Sunday, January 15, 2006

silence

A normal sunday like every week....I spent it on my bed, watching my DVDs, reeling how adorable Dakota Fanning is and how Tom Cruise is going to save the day again.

I was taken into a loop when I received a message from Dennis mentioning that his senior Dr Alvin Tan had passed away. I had to think for a few seconds who he was and I was flabbergasted and shocked upon the realisation of his absence.

Dr Alvin Tan was simply Alvin to me during my first year in dental school. I did had several opportunities to talk to him. He was in Campus Crusade and all of that. Though I hardly knew him, he did left an impression.

It is only at this time that I kind of realised that life is simply short. For us Christians, life is simply just a phase in your eternal walk with God. It is only a testing period and this incident had taught me that there are more things in this life more important than school right now.

Life is truly short and it is not the length of your stay but the things you did on this earth that matters......