9/30/2007

Blessed Be Your Name

Wang Xing said that I probably should update this blog, not that any one reads it anyway. But I guess he does, and maybe Goldie does too, and some other people somewhere out there. Life's been hectic, it can only be inevitable that I'm sucked into the mindless rat race of Singapore, of running after achievements and trying to prove myself. Except that it is not supposed to be inevitable if I want it, and I should really want more meaning in my short time on earth.

Short time on earth. Few weeks back, I received an sms from Joel during class informing me that Adrian's sister-in-law, Serene, passed away due to child birth complications. We attended the wake and found out from Adrian that the baby, Ethan, was not out of danger yet. In fact, he has very low chances of survival and even if he does, he will probably be brain damaged. No doubt Serene has gone to a more desirable place, yet people here are left to pick up the pieces. Why, God...why? Why does God let this happen? I do not know why, neither do the teary people at the wake. Perhaps we are never meant to know why, perhaps we just have to hold on the belief that God is good, in whatever circumstance.

Perhaps.