Browsing FB after a few rounds of intense meetings with the bosses in Perth, noticed a stark contrast in life which made me to start reflect what I am doing to my life, the last time I did that was years ago when my business collapsed and I thought the end of my life was near...
Story goes like this, there are 2 girls on my FB page whom I have known them since 15 years old (thats like 20+ years!), one a girl guide and one a junior in the Chinese Language Society.
Both share the smae quality, both of them are cute, outgoing, cheerful, bubbly, talkative... (ran out of positive adjectives for them) and I have grew very fond of them over the years.
For some reason after high school we all went our seperate ways and lost contact. The girl guide kept in touch with me during Uni time but I was in a local U and she was in the USA, we did not meet until 2008 over a reunion dinner and she married a mat salleh with 2 beautiful blonde hair babies! I was very happy for her. Today in the FB she annouced she just delivered her 3rd baby boy and everyone was leaving her messages of congratulations etc. Life is good.
The other girl I practically lost contact after High School and only manage to meet her early this year, before CNY (thats more than 18 years!) She looked the same, bubbly and cheerful as ever and she too had married the guy she love and have 2 babies. A month later I bump into her in a park near my house (apparently she stay nearby) but I was shocked that she had lost half her weight and looked sickly, it wasn't then I realise she was diagnose of cancer a week after we met before CNY and she had to undergo chemotheraphy.
In FB yesterday she was declaring that her cancer cells are spreading and things does not lok too good. Everyone in FB chipped in with their prayers and share the good times together.
In both cases I had much to say but some how in FB I only manage to leave a "congrats!" for the girl guide and "our prayers are with you" for the other girl. I have this utter helplessness in both cases.
This bring back to an article I just read about Steve Jobs, regarding a speech he gave few years back, sharing 3 stories of his life with some students. Wanted to copy the speech in this piece but decided not too, the words that kept linger on in my mind at the end of his speech is "STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH"
I hope you will dig up the piece and have a read yourself. It is amazing, and somehow melancholy as Steve is battling for his life with cancer, somehow conincides with the 2 life stories I just shared.
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