My dearest ah gong left this world at 6.42pm this evening.
I'm glad, 'cos there's not going to be anymore suffering for him on earth.
It's a STOP to all of it.
I'm sad, 'cos he's someone whom I will never forget.


He would always say this to my dad about me, "Long long time ago, at the 'sua teng', still so small.
Now ah, so big already, become woman liao ah."
My dad was nicknamed "Che Da Pao (Boaster), by my ah gong.
The story of it all was really very funny.

My ah gong really loves me a lot.

He'd kept all the cards, be it New Year Cards, Birthday Cards, or whatever cards and gifts that I'd made for him and ah ma, all in a drawer.

Whenever relatives come, he'd proudly tell them that those things are made by his beloved granddaughter.

Once, when I stayed over at their house for 2 weeks or so, about 6 years ago, when I was only about 10 years old, in Pri. 4, 'cos my helper went back to her hometown for a short holiday.

Almost every other day, my ah gong despite his old age, would walk down to a nearby coffee shop, to buy my used-to-be favourite BLACK FRIED CARROT CAKE.

He came over to Singapore, with ah ma, and first uncle, who was still a young child then, from China.

They went through World War II.

He owned a farm, at Sembanwang.

He raised up 9 children.

He was such a strong man, who fought 2 battles with diseases, and he won!

He knew that it was his time to leave today.

He was wanting to go home.

He'd said before that he wanted to die peacefully at home.

But, before he was discharged, he passed away.