Carpe Diem!

I thought the year started with a bang when I traveled overseas. It did, but it was short-lived. 2013 greeted me with a bigger bang, a heart-wrenching news - a close friend in coma and in less than a week, she passed away. :( 

Tragic and sad but I felt a sort of liberation knowing that she's in good hands now. She will never be in pain ever again.  See you when I see you my friend...
Here's a tribute I made for you!

After a week or so, I thought I'd be able to recover from the depressed state but it escalated to a higher degree when another colleague died. Another sudden death, unexpected, unbelievable, scary and depressing with a bigger impact! :(

2 deaths in January 2013! The year is really getting off to a bad start. The thoughts of being sick and dying scared the hell out of me. But death reminds us of our mortality... we too, no matter how healthy, rich and powerful we can be, may still die any time, any day, any month or year... We will never know... 
So it's time to seize every moment of our lives!

Carpe Diem must be a good mantra to start the Year of the Water Snake!

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*Part of my yearly bucket list is to write at least once a month and so here I am trying to strictly abide by the self-made rules. What's in store for me next month? Chinese New Year? Valentines Day? Naaah...<3