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It was a warm October morning.
I was sitting in the courtroom, for a trial on drug trafficking.
It had been over a decade since I stepped into the state courts.
Never thought I would be here again because of Stephy.
I had warned Stephy's mum after reading Stephy's Bazi.
That she would face imprisonment danger, physical and/or emotional, when she hit 30 years old onwards.
Her mum told me to tell Stephy, saying that she would listen to me.
I doubted so. I knew Stephy's character. Also I didn't have her number. Lame I know.
Turned out Stephy's mum did tell her after all.
But in typical Stephy's fashion, she brushed it off as nothing serious.
EVERYBODY knows not to commit crime, right?
I wasn't the only practitioner that forewarned her. Another did, when Stephy was her early 20s.
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One day, her friends approached her. Selling her on the great money drug traffickers made
She just had to bring some ice and erimin across the Causeway.
Once she cleared Customs successfully, all would be well.
She would receive S$700-1000, depending on the type of drug she smuggled.
Stephy fell for it, with no thoughts of the consequences. She didn't think it was possible for her to be caught.
Stephy had family who were once drug addicts.
Who cares if drugs rob people of their sanity and loved ones...
The money she could made was so blinding that her conscience was muffled.
On her second attempt at smuggling, the Singapore taxi that Stephy rode was stopped at the customs.
It was mandatory that all cars going into Singapore at the Woodlands checkpoint would be checked.
Fear pumped through Stephy's veins, as the customs opened her taxi's door.
The paper bag she casually placed on the seat was taken by the young customs officer.
Stephy wasn't expecting that. She didn't even attempt to hide the bag as she was in a hurry and very near to the Customs, when she collected the drugs to smuggle.
"Miss, what are these?"
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Stephy's mum spent about $7000 to engage a lawyer to defend for her.
I asked why spent the money, when we all know there was no ground for Stephy to win the case.
Her mum said, "So that Stephy will know her family still cares for her."
During the rest period, I saw Stephy's lawyer going over to plead with the prosecutor lawyer, for a lighter sentence.
But the prosecutor did not budge.
"She is old enough to know this would happen."
When the judge announced her imprisonment of 7 years, Stephy sobbed and fell into a slump. The female police officer grabbed onto her arm to help her up.
After they took her away from the courtroom, I asked to speak to Stephy.
I could never forget the pair of bloodshot teary eyes I saw over the bars...
The remorse, the bewilderment, the anger, the terror, the confusion...
My heart ached as she was taken away in handcuffs.
Before Stephy was caught, she had bought a plane ticket to Australia. She had wanted to continue her drug trafficking activities there. #moremoney
I am thankful that she was caught in time. Just a few grams more of drugs and Stephy could have been sent to the gallows...
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During her jail term, every time when I spoke to Stephy's parents, her 70-year father would cry and asked how such a fate could befall on his most doted daughter.
I knew their family history.
I wanted to explain the law of karma to him, but I couldn't bring myself to when I saw him wiping his tears with his handkerchief.
Stephy got to work in the Prison by answering calls. One of the joys in her jail term was making enough money to buy little bottles of Yakult and chocolate
3 years and 8 months in jail later, Stephy finished her home detention last November.
Life while locked up was dreadful. There were a lot of rules to abide.
"It was an eye-opener to meet all kind of people that we wouldn't meet outside. It's an environment of survival & holding onto the hope of release day."
I asked her how life was after release.
She said,
"Life is great, initial period had to adapt after being away for so long. It took about 6 months to get use to outside completely, although some things still seemed strange. It was great to smell fresh air & to be able to see greens.
The smell of freedom is simply wonderful."
Stephy only had one wish for the new year.
Being an ex-inmate brought shame to her at times.
"I hope I found a good job & can rebuild my life again. It's not easy but it's a hope."
"It is a waste of time to be inside jail & to be away from everything. It is the loss of freedom & fear of not knowing what will happen when returned to society. And the fear of not knowing if the past will haunt your future."
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There are times I would ask if I did the right thing after reading a Bazi.
Should I have emphasised the bad predictions, so that the client will be more aware and alert?
Or was I right to just mention it as a-matter-of-fact thing?
Everybody wishes to know more about their destinies but very few people want to change it.
I apologised to Stephy for not telling her personally about her imprisonment fate.
Despite being thought of as straightforward, I still find it difficult to articulate certain truths to clients.
Shifu often tell me to choose saying the complete truth, over saying only nice predictions.
"Don't sacrifice the truth, just because you want your clients to like you more and continue engaging you."
I was just an apprentice when I analysed Stephy's Bazi.
When I heard of her arrest, I took out her Bazi to understand the why, what, when and how behind her arrest. I wasn't sure she would get to tell me her whole story.
I know money is very attractive to many.
Some of us would do a lot to make good money, risking our health, freedom and even family time.
We have mouths to feed. We have bills to pay. We want to do more while we are still young.
Cutting back on spending is easier said than done, for there are expenses that are compulsory to keep the whole household running and alive.
While you can avoid buying new clothes for yourself, your children had outgrown their school uniforms and the schools are always asking for money for this and that.
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君子愛財，取之有道.
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p.s thank you to Stephy for giving me her permission to publish her story.
