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I had an epiphany whilst walking along this journey towards financial freedom. It happened when I recalled my old Junior College schoolmate who used to sit next to me along with another friend during Mathematics C lectures. We used to be the “good” boys sitting at the front row of the lecture.
After we had completed our “A”-level examinations, we were enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces for our mandatory two and a half years of military service. I still remember clearly the time I met him after Junior College was on Pulau Tekong, at Camp III near the cookhouse. He was doing some work and I happened to bump into him and say a quick, “hi”.
That was the last time I ever saw him.
I learnt whist in University that he had gone overseas to study in an overseas UK university on a scholarship. He later committed suicide whilst in the UK.
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