A Scary Thought

Was at Changi airport yesterday with xiaoyun, victor and jianwang for our semestral dinner gathering. Why Changi airport then? Well, its also because I was there to send off my cacs junior zhaoxin who is going on SEP ... Andy and I got her a woollen cap from wintertimes, quite chio one.. (I mean the cap, refer to the following pic)

okok let me get to the main point. While I was walking back to swenson after seeing her off at the gate, I noticed this muslim male who was praying, and infront of him was this really huge luggage. Seeing this, the recent london bombing incident immediately flashed into my mind... the dreadful thought that my life may just come to an end anytime now got me so freaked out that I did a quick reflection of my life, on what i have achieved, what my regrets, what I havent done , havent said in this present life. The feeling got so strong that in the subsequent steps, I took out my motorola handphone (known for its reputation for surviving hard knocks and possible explosion) and wrote a simple will. hmm.. nothing interesting about the will, except that I transferred all my responsibilities to my brother... haha... but well, the moment i pressed "saved to draft", I felt at ease knowing that at least if I'm blown up to pieces, I still had my last words for my dearest family members.

Luckily nothing happened, and the muslim guy was just a passenger who was praying for a safe journey, ELSE I guess I will have to pay a personal visit to each and everyone who are here faithfully reading my blog on the first few days of the lunar seventh month, hmm.. what shall i say to u when i see u ... 恭喜发财 or 见棺发财??

This episode made me wonder whether what our government has been doing so far in combating the issue of terrorism is healthy for us citizens in the long run. While it may be true that the presence of armed personel in orchard area and the airport give us a sense of security, it should be noted that their presence is also a constant reminder of the current situation that we are in, that we are living in an unsafe world, whereby anyone on the street can be a suspected sucide bomber or a terrorist, and there are dangers lurking around every corners... This lack of distrust and subtle indoctrination of fear.... How healthy can it be to our society?

anyone?