it had been a busy day for me, and just when i was getting ready to go back to the office after the CLE talk at the KL Bar Committee hq in Jalan Tun Perak last Friday, i saw the sms from Ins telling me that her dad was in a critical condition and in a coma back in KB.
i replied her at once, and when i went back home, my sister just told me that her friend's brother had passed away in an accident. and he was only about my age, in his twenties.
that night, i couldn't sleep. even though i tried to, considering the next day was the firm's Annual Dinner & Dance cum company trip to PD and that i had to prepare for the team and chambering students performances. underlying this was a strong instinct that something bad was going to happen. soon.
my instinct did not fail me. last night i got the news from Elizabeth that Ins' dad passed away yesterday at 3 pm. and to think that it was on her birthday too.
i just can't understand why such things happen to such good people. Ins loved her dad so much, and they went through tough times. still Ins kept strong, kept going on. i saw it all because at that time we were still roommates, and i felt so proud of her.
but above fall, i was struck by how fragile life is.
i m caught up working, thinking, keeping up, dealing with my issues that sometimes i forget how
easily all this can be taken away from me.
i can't look back and pretend i will still look at life the same way.
living in the moment is what it takes, and learning that life is a blessing - all of it, even the crappy bits. i learn not to think too much, to plan too much, to realise that life unfolds of its own accord. i learn to take risks, to be unafraid of how i m perceived.
because life is too short to be anyone or anything less than who you truly are.
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