My dear friend.. you will always be remembered

"A REGULAR serviceman with the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) was killed in a road accident in the United States on Sunday afternoon - 2.10am on Monday, Singapore time.
Lieutenant Alan Chee Zhi Hao, 21, was evacuated by air to the Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, where he died at about 9.20pm, said the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) in a statement.
He was with two other Singaporean servicemen when the car they were travelling in crashed into a parked truck along a stretch of highway in North Florida.
They were believed to have been on their way back to their base at the US Army Aviation Centre in Fort Rucker, Alabama.
LTA Chee, LTA Lim Jun Kai, 23, and LTA Ingkiriwang Wei Zhi Reeve, 22, had been on a trip organised by the centre to visit the National Naval Aviation Museum in Florida.
It is not known if the car was rented or belonged to one of them, but LTA Lim was at the wheel."

4 days after Cheesy's death.

Tears just keep welling in my eyes everytime I think about him. Just on his birthday last month, he told me how he missed Singapore and how he hoped he could come back for all the festive occasions.

I told him he could. And now he's gone.

I still remember the days when I was depressed about my studies and silly boy-woes. He would ask how I was and asked me to share so I'd feel better.

And the times he told me about his dreams and patiently explained how the military works when I told him I was interested in a career there as well.

And the times he brought back gifts and chocolates when he came back to Singapore. Even though I was not a close friend.

He was still so young.

So much ahead of him.


" Because I fly,
I laugh more than other men.
I look up and see more than they.
I know how the clouds feel,
What it's like to have the blue in my lap,
To look down on birds,
To feel the freedom in a thing called the stick.

Who but I can slice through the heavens.
Who else has seen the unclimbed peaks?
The rainbow's secret?
The real reason birds sing?
Because I Fly,
I envy no man on Earth."

You had, my friend. I'm proud of you.

In loving memory of Lieutenant(LTA) Alan Chee Zhi Hao
Departed 16 November 2009