Wednesday, October 31, 2007


A shop-neighbour passed away recently. Why a shop-neighbour? Well, he was the next door neighbour when we were always outside at the family shop.
He let me and my siblings play ‘shopkeeper’ roles. We were there tagging prices, arranging shelves and even managing the cashier. It was real-life ‘masak-masak’. That was how our afternoons were spent when there was nothing on tv and there were no tuition classes to attend.
He passed away last week. He suffered from bleeding in the brain. In fact, half of his brain was submerged (dunno the proper term) as seen from the x-ray. No operation could be done. He was hospitalized for 4 days and died on the hospital bed.
He left behind his wife and a son who is in standard 1 this year.
I wanted to say that his death could be prevented, but I guess it was too late now. He suffered from high blood pressure but did not go for check-ups nor seek treatment. Let this be a reminder for us to be aware of our health and the responsibility to take care of it.
May your soul rest in peace, ah kau.

6 comments:

linsiew said...

i heard the news from soon. so sad and he's not that old right? i thought he has 2 sons?

escape2 said...

yes he is not that old. two sons? i am not sure about that.

mocha said...

maybe another case of undetected aneurysm... well... may his soul rest in peace... am not too sure who u referring to but i think i roughly can agak la....

escape2 said...

aneurysm?? like your friend?
i am sure you know who.

mocha said...

yeah...the same thing like what my fren is suffering from... maybe....

-ernny- said...

OMGGGGGGG! SO SADDDDDD!!!!
Why like that?! Oh man. To think that I still saw him when I was back for summer. Sigh.

Life is so fragile.