This weekend saw the passing of Uncle Kee Boon. It was rather sudden, I never knew that he was that sick. I guess he always tried to put up a strong front. Papa never said anything as well. Perhaps I never did bother to ask, that's why.
When I sat at the service, what moved me was the eulogy part of the service. The stories that people shared on how he touched their lives. The little part he played in making their lives better. The important role that he played in shaping and making Singapore into an icon. The gentle side of him, the doting grandfather that he was to my nieces, the golfer fanatic he was and the big brother he was to my dad. All that, I never saw. As I sat through the service, I just heard the stories and I was filled with respect for this man, my uncle whom I wished I had taken the time to know more about. I always knew him for his achievements but never knew how big they were. I knew him as the $5 uncle for he always gave $5 to us every new year. $5 for a child during my childhood was considered to be huge.
Its in times like these that we look back and then wonder why we didn't take the time to get to spend time with our loved ones. I am guilty of this, always putting it off to tomorrow. But what if tomorrow never come for some?
When I sat at the service, what moved me was the eulogy part of the service. The stories that people shared on how he touched their lives. The little part he played in making their lives better. The important role that he played in shaping and making Singapore into an icon. The gentle side of him, the doting grandfather that he was to my nieces, the golfer fanatic he was and the big brother he was to my dad. All that, I never saw. As I sat through the service, I just heard the stories and I was filled with respect for this man, my uncle whom I wished I had taken the time to know more about. I always knew him for his achievements but never knew how big they were. I knew him as the $5 uncle for he always gave $5 to us every new year. $5 for a child during my childhood was considered to be huge.
Its in times like these that we look back and then wonder why we didn't take the time to get to spend time with our loved ones. I am guilty of this, always putting it off to tomorrow. But what if tomorrow never come for some?
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