3 October 2010:
here's a very short and rushed post.
Kwa Geok Choo, otherwise known as Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, died on 1740 hrs on 2 Oct 2010.http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_585910.htmlRIP Mrs Lee.
I don't really have the mood to write anything now, considering how distraught I am. (Well, okay maybe not really that bad but I feel quite sad about it.)
Like what the newspapers said, she helped her husband silently while he ruled Singapore. She was a very low-profile person, and never included her name on any of the letters that she had helped her husband write.
Her daughter, Ms. Lee Wei Ling, had been by her side. Her son, Mr. Lee Hsien Yang, was by her side too before that.
But it was a pity that her other son, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, and her husband, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, was not by her side. Of course, they had valid reasons.
On Twitter yesterday, it became a trending topic a few hours later. People from Singapore and other countries were posting RIPs. Then, they were the bastards.
They tagged her just to promote "iTunes codes". Of course, it's quite common to see tweets tagging Trending Topics then, but could they have been more sensetitive?
I personally find it very disrespectful to her. She has just passed, then people are tagging her to such things. One even talked about Justin Bieber being a "50yo pedophile (sic) in disguise". WTH?!
The worse, I suppose, had to be the one linking to a porn site. It was really disrepect. It's even worse than ignorance as to who she was.
I wanted to visit her funeral, but due to superstitions, I was not able to. Still, I hope that she is able to rest in peace.
This must be one of the most solemn post I have ever done.
One thing, though. I think this year is really a bad year for political people. First, it was one of the Founding Fathers of Singapore (by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's side), Mr. Goh Keng Swee. Then, recently, it was Dr. Balaji Sadasivan, who was Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Now, it is Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew. Although she is not really a "political person", yet there is still the connection.