Farewell My Friend - Tham Chun Kong

I was very sad to receive 2 emails from former classmates of King Edward VII Secondary School regarding the untimely demised of a former classmate,Tham Chun Kong. Chun Kong passed away peacefully in his sleep in Singapore.

Today, you are gone...
We never have the opportunities
to catch up the lost years
and memories of you in our teenage years.......

Grieves we must
But Life must goes on....
There are still
many things to say and to do
But God has decided that
we must let you go and release you
to a better place
to the eternal and beautiful garden of God....

My friend,
Welcome Home to God
May God wipe
the tears and sorrows
of your loved ones
May God bless your soul
May you rest in Peace.........

Old Friends.....

The following text is dedicated to Larry Pomerantz, Teik Boo, and Beh Ah Chee......

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We used to be young,
the age of never ending possibilities,
the age of non conformities,
the age of idealisms,
the age of confidence.

We parted our way,
in search of our dreams,
to begin the journey of charting our own destinies,
at young tender age.

Twenty years or so has past,
our hairs are silvered,
our faces show signs of wrinkles,
we have all mellowed.

Along the way,
we lived our lives with our own priorities,
many things has changed.
But my friends,
our memories may be fading,
our friendship has stood the test of times.

Seeing you again,
after more than 20 years,
is an odd feeling,
but a happy expectations.

I am happy our paths have crossed again.
There are triumphs in our old weary eyes,
we have all been successful in our own rights.
The lost years had made us
more appreciative of the lost friendships,
we shall continued from where we left off,
we shall renewed our friendships.

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