Someone asked me today When I die, how would I want to be remembered?

I didn't really have an answer and because I am someone who thinks about the answer way after a question has been asked. I asked myself over and over again how I would want to be remembered.

If you had asked me 10 years ago, I would want to be immortalised through a book. It was 1998, I was at a flea market and I bought Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray. I fell in love with it immediately and since then I have pretty much read everything Oscar Wilde had ever written. Like most authors during his time, he died a tragic death and he was pretty much broke. Nevertheless, I still consider him pretty lucky as he is immortalised through his books like many other great writers.

While I still hope that there will be a day whereby I can be immortalised through the same manner, I no longer think that is the most important thing.

When we die, we do not get a chance to write our own eulogy. The memories of us are kept by people who know us. Someone I know not too well told me one thing that I will always remember. While our family are the people that love us unconditionally, we are usually defined by our friends.

So if I ever die before my time - this is how I want to be remembered.

Natalie Tong , born 1979 - 20XX was not perfect but hated mediocrity. The only true treasure she held on to was the desire of learning Her lifelong dream was to learn something new everyday and that everything she chose to do, she gave it a 110%. Never a fan of of societal norms and rules; she lived dangerously by questioning the very essence that defined the world we lived in today. Long accepted that the everything in life exists in a state of impermenance, she was determined to find happiness in every circumstance. And she did by learning to let go.