on my way to church today (by bus) to attend new creation church's 3rd service, i overheard a conversation between 2 fellow commuters that went like this:
a: u heard or not, someone died running today's marathon?
b: don't joke lah, where got?
a: this thing can joke, meh?
yes, i can now confirm the conversation to be true because i just caught the same news over channel news asia's website that a 21 year old chinese died after completing the stanchart half marathon.
other deaths at endurance events in singapore:
2005 - mr ho wai piew, aged 40 who suffered a heart attack during the swim leg of the new balance corporate triathlon.
2006 - colonel bernard tan, 39 who collapsed 600m from the 10km finishing line during the singapore biathlon.
2007 - national triathlete thaddeus cheong, only 17 years young collapsed after finishing 3rd in a sea games triathlon selection trial.
2007 - army officer ho si qiu, 25 collapsed after completing the half-marathon at the singapore bay run.
2009 - mr calvin lee, 42 ran into trouble in the swim leg of the lsim singapore international triathlon.
my comments:
just like many others, my thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the 21 year old who has met with such an untimely demise.
alas, life is always unpredictable, isn't it? the sad fact remains that no one can claim to be immortal and all of us must face death at any point of time in the future, be it sooner or later.
but since there's no way to avoid death, is it not imperative to plan ahead while we still can? so, if u have either not engaged a competent financial advisor and also not reviewed your financial plan especially for wealth protection planning, perhaps today is as good a day as any to do so.
because who knows what tomorrow may bring?
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