John Richardson
I sent my mum to work last Friday, 09/12/05. Then I decide to head straight to the Kranji War Memorial for a photo shoot. I parked my car under the old tree which I believe that had witnessed lots of major ceremonies since the existence of the War Memorial. 
This time the feeling I had there was a totally different one from the last time 
I visited it. I believe its all due to the different reason and purpose I’m going this time too. Today its merely photo taking. It was just a normal walk in the memorial as I’ve already known the layout of the place inside out. It all was normal till I came to the section where the tomb was relocated from the Pasir Panjang Cemetery. These are the relatives of the soldiers who sacrificed for the our nation or some other’s nation, so we could enjoy the freedom now that we took for granted.
There was this particular tomb where a wreath was placed in front of it. John Richardson was his name, He served on board the Royal Navy H.M.S Terror. He died at a young age of 25 years old. It was exactly my age now. The feeling was strange and I couldn’t explain. The whole feeling of the photo shoot had brought me to another dimension.
