R.I.P lydia!

i seriously don’t think people need to read to know what i’m gonna talk about. if you do, then maybe you just don’t pay attention to asian entertainment news. (more like the Hong Kong entertainment industry though) anyway, Hong Kong’s prominent comedian,Lydia Shum has passed away on 19th February 2008. She was 62. ( i don’t know the exact figure since some newspaper says she’s 61 but Wikipedia says she’s 62. but seriously, what difference does it make? she’s dead now for goodness sake!

what i want to talk about isn’t her family background, history, work, or anything else for that matter. it’s her courage. it is certainly sad to see her shrink from

i don’t really know what disease she contracted but i do know she’s diabetic and has high blood pressure. i guess being plus-sized means a lot of health problems too. face the fact. she was sick. but, she did not give up her fight with whatever disease that is eating her up (swallowing her alive, as a matter of fact) from the inside. she was strong. her will to live was so strong that it touches many people’s heart.

sadly, around the time when she was nearing to losing her battle, she lost supports from people. the people whom she served for forty years and maybe a little bit more. in come the naked and lewd picture of you know who that i don’t even need to say, since nearly everyone has seen or at least has read or heard about it. those pathetic pictures overshadowed her sickness and how near to death bed she was.

is this how people treat another human being? when you meet elderly folks trying to cross the road. do you help them? sure you do. what about the blind? the handicapped? many people do help. do you help to donate when you see kids or anyone as a matter of fact needing money for operation? sure you do! so, why is it different in this case? it’s not even money that she needed. it’s only a little bit of care and respect. however, even that is not spared.

i definitely admire strong people like her. it’s not to say that she’s strong because she has a lot of money and acquaintances. no. it’s because she wants to live when she should be pondering about life. there are many people that throw away their lives without knowing the importance of live to someone like lydia. someone who is sick. someone who is sick with incurable disease. they want to live. these patients want to live with a strong will. however, their body system does not allow it. it’s a natural selection where the sick will die and the healthy ones will live. it’s so natural that you see this almost every day. hence, it makes no significant marking in a normal people’s mind. only those who really care do take a step back and think about their actions and what it leads to in the future.

it’s always easy to ignore certain things that we don’t see or don’t observe every day. like health for example. you will only start taking care of your health when you get sick or maybe when you see someone you love get sick. small illnesses or big ones. it doesn’t really matter. there are also many things that we, human take for granted. our relationship with people. whether it was with our family, friends colleagues, or whatever you can think of.

many families don’t show their love to their family members. it’s only until a certain point when there are frictions that they begin to realise the mistake that they make and try to fix it. sometimes it can be mended. sometimes it’s doomed. it’s just your luck then.

i believe many people have different sets of friends at different stages of their lives. you always have a different friend in primary school, secondary school and also at work. heck, some of them even have friends wherever they go! but, not all of these so-called friends are worth your penny. they come when they have any problem and go when it’s solved. to put it nicely, they trust you to tell you their problems. to put it bluntly, they are just using you. take your pick. can you tell me how many really close friend do you have that you can talk everything to? tell everything you hate/ like about him/her and still not get mad and thank you? not many i suppose.

my main point is, friends do stand by your side when you are down. but in order to become a true friend, it’s not just one-sided. both parties must also help one another to strengthen the friendship. it’s not just during problematic times. it’s also during happy times. how cool is that? …. yea right.

this is seriously not good. it seems to be having no ending. i need to stop now. i don’t care already whether it has a proper ending. IT’S MY BLOG! it’s nothing educational (not like i intended it to be also ;P)

is this post longer than the previous post? i think so. how did i manage to swerve from lydia shum to this? I DON’T KNOW! alright, i’ve got to stop. my neck hurts and i’ve got to go to work tomorrow. i hate going to work actually, but the attraction of money is too BIG!

love,
natalie
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