Through this project, I’ve learnt more about my family and friends and their views on death. As Leonardo da Vinci said, ‘As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.’ Death doesn’t need to be a taboo topic if we don’t allow it to be. I don’t look forward to it, but when it’s time to say goodbye, I hope I can face it with positivity and without regret. Today, the hideous scars on my leg are a reminder of the fragility of Life and the non-discriminatory nature of death.ĭeath is part of the cycle of life. The accident changed my perspective on Life. I was bedridden for about six months and my leg was nearly amputated. In 2003, I was in a terrible motorcycle accident. We should make the most of the time we have left to lead a fulfilling life with our loved ones. The gift of life is precious, and the looming spectre of death makes it all the more so. The nature of our profession is such that we deal with life and death on almost a daily basis. This duality of our mortal existence is only natural and I have long accepted it, but not as a cynic. The inevitable certainty of birth is death the cynic would say we are born to die. Mugilan Rajasegeran or “Mugi” – Photojournalist Not so much the notion of dying, but that I did not live life to the fullest before I go. When I think about that accident, I consider myself really lucky to be alive. To me, it is the ones who are left behind who have it harder – coping with the death of their loved one.Ī car hit me when I was 14. I hope those memories will be worth capturing. One day my life will flash before my eyes. When she passed away she was laid to rest in a beautiful tailored cheongsam.
She had always wanted to own and wear an expensive cheongsam. When asked about her final outfit, Mdm Foo’s choice was clear. It was a poignant and heartfelt expression of peaceful resignation and gratitude from someone who had chosen to die well. She also penned one to her caregivers at the hospice that had helped her and her family during this final journey. Once the inevitable was accepted, Mdm Foo began to make the most of every moment.īefore the end, Mdm Foo took to writing letters to her family and friends to share her thoughts and feelings. They embraced the emotional and spiritual healing power of coming to terms with death. With the help of her hospice caregivers, she and her family would come to view her terminal condition from a different perspective. This was something Mdm Foo herself discovered as she journeyed to her own inevitable demise. When told about The Last Outfit project, she agreed to be part of it because she believed in what it is trying to do – getting people to talk about death openly. She had fought a good fight but the cancer that loomed over her was fierce. Mdm Foo Piao Lin was 46 when she took her final breath. Mdm Foo’s Final Farewell Her First Cheongsam
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