Friday, March 27, 2015

Tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew



I have penned my tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew
3 times at 3 locations
One at my workplace
One where I live
One online

This is the 4th

Each tribute was different. 

I have never met him in person
Much less talked to him
but
He touched my life in so many different ways
House
Health
Education
Jobs
Mobility
Safety
Security
Order
Peace
Freedom

Thank you, Mr Lee

Rest in Peace





Monday, March 23, 2015

Goodbye, LKY

I was awoken by incessant signals off my mobile phone. It was news of the passing of Singapore's former Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. I felt as if a member of the family had passed away, that same feeling when I heard of the passing of my own father more than a decade ago. Ink will be spilled in the days to follow, recounting the life of Mr Lee. To me, he was the head of government for all my growing up years, during which I witnessed the breakneck development of the place from an island to a nation. Just the other day, a colleague of mine who lives half way across the world in Brazil, visiting Singapore for the very first time, marveled that ours is an island, a city, a state, and a country all rolled into one. Indeed, Singapore remains Mr Lee's legacy and remains for us who are left to ensure that his legacy endures.

I mourn his passing, as will the nation.

Long live Singapore. Rest in peace, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.