Uncertainty 无常

The recent murder cum suicide case have the papers (night gossip papers especially) talking. Even the divorce case of some local actor and actress got dwarfed by the coverage.

ST reporter Tanya Fong quoted the nanny ‘Why? Why did this happen? Why?”

I was not around when the tsunami struck last year. But I came across many reports asking the same ‘Why?’ When faced with such calamities and tragedies, the human involuntarily reacts as such to such uncertainty.

无常 - 每个人都有一本帐，翻出下一页是什么，谁也不知道
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Anger does not really help when the milk have been spilled. In the comfortable and crime-low society of ours, to see such an unfortunate incident taking place in our environment, one (if he is a human being) does express sympathy and regrets over the incident.

I hear of friends of the deceased and social workers coming forward with their ‘what ifs’ on the airwaves and the remedial steps to prevent such tragedies from happening.

I am not here to put in my two cents worth of talk of what-ifs, how-we-can of blabber.
Merely expressing more of what I see from the incident.

Of course for those against the idea of a casino near our doorstep, this incident would be fodder for them to stoke the anti-casino feelings against the final decision (something which is bashfully ‘open’ but not official only)
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Back to the topic, life is indeed such. No one can anticipate the twists and turns in our lives. It is only we, ourselves who have control over our lives. Uncertainty revolves our lives, every day every moment.

One can come to a crossroad not knowing where to head next. Take the wrong path and you probably find yourself heading nowhere near where you wished to be. Every one of us has taken a wrong turn before; the remedy is to realise and get back to your true self.

Indeed, happiness from outsiders might seem real. But beneath the look, maintaining a relationship is never easy *whoever said it was, anyway?* Looking deeper into the history of the deceased, it is what I have mentioned before – 种因得因，种果得果

As to why the breadwinner plunged into heavy debt, dead men tell no tales. One can get angry for all he/she likes.

My mother mentioned the other day over another incident, we have to let it go. No point reproaching them anymore.
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The incident that took place was some kiddo knocked over the basin of guppies and sped dashing off without stopping to help. I yelled at the kiddo, but then saving the guppies was more important.

I managed to save the majority of them, but the tiny guppies were washed down the drain before I could attempt to save them. Furthermore there were a few deaths, crushed by the basin itself.

I was furious then, but my mother held me back in check, even though I know where the culprit kiddo lived (he lived just further down the corridor).

‘The mother would only say sorry and forget about the incident and the kiddo would not repent” my mother said. Truly said, I calmed myself down after a while. I buried the dead fishes in the flower pots and cleaned up the mess.
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How often do we lose our cool? I thought I have kept mine in check, but still I think I have a long way to go.

You do not have to look far, look at yourself at the end of the day and you have your answer.

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