Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Funeral of Mr Lee Kuan Yew

Suituapui was asking me if i attended the funeral of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew.  Newspapers, website, etc.  has the route in which the cortege will passed by for the State Funeral in University Cultural Centre.

I did not arrived early as i went to Church in the morning.  Usually i do not have the habit to check the weather forecast about the weather.  When i arrived at 12.30pm, it was raining very heavy, with me is only an umbrella and i did not bring raincoat.


There were already many people there, but i manage to stand in one spot and catch the last glimpse of the cortege pass-by.


Crowds on the opposite side of the road


Some were on the void deck of the flats

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19 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 7, 2015 at 5:22 AM

    Hey! He came to Sibu once!!! His telegram home, sent from Sibu, has gone viral on Facebook, dunno where else. You, when?

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  2. Princess RibbonApril 7, 2015 at 8:14 AM

    Rainy day, all the people with umbrellas.. And yet they are still so patient waiting..

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    1. Somewhere in SingaporeApril 7, 2015 at 9:40 AM

      Some even earlier, have friends waiting in other locations, they mention they were there since 10.30am in the morning...

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  3. [SK]April 7, 2015 at 8:22 AM

    yeah, i was watching live telecast and it was raining so heavily.. people were still standing there with their umbrellas and raincoat..

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    1. Somewhere in SingaporeApril 7, 2015 at 9:41 AM

      Earlier when i was on the way, it started to rain...

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  4. PHApril 7, 2015 at 1:23 PM

    Even in the rain, people are willing to wait to pay their last respects.

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  5. lazy mumApril 7, 2015 at 4:17 PM

    I went together with my husband and my son as well, near bukit merah housing estate there..
    The rain was so heavy... my heart felt so heavy as well.

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  6. HayleyApril 7, 2015 at 10:24 PM

    Read about all this through newspaper, really grand funeral...

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  7. wennApril 7, 2015 at 11:25 PM

    It was raining and yet people were there for him..very supportive

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  8. Twilight ManApril 8, 2015 at 10:53 AM

    That day the skies and people cried on his funeral. So sad. He was such a nice and good man with smart ideas!

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  9. Nancy ChanApril 8, 2015 at 11:22 AM

    The heavy rain did not stop Singaporean from coming out to pay their last respect and send off a great man.

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    1. Somewhere in SingaporeApril 8, 2015 at 11:42 AM

      Yes, a lot of people coming out to pay their last respect...

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  10. eastcoastlifeApril 13, 2015 at 11:38 AM

    I was away and missed attending his funeral. Can only watch the video of it when I'm back.

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