Death Is All Around Us

I almost forgot to commit this topic to the world wide web. I had been thinking a lot about death these past few days, of how people close to you can be around you one day, and be gone the next. As a Muslim, I think of death as closure of life on this earth, and a start of another life, the life inside the grave, which in turn will lead us to the Afterlife after the End comes. This is widely explained in the Qur'an, the Bible, and even the Jewish Torah.

So with death in mind, I am bound to carefully calculate what I do and how I conduct myself in this world in preparation of the next. I am not perfect, I did and still do lots of mistakes, but I know He loves His creations, and will keep on forgiving us as long as we strive hard for His blessing and forgiveness, and have determination not to repeat the mistakes.

2 days ago, I drove back from work, it was raining, and I saw a small car wrapped around a tree. The car was split into two, and I see a lady lying sideways on the front seats of the car, her legs exposed (she was wearing only shorts), and I saw blood on her neck. It looks like she suffered internal injuries. I believe she was already gone when I passed by. A lot of people were trying to get the lady out of the wreck. I pray God to give her peace.

Last October (2004), my ex-bandmate, Lorraine Ong SiuLynn passed away after a fall from an upper storey of her college in Singapore. We had been making music since 2002, and she was a good friend of mine. We have some materials in http://www.musiccanteen.com, and once I have time I will certainly include this link to this blog page.

She got a beautiful and strong voice, and she made good songs too. I am deeply grieved to have lost her but I believe God has His own plans which humans know little of. Thus our band, Celestials, were disbanded. We will miss you, Lor.