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Thursday, September 11, 2008

lets pray for the best.. 0 Messages

i was hesitant to post this up yesterday as it was not on the news yet..but since it is already in the papers today,i shall post this..

the article

months ago, people were busy talking about this particular blog..

http://www.charleneyl.blogspot.com/

it was a blog that belongs to the girlfriend of the late Clifton Lam Jia Hao who was the NSF who died in Brunei while having his jungle orientation training there. From her blog, we can see how much they complete each other's life and how much she was affected by his sudden departure. i was among the thousands who admired her will to carry on living..

the thing that i didnt know is that something similar was going to happen to a close family member..

on 09/09/08 at around 6pm, my cousin received a call from her hubby's boss saying that he was lost at sea..hours earlier, she just called him asking if he was coming home..as he was working as a diver, he had to work irregular hours and sometimes, he had to work through the night..family members gathered at my aunty's place that night, hoping to get the one phone call to say that the situation was under control and that he was coming home as per normal..but that call never came..instead, at around 1-2 am, his boss and colleagues came over to tell us that Bo(by which he was affectionately called) was still missing despite the extensive search done by the MPA and other divers..they said that he had drifted away due to the strong current and vanished just like that..it was more that 6 hours..Cousin broke down hard that instance..the fact that they just had Baby Marsha just 1 month ago wasn't helping too..in fact, all who were present there broke down..it was too much to handle..they were married about 2 yrs ago, had a baby and had just moved into a new home..

the next day, my dad went over to join the search party on the boat..the navy was also called in the search and one even stated that the search party was larger than that of RSS courageous..altogether,there were around 12 boats searching for Bo..today, another cousin's paternal grandmother was in a coma..i don't know why out of all times, now must be the worst..the atmosphere of that at aunty's home was monotonous..it was awfully quiet and cousin was having her alone time at her own home..imagine, u had everything that u ever want; a career, a happy family and a loving husband..and suddenly, the most important person just vanished and there u are..alone..to fend for yourself and your newborn..

at 7pm, dad sent an SMS to my mum and other uncles..

Maaf.Nothing.(translation : Sorry. Nothing.)

i can imagine the difficulty he must have to type those 2 words..but he must, as he was the one there as our representative..it was more that 24 hours and still nothing..

all we did was pray for his safe return..now is 3.19am on 11/09/08..33 hours since he was last seen..pls pls, if i can ask for anything in the world, i just want him to come back safely to cousin n baby marsha..let us pray together for that to happen..and that grandmother that i mentioned earlier, passed away today at around 10pm..it has been an emotional train wreck for everyone in the family, please let us have a happy ending?

i think we had enough..please come back..

posted by nADiA JuMpJuMpJuMp at 2:38 AM