A Roadshow interview occupied my sight when I was about to get off the bus on my way home. Few seconds before there showed two lovely girls, they looked familar...but I didn't pay much attention to that cos I was listening to music and I was sitting at the back. But then a woman face pop up, saying 'I'll strive to bring up the kids on my own...', my eyes freezed and I was shocked at her utterance, not because of the content, but she was my ex-boss's wife!

I hope I had misheard all this. I hope I misdeemed the characters shown.

My hope was crushed by an old colleague. Yes, my ex-boss passed away cos of SARS. I have quitted this company for half a year, he said they dun wanna scare me off so they didn't tell me about this. I felt really bad cos I have known about this via a public channel. The feeling was damn strange - I should have at least done something, but I couldn't.

This news kept on rolling in my mind after talking to my old colleague. 'He's a nice, strong man, how come?' 'He always made us laugh, but now...' Grievances enclosed my rationality, I still think all I heard was not true.

But there's no point to insist with your eyes closed and ears covered. I watched the whole interview on the internet, retrieved and got to know the whole thing. The interview showed the circumstances of the funeral, my ex-boss in a big photo frame, and his wife and kids crying, sending off my ex-boss. I was finally awaken.

Bye, Frankie.
Be strong, Karen.
Be good, Petrina and Ariel.