Tuesday, December 30, 2003
It seemed like a normal morning...
It's so surreal when I think about it. I'm in this room, playing Gunbound and getting my morning fix and outside, on Channel NewsAsia, they're talking about some 40-year-old who passed away from cancer. Naturally, I don't give it a second thought.
A few hours later, several church friends and I are at Thai Express in Plaza Singapura after watching Brother Bear and lunch. My friend later walks in with the New Paper, and there, on the front cover with the label "Morning Latest", was a picture of Anita Mui.
Suddenly, it felt like 1997 all over again. I had just woken up and the first thing I read in the Straits Times -- was Princess Di's death. Now, with Anita Mui's passing, that same sick feeling in my stomach returned.
I'm no big fan of Hong Kong entertainment, but she was still a veteran and a household name in Singapore. It was hard to avoid seeing her movies, if not listening to her songs. Her passing marks the loss of a great figure and icon within the industry.
To borrow a phrase from someone in TheSmartMarks.com forums, "If you told me at the beginning of this year that so many people would leave us... Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig, Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand, Michael "Crash" Lockwood, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, not to mention my own uncle and grandmother... I wouldn't have believed you the slightest bit."
Through the mercy of God, rest in peace, all of you.
It's so surreal when I think about it. I'm in this room, playing Gunbound and getting my morning fix and outside, on Channel NewsAsia, they're talking about some 40-year-old who passed away from cancer. Naturally, I don't give it a second thought.
A few hours later, several church friends and I are at Thai Express in Plaza Singapura after watching Brother Bear and lunch. My friend later walks in with the New Paper, and there, on the front cover with the label "Morning Latest", was a picture of Anita Mui.
Suddenly, it felt like 1997 all over again. I had just woken up and the first thing I read in the Straits Times -- was Princess Di's death. Now, with Anita Mui's passing, that same sick feeling in my stomach returned.
I'm no big fan of Hong Kong entertainment, but she was still a veteran and a household name in Singapore. It was hard to avoid seeing her movies, if not listening to her songs. Her passing marks the loss of a great figure and icon within the industry.
To borrow a phrase from someone in TheSmartMarks.com forums, "If you told me at the beginning of this year that so many people would leave us... Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig, Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand, Michael "Crash" Lockwood, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, not to mention my own uncle and grandmother... I wouldn't have believed you the slightest bit."
Through the mercy of God, rest in peace, all of you.
