Tribute To A Senior - Hui Cheng - 1973 to 2005

Sunday afternoon, while packing my room, received a call from Hui Cheng's sister, informing me that Hui Cheng had passed away... cause? suicide...

i couldn't believe my ears... totally saddened by the news... wanted to cry but controlled myself... didn't want to ask further... cos i didn't want to stress the sister any further... was told that the funeral will be on Monday... couldn't bring myself to attend...

i cried after putting down the phone...

told mum about it and she was equally saddened... mum used to see her every time she's here to visit either for insurance or Catholic matters...

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Hui Cheng was my senior in Anderson Junior College... we got to know each other when we were both involved in a CLDDS performance... became quite close for a while... before losing contact after graduation... subsequently she got in touch with me again, after she became an AIA agent... gave her my support... was surprised that she would take up insurance, considering she's a Computer Science graduate... a world of difference... she was doing very well... got her Million Dollar Club status within a year or two... continued to give her my support on insurance...

she got married... moved to Hougang... became a Catholic... had a child... on and off she would still drop by to discuss about her faith... how she was fated to become a Catholic... the shift to Hougang was an indication cos there were a number of Catholic churches in the area... always encouraged me to attend mass with her...

then in 2003, she suddenly quit the insurance business... went to the UK with her husband for work... her younger sister took over her portfolio and became my agent...

now and then i would still hear bits and pieces about her from her sister...

and now all of a sudden... she's left us...

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rest in peace, my dear senior... may you find peace in the Kingdom of Heaven...