Saturday, 13 October 2007 ;
23:05
tOday, i haD a lOng cHat w tHe mummY of my yOungest sTudent.. tHis laDy's really nIce.. i oFten have fOod tO eAt wHen i gO over.. jelly, cakes, chocolates, prAwn nOodles, icE cReam, homE maDe baRley, etc.. anw, she told me a sTory..
50 yrs aGo, gUy anD gAl fell in lOve.. tHey decIded tO geT marrieD deSpite pareNtal objeCtions.. tHey elOped tO the US.. gUy has a tErrible tEmper.. gAl still loVed hIm.. bUT soon, gAL couLdn tOlerate gUy's bAd temPer aND tHey stArted fiGhting freQuently.. by fIghting, i reallY meAN physicAl fighTing.. punches, kICks, slAps, etc.. aS deCAdes gO by, tHings haPpen, peoplE cHange.. boTH tHeir temperS becAMe beTTer.. tHEy leArnt tO tREasure eaCh other mORe aNd more.. especiAlly wHen tHEy see tHeir lovEd oneS lEaving tHem one by one.. tHey remembERed how haRD it was fOr them tO be tOgetHEr.. bUT a year oR sO laTer, gAl was diagnOsed w cAncer.. sHe camE baCk tO sIngapore tO seek tREatmenT.. sHe was tOld sHe had leSs tHan a couplE of months tO live.. in hosPital, sHE received a cAll fr hOme.. her daUghter caLL, telling her gUy fell dowN the sTairs at hOme.. seriouSLy injured.. aND rIght nOw, he wAs lying in the hospitAl.. on hiS death bed.. gAl wanted tO fly home immediately. bUt dOctors woulDn hear of it.. sHE was in nO sTAte tO even sTep out of heR wArD!
oVer tHE phOne, theY had tHeiR last wOrds w eaCh other.. gUy's last wORds weRE.. "fOr sO manY years we haD w eAch othEr, i fOrgot how tO loVe and tREasure you like i dId when we firsT fell in loVE.. 缘分让我们就只能一起走到这里。。 gOod bye.." gAl dIed sOon afTer.. sHe haD nO will tO livE..i dUnnO abOut you.. bUT i find it heaRtwRenching.. fOr decades, thEy forgot to lovE eaCh otHer.. replacing the lOve theY once had fOr each other w violence anD wRath.. wHat a wASte..
oR sO sHe sAys..-
Kaiyan