刚才德明的同学打电话，哭着告诉我‘do you know that Mr Ho jast passed away?’

我听了一下子呆住了。

这则新闻等在了今天TheStraitsTime头版，他是在马来西亚准备参加AdventureRace的时候，骑山地车跌倒不治身亡的。

当我在德明的时候，他曾经当过我一个学期的 relieve teacher. He was such a nice person… No matter how naughty we were during the class, he was never angry. 还有一次，他开车带我们几个人出去玩。还记得先去Orchard看的电影“RunawayBride”，然后我们提议Mr.Ho,带我们去一个远一点的地方吃东西吧。他竟然开车拉着我们跑去新马第二通道旁边的一家高级餐馆吃晚餐。然后又把我们5个人一个一个送回家。

后来他就再没有教我们了。最后见到他是搬去St.Patrick以后。又一次在东海岸骑车看见他。呵呵，当时他也是去那里骑车的。

他是这样好的一个人，34岁还没有结婚，而事业刚刚小有成就，有待发展的时候，他就这么去了。而我又为什么非要在这个时候才会想起他来呢？

失去了才懂得珍惜。我们的人生中，是不是有很多类似的事情呢？

Mr.Ho, we miss you. Wish you rest in peace.

下面是新闻全文：

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,236565,00.html?

RJC teacher killed on eve of adventure race

By Goh Chin Lian A RAFFLES Junior College teacher, who was preparing for an adventure race, died in Malaysia on Saturday when he was flung off his mountain bike.

Mr Ho Swee Haw, 34, was cycling downhill over a bridge when he saw a 1.5m-deep hole and braked suddenly.

He landed in a ditch and was barely conscious, one of his two female team-mates for the race told The Straits Times late last night. She declined to be identified.

He was riding ahead of them as they went to a site to test their skills in white-water rafting, when the tragedy happened in the early afternoon of the eve of the race in Perak.

Mr Ho suffered head and chest injuries. He died at Tapah Hospital at 4.15pm. His father and sister have left for Malaysia.

Meanwhile, fellow cyclists here were struggling to absorb the news yesterday, as they mourned the loss of a ‘very dedicated racer’ and ‘a strong rider’.

Said Mr Max Mager, general manager of the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association: ‘He’s outgoing and adventurous and was one of our top mountain bikers.’

Mr Ho taught mathematics at the junior college and was the teacher in charge of its cross-country runners.

During his national service, he was a physical training instructor.

He has been a familiar face at cross-country races for several years.

The bachelor also helped his family to run Cycle Craft, a bicycle shop at East Coast Road which is a key supporter of the association’s mountain biking races.

On Sundays, he would often be on his red Scott mountain bike, cycling on a trail in Bukit Timah Hill.

In fact, his last race was on Feb 15, when he came in third in a race for male cyclists organised by the association.

Last night, his two team-mates returned to Singapore, driving his car.

Said one of them: ‘I’d known him for three years and we’d raced together twice. This would have been our third race.

‘He was a wonderful team-mate, always ready to help.’