The Messy Water

Teo Boon Keong

I am featuring one of my childhood friends, Teo Boon Keong, the youngest son to the owner of the oldest kopitiam back in my hometown. Living under a kopitiam environment since he was a little boy, Boon Keong has been trained to become a person with great patience and great tolerance. Thanks to all the fussy kopitiam customers in the olden days, who, many were neither friendly nor tactful.

Today, Boon Keong has stepped into a big bang transition of his life, waving bye bye to his childhood, methamophosing himself into adulthood, forming his own family and playing a different role in his life and the society. In which we would pronounce, a matrimony.

Matrimony forms an invisible contract between a man and a woman to help each other in their life, sharing deep thoughts, keeping the torch of companionship burning wherever they go and which ever way they reach their destinations.

There are many phases in our human's life. We were once a toddler, a student, and with a blink of eyes, we get married, become parents and soon, grandparents. Along the way, some of us may miss one of these phases. Probably during the time when we were students, burning midnight oil at studies, some of our friends become school leavers or mat rempits just to impress ladies. Or probably, during the time while some of us are parents, many are still wandering out there, fooling around having one night affairs.

When all of us reach a certain point in time and look back, many may regret as they miss something important from the previous phase, while the others may get to raise their champaigne glasses, celebrate for victory, Boon Keong is one of them.

The dawn of 17th November 2007 marks the most important day in Boon Keong's history book.

On this day, Boon Keong has ignited his engine for a different journey.

Have a deep thought, have we missed something up to this phase of our life?