A Fragile Life
It's ironic as to how fragile life can be.
The man who tend the mama shop at the void deck of my house pass away just yesterday. Being 55 years old (according to my grandma) single man, he decided to end his life just like that.
Though he is not someone who is very close to my family, but both him and his shop had been around for the longest time I can remember. His shop has inevitably been the part of many children's childhood and that of course include me.
Those were the much younger days where I never fail to patronize his shop for the 20 cents frozen syrup tube, the 50 cents tubular push up chocolate ice cream and the 40 cents orange bar sherbet ice cream. Not forgetting those "lao hong" crackers too (recalled by my sister). Although we have always been complaining about the expiry date of the food at his shop, but eventually at the end of the day we still go back to him for our once in a while junk food crave.
The news still came as a shock to everyone, although we know that his business was already not doing well for sometime and that he was on several medication.
Both my grandmother and father were pretty upset about the tragic, but I guess thats just another part of life. All I can hope for now is just that he can rest in peace and have a better life in the nether land.
The man who tend the mama shop at the void deck of my house pass away just yesterday. Being 55 years old (according to my grandma) single man, he decided to end his life just like that.
Though he is not someone who is very close to my family, but both him and his shop had been around for the longest time I can remember. His shop has inevitably been the part of many children's childhood and that of course include me.
Those were the much younger days where I never fail to patronize his shop for the 20 cents frozen syrup tube, the 50 cents tubular push up chocolate ice cream and the 40 cents orange bar sherbet ice cream. Not forgetting those "lao hong" crackers too (recalled by my sister). Although we have always been complaining about the expiry date of the food at his shop, but eventually at the end of the day we still go back to him for our once in a while junk food crave.
The news still came as a shock to everyone, although we know that his business was already not doing well for sometime and that he was on several medication.
Both my grandmother and father were pretty upset about the tragic, but I guess thats just another part of life. All I can hope for now is just that he can rest in peace and have a better life in the nether land.
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