My Uncle David

Around May the 10th, I was planning for my trip up to Pulau Aur and to Mersing for diving and stargazing. I wanted to get a map of Mersing town as I had to travel to a part called Tanjong Resang, so my mum directed me to a corner of her room where a pile miscellanous articles were stored.

I did not find the map of Mersing that I was looking for, but chanced upon a plain looking file which I opened out of curiousity. Inside was the story of David the brave. It was about my uncle who passed away when I was very young (17 years ago now), and written by my father. It described how my uncle discovered, fought, and finally succumbed to cancer. I had never known the details about my uncle's death as I was so young then, and never knew that my dad had wrote anything like that. I do remember that he was very well loved and sorely missed. I read the story intently, and put it back exactly as I found it, and did not mention it to anyone as I thought that my father had placed it there for a reason.

A few days later in the car, my father suddenly mentioned that he had chanced upon the story which he wrote 15 years ago. He had forgotten all about it. He said it brought tears to his eyes reading it again. He also said that the day he opened the file happened to be May the 10th, uncle David's death anniversary. I said that I had also chanced upon the file and read the story. That day was Monday, May the 10th.

Intrigued?

My dad had written the story with the intention to publish it somehow for others to read. He asked me to transcribe the typewritten copy, which I have just completed. If you would like to read the story about my Uncle David, you can read it here.
Apologies about the formatting and minor errors. I just simply transcribed everything dumped it into a html file.

My dad will appreciate comments regarding the story. He is thinking of developing it and either making it a newspaper article, a small book or a promotion of hospice work.