a broken train, a father's love

and so, i was early to go to work...wouldve reached work at ard 845...

sekali the mrt broke down...so no trains...the gates were shut down at simei mrt station and there was a sign ...

MRT breakdown at Tampines

Expected time to resume BLANK

i took a pic. (not available yet)

there were shuttle buses to tanah merah but the queue was amazing...i even thought of taking half day urgent leave...but not possible because i have an afternoon FULL of meetings...

i went to get breakfast, went to get coffee frm ntuc...and walked, thinking of an exit plan...

and remembered my dad...so i called home to ask whether he is able to send me to tanah merah...

while on the bike, i jokingly asked, can send to ghim moh? he said yes. i was like are u sure??!!!! he said, yeah...today dont need to take care of mardhiah (my adorable yet mischevious niece) coz my sis not working...maybe he welcomed the change from the usual routine. maybe because he saw the jam around the tanah merah area (imagine people frm pasir ris, tampines and simei converging at tanah merah...

then, he dropped me off...i was so touched...i kissed his hand, he kissed my forehead...

i am thankful for a father like him...may he be taken care of by God always...

Mortality

I was supposed to blog about KL. But decided not yet, not after reading in the news. An acquaintance passed away in an accident on a mountain yesterday. A mountain I climbed TWICE.

I can’t seem to get over it, ever since a friend sms-ed me yesterday about the news. No, not because I am close to this acquaintance of mine. He was after all, just someone I knew while I travelled along my educational path. But the fact that I KNOW him, makes it so much closer to home.

Past week’s reports about the death of the 2 NSmen in Taiwan, hit by a plane while in a STORE & the woman who was hit by a falling tree, struck a chord in me. Unfortunate incidences, you may say. But I believe they are but ENGINEERED. Engineered by none other but the Almighty.

We all know we are going to die. But we seem to keep forgetting.

Mortality strikes.

It is God [alone that has this power - He] who causes all human beings to die at the time of their [bodily] death, and [causes to be as dead], during their sleep, those that have not yet died: thus, He withholds [from life] those upon whom He has decreed death, and lets the others go free for a term set [by Him]. In [all] this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who think!39:42

May the families of those affected be given the strength to pull thru this difficult time, insya allah.

pic: summit at ledang