天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福 Life is like a passing cloud

早上十一點多，跟同事喝完茶，正要回辦公室，對面銀行大門剛有輛十字車響著警號，急速離開，心想一定是緊急狀况，但也盼望不是大問題。。。誰知吃午餐時得悉原來是我們的backroom staff 突然在辦公室暈倒，人工呼吸後也沒有反應，在十字車內去世了。。。

好一個當頭棒，沒有可能是勤奮的Beng Chye，上星期三我們一班同事剛請一班backroom staff吃飯，多謝他們在過去一年的幫忙，Beng Chye 還凑巧坐在我右邊，整頓晚餐談笑風生，互訴工作的壓力，小孩的成長等等。。。誰也想不到Beng Chye 不知不覺的離開我們當中。。。

如果說我們驚慌傷心，我可想象他妻兒的驚訝不措，傷心欲絕的心情。。。十四歲和七歲的孩子，唉。。。寫不下去。。。

衹想說希望我們珍惜生命，珍惜眼前人，一切都不是理所當然，也不要太執着，順境逆境也要感恩，因為我知道神會給予我最好的，有可能不是我所要的，但我深信這一定是最好的。。。

In appreciation of our backroom staff n their support for the past year， we had CNY dinner with a group of them last Wednesday。 Beng Chye from payment department was seated on my right hand side, and we just chatted, joked and ate the night away in laughter n fun. It is still clear in my mind of all the conversation and even the food we ate.

Fast forward to this morning 11am, I just finished my morning tea with one of my colleagues; on my way back to office, we saw an ambulance sounding its siren driving off presumably to the hospital. In my heart, I was hoping it was not a serious case. During lunchtime, found out that it was Beng Chye who fainted in the office and CPR was performed on him; the ambulance took him away to A&E. Shocked by the news, we still prayed hard that he would be ok. But when I reached office at 2pm, the news of his death took the whole office by surprise.

In disbelief, we all mumbled how life is short, and how he was in the pink of health; and I related the stories he told of his kids, his family, his work n his stress during that dinner. It seemed so surreal.

One thought kept popping up in my mind: Don't take anything for granted...not life, not people, not even your pet. Treasure your loved ones NOW...

"And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in YOU." Psalm 39:7