goodbyes.

LONDON – A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death.

Thomas had accepted he had killed Christine, his childhood sweetheart and wife of 40 years, the jury was told at the beginning of his trial earlier this week.

The Thomases, who lived outside Swansea, about 185 miles (300 kilometers) west of London, were on holiday in their camper van in July 2008. After having their sleep disturbed by cars racing nearby, Brian Thomas had a nightmare that someone was breaking into the van.
The court was told that Brian Thomas suffered from a long-term sleep disorder and was in a state of automatism _ where his mind had no control over his body _ when he strangled Christine, with whom he had two daughters.


ouch.
i think i can kinda relate to this.

when andre and i were in taiwan,
he was having a bad dream about someone stealing his bike and he hit me in the face while he was asleep. :(

but if i were the guy, being acuquitted or not doesnt make a difference.

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it was my sleep in sunday and i awoke to a text at 2pm.
it was from a foreign number which read that the causalty from a certain marathon held recetly had passed away.
the second beep that came in was, "ooops, sorry. wrong number."


just a few days ago, a professor collasped and never woke up again when he was carrying out his workout session.


and there's the recent loss of Alan Chee Zhi Hao, a primary and JC schoolmate whom i never got to know personally but has many mutual friends with.
my heart goes out to his friends and family.


it's cliche, but life's fragile and we only get to live once.

treasure the people around you by learning to appreciate them.
ive always been weak at showing feelings and appreciations due to the environment i was brought up in but im not gonna let that be an excuse anymore.

most importantly, chase those dreams that you have.
stand up for who you wanna be and what you want.

seeing how the uni people are struggling to keep up with school is making me have triple thoughts about going back to school.
although ive only been in the training industry for a few months, but being a trainer further cements my belief that books are not all that matter in life.

kids who are supposingly from the good schools and solid results are the ones who are disrepectful and think the world of themselves while kids who are "not as academically inclined" are the ones who showed respect, are helpful and warm.

im not implying anything here, neither am i saying that it's wrong to follow the conventional path.
what's most important is that no matter what path you follow, be certain that it leads you to where you want.

but if you ask me, i'll pick the unconventional path anytime simply because im just not cut out to follow the conventional one.