induction. Although, i am not sure if relationship is the right term for it. Then along the way, there are a few nice ladies who did appear. But more or less, im have decided on the one already.

Just a little sidetrack- As i examine the constitution of marriage, i can't help but feel there is NO need for MEN to marry. Frankly, if it is to satisfy sexual urges, the men can get it through paid sex. If it is a means to ensure you are looked after, the men can engage a maid. If it is a means to cure loneliness, the men can keep a dog or pet and spend more time with friends. If it is a means to pro-create, get a surrogate mother!. However, marriage does fill in one role: The sharing of each other's joy, success, sorrow and unhappiness. This mental exchange of comfort and support is perhaps the defining purpose of marriage. OF course, the next question is this-how do you know she is the right one for u?. Well, for me, its my emotion and heart which is guiding me. The peace that i must enjoy when i am with the right one.

For starter, i don't think i will make too many resolutions for 2009 because I am not a greedy person. Well.. i just aim for a #1)promotion, #2)spend more time with my family and #3) she will say yes