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sometimes emotionally unemotional.....life is a paradox, where one lives towards death. Live your life, be good, show empathy and forgiveness. Just before Lunar New Year, I spent a good deal of more than 2 hours chatting with him in the office, just heart to heart talk, to take his mind off his sick wife. He told me she has got a year more to go, nothing more. And this afternoon I received news that his wife passed away, leaving behind him and their 3 kids. She is probably just in her early forties. He cried nothing but empty tears, life had become a daily dose of anesthetic ever since his wife contracted lung cancer. Just some time back, after having successfully removed the infected lung, there was a hint of optimism. Then came the relapse. Oh, then she would not have much of the chance, I thought, but I kept my mouth shut. I believed he knew it too. My grandmother was just one of the many examples where the cart got out of a rut and soon after clashes down the cliff. This can happen to anyone, its not uncommon, some may even feel mechanical about it...what is the big deal, that is life. But to me, it simply serves as a reminder not to take things for granted. Treasure your fellow MCFers, make friends, not enemies.