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♥ Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Last Sunday was the State funeral of our Singapore founding Father, Lee Kuan Yew.
He passed away on 23 March 2015. The first thing that came to mind was that he wouldn't be able to celebrate SG50 NDP with us. If you did realized over the years, the cheers were the loudest the moment he appeared during NDP.
7 days of national mourning, our flag flew at half mast.
The usual television schedules make way for programmes and coverage related to LKY and how he led to build our nation. Back then, I only knew that he was our former prime minister and learned a bit about him in Social Studies, However, watching those made me learnt more and realized how much more he did for our country.
Over the past week, Singaporeans queued hours to pay their last respect to Mr Lee at the Parliament House. Even though it was up to eight/ten hours, even in the humid weather. During that period, shops that was along the stretch of queue offered drinks and seats FOC to those people in queues. Strangers distributed umbrellas, food and drinks to those in the queue. People cared about one another.

The skies were gloomy, saddened by the leaving of a great man.
I sat in front of the tv and watched the live telecast of the state funeral.
His descendants walked in the rain.
Although the rain was pretty heavy, Singaporeans still formed a long queue, from the Parliment house to University Cultural Centre, stood by and wait just to pay their final respect to him. They threw petals and called out "Lee Kuan Yew", "LKY", "Thank You."
Many cried, some sang our nation song.
When I heard eulogies, especially from his sons and grandsons calling him "Papa" and "Yeye", it reminded me that although he was a great leader he was also someone's family member. The nation lost him, his family too. But he will always be remembered.
I feel really sad, like I had something stuck in the chest, but I didn't cry.

Over that period, there were also videos of him and his wife.
Reading it makes one really envy.
He kissed his deceased wife in her casket.
I remember my mum told me my grandpa hugged grandma before he took his last breathe and he lay down peacefully that my mum though he slept.
If only more guys were responsible and devoted like them.


Although LKY had left us, but as long as Singapore is united, we will not fall.



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