Friday, November 13, 2009
wills
been running dry on inspirations lately on blogging, and thus explains the brief absence. but yeah amidst the fact that i have a presentation deck due in 2 hours and a few things on my agenda before i leave dentsu, i find myself thinking alot about what happened last night. had a run with dex after work.embarked on a 15km run. i think dex is really a person who has grown so much through the years. though i do not know him in his earlier years, but from the stories he tells me about how he grew up being a rebellious kid and finally growing out of those ways to be the man he is today, its really quite something. well he asked me a question while we were running, "if you were told that you only have 24hrs to live, what would you do?" well that kinda struck me as a question. i mean its not like i haven't heard of this question before but i never actually thought of what my answer would be. and that brings him to his next pt about the importance of wills. i guess death is still a taboo topic to many but pragmatically speaking, one should be open-minded and embrace death as a part of the human process. and if so, we should be responsible in ensuring that what we own will be allocated to whoever we want these things to go to according to our wishes. and its stunning to know that in Singapore, only 10% of the population has a proper legislated will. to think that 90% of the population are still evading death or are nonchalant about the unpredictability of life&death these days.
i found out from dex that the min amount one can put up for will is S$250 and it can go up to the billions. well i guess right now for many like myself, we do not have much to give out per se, other than personal savings or valuable gifts or what nots. but i think the significance of it all is not about how much or what you are giving to your loved ones, but about the intangible value these things mean to those you love. i mean, touchwood if anything should happen,i would give my beloved film SLR to mel not because she is one of the friends i know who does photography, but because i want to sincerely thank her for bringing photography into my life and i want her to remember me with that. and the list goes on. to me, a will can be the most beautiful thing one can do to leave his/her legacy behind with their loved ones. well i sure ain't cursing myself here, i mean, i think i can live on for a much longer period of time, but it is just being open to all possibilities in life. there is so much uncertainty in this world today that one can never be 100% sure of anything.
then i thought about the first question that came up. if i only had 24hrs, what would i do with it? well i thought slow and hard. and i concluded that i will:
1) spend the 1st hr drafting out what i really want to do once in my lifetime at that pt in time and prioritize them
2) spend the last hr with my dad (get him to grab the rest while im doing (3) and come over to wherever i maybe), mum, brothers, grandma telling them how much i love em and thank them for loving me back
3)spend the rest of the time in between doing the top 3 things from (1) with the one i love to let him know how much he means to me
but that's me. if you were to answer this question. what would your answer be?
