it doesn’t get easier.
with each time.
will return on 7th october.
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The wailing bagpipes pierced the morning sky at Kranji on Monday morning. 60 years ago on this day, the Japanese surrendered and World War II came to an end in South East Asia.
Soldiers, past and present, had come from Britain, from Australia, from New Zealand and elsewhere to remember their fallen brothers and sisters. To pay tribute and to honour their memory. These veterans who were at Kranji on Monday know the true price of peace. They appreciate every sunrise they’ve had since surviving the war.
The solemn ceremony gave testament to the men and women who perished. It would have been perfect, save for sections of a speech that prefaced the ceremony. There is a time and place to remind our citizens of the fact that peace is fragile and of the importance of defending our nation.
The ceremony was neither the time nor the place nor the right audience. Most of the audience there know through experience what was said in the speech. And the rest are more than capable of implying those points.
P.S. Check out singaporeidler’s post and photos!
[Update 23 Oct 2005] Found Wow the World’s take on the Commemoration Service.
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i am at that point in life when i attend the weddings of friends, the baptisms of their children and the funerals of my friends’ parents.
at my friend’s father-in-law’s wake on tuesday, i heard about the suddeness of his death. i can only imagine the shock and pain they are still going through, even as i type this. i’ve tried imagining it before but being at a wake helps turn the imagination’s embers into a raging fire.
if only for a while.
‘cos i said made that statement at the start of the post not long after reaching home from the wake.
of course, i caught myself shortly after i blurted it. no, my mum, my dad, the people i love, my friend, myself… one day, we will return to ashes.
that’s so easy to say. it’s so blatantly obvious. yet, i never seem to realise it until something happens.
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in trivial news, i accidentally left my mobile phone at home for the first time ever. so, today, i am immobile.
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