{"id":12539,"date":"2015-03-30T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T08:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephinesicadphotography.com\/blog\/?p=12539"},"modified":"2015-03-30T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T08:36:08","slug":"thank-you-mr-lee-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephinesicadphotography.com\/blog\/thank-you-mr-lee-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Thank you, Mr Lee Kuan Yew! RIP.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cLife is an endless series of adjustments. As you grow older, you adjust.<br \/>\nThink how lucky we are and how much worse off we could be.<br \/>\nAlways look on the bright side of things\u201d.<br \/>\n&#8211; Lee Kuan Yew, RIP<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12550\" src=\"http:\/\/josephinesicadphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11053328_951515021555614_6253081506271831530_n.png\" alt=\"11053328_951515021555614_6253081506271831530_n\" width=\"432\" height=\"407\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em>[Photo above grabbed from Facebook\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RememberingLeeKuanYew]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12540 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/josephinesicadphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11081230_10152861818593215_4544382881257196488_n.jpg\" alt=\"11081230_10152861818593215_4544382881257196488_n\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Before i needed to put down my phone yesterday, i took only this photo of Pixie quickly just so i can show this to her someday and tell her how she took part, though but little, braving too the heavy<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> rain with us, as we did our respects and lil tribute to the State Funeral of the great founding Father of Singapore where she was born as a Filipino.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An old auntie cleaner offered us an unused garbage bag so we dont get all too wet.<\/p>\n<p>All walks of life we met there showed so much respects and love to him defying too the heavy downpour. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/singapore\/singaporeans-bid-farewell\/1751474.html\">You can see a video coverage\u00a0\u00a0of the funeral\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0via Channel News Asia.]<\/p>\n<p>The moment we all saw LKY&#8217;s casket passed by, with a grateful heart we made our respectful salute and screamed our souls out, being one with the nation &#8211; &#8220;Thank you, Mr Lee! Bye bye!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We may be leaving Singapore soon to move to Australia but it was one humbling experience to be part of a historic and very emotional event to this country we called as our second home for almost 7 yrs.<\/p>\n<p>RIP, Mr Lee. We cant Thank you enough!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLife is an endless series of adjustments. As you grow older, you adjust. Think how lucky we are and how much worse off we could be. 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