[09/07/31](88News)Nicholas gave purpose to life

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Original Topic :Nicholas Teo’s Father’s “near death experience”, gave purpose to life





MALAYSIAN crooner Nicholas Teo was one boring guy.
The Taiwan-based singer would refuse to go out with friends at night if he had work the next day.

By his own admission, he had no life. But when his father had a close brush with death earlier this year,.. it changed the 27-year-old’s perspective on work and life.

Just before Chinese New Year this year, Nicholas’ father suffered a severe stroke which paralysed the left side of his body. The elderly man was in the intensive care unit in a Kuching hospital for two weeks. Nicholas, the only son in the family, was working in Kuala Lumpur at that time. He told The New Paper of his reaction when he first heard the bad news. “I panicked. It was so sudden and I was caught off-guard,’ he said.’None of our relatives had a stroke before. My mind was blank but I told myself I should just get home first.’


Five months on, his father has recovered completely but the incident has left a permanent mark on Nicholas. The crooner, who was in town recently to promote his latest album The Moment Of Silence, said he now has a more relaxed attitude to life and work.

He meets friends for dinner even if he has to work the next day. And if he has three days off, he will fly back to Kuching to spend time with his family.

Previously, he said, he thought too much and believed it would be troublesome to fly home just for a few days. Although work still takes up a large part of his time, Nicholas makes it a point to call home every day, he said. But conversations with his dad haven’t changed much since the family crisis. Both men still exchange only words like ‘How are you?’ and ‘Have you eaten?’ before dad passes the phone back to mum.

It’s because they are both men of few words, Nicholas revealed. ‘But we care about each other. Just that we show it in a man-to-man way, like a pat on the shoulder.’ Nicholas also dismissed a previous media report that claimed he was eager to settle down and had even asked friends to match-make him. ‘I’m not that desperate!’ he said indignantly. ‘I do think about settling down but I’m not actually working on changing the situation. ‘I’ll just let nature take its course.’

In the meantime, he is content showering affection and gifts on his 4-year-old nephew Isaac. So proud is he of the little boy that he promptly pulled out his handphone to show The New Paper a photo of Isaac on his wallpaper. He said happily: ‘I buy something for him everytime I’m overseas. ‘And he likes the clothes I choose for him so much that he’ll tell his parents to stop buying for him.’

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[09/08/01](Electric News)Brush with death gives meaning to life



MALAYSIAN crooner Nicholas Teo was one boring guy.

  
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The Taiwan-based singer would refuse to go out with friends at night if he had work the next day.

By his own admission, he had no life.

But when his father had a close brush with death earlier this year, it changed the 27-year-old's perspective on work and life.

Just before Chinese New Year this year, Nicholas' father suffered a severe stroke which paralysed the left side of his body.

The elderly man was in the intensive care unit in a Kuching hospital for two weeks.

Nicholas, the only son in the family, was working in Kuala Lumpur at that time.

He told The New Paper of his reaction when he first heard the bad news.

'I panicked. It was so sudden and I was caught off-guard,' he said.

'None of our relatives had a stroke before. My mind was blank but I told myself I should just get home first.'

Five months on, his father has recovered completely but the incident has left a permanent mark on Nicholas.

The crooner, who was in town recently to promote his latest album The Moment Of Silence, said he now has a more relaxed attitude to life and work.

He meets friends for dinner even if he has to work the next day.

And if he has three days off, he will fly back to Kuching to spend time with his family.

Previously, he said, he thought too much and believed it would be troublesome to fly home just for a few days.

Although work still takes up a large part of his time, Nicholas makes it a point to call home every day, he said.

But conversations with his dad haven't changed much since the family crisis.

Both men still exchange only words like 'How are you?' and 'Have you eaten?' before dad passes the phone back to mum.

It's because they are both men of few words, Nicholas revealed.

Macho concern

'But we care about each other. Just that we show it in a man-to-man way, like a pat on the shoulder.'

Nicholas also dismissed a previous media report that claimed he was eager to settle down and had even asked friends to match-make him.

'I'm not that desperate!' he said indignantly. 'I do think about settling down but I'm not actually working on changing the situation.

'I'll just let nature take its course.'

In the meantime, he is content showering affection and gifts on his 4-year-old nephew Isaac.

So proud is he of the little boy that he promptly pulled out his handphone to show The New Paper a photo of Isaac on his wallpaper.

He said happily: 'I buy something for him everytime I'm overseas.

'And he likes the clothes I choose for him so much that he'll tell his parents to stop buying for him.'

From : The Electric New Paper-Singapore