appreciate.

i'm crying as i write this post. life is so fragile. have you heard about the dragon boat incident that happened on sunday here in penang? a dragon-boat capsized under huge currents. the teacher who came along to support his class from chung ling school (he happened to be on a dragon boat for the first time of his life and did not know how to swim) - he was the first to die. and 4 other bodies went missing. last night i spoke to a friend of mine who was supposed to go to this dragon boat event, as he was the co-captain, but for some very fortunate reason, he did not attend this particular day. and so he escaped death just like that. how do you explain things like that?
this morning they found 2 of the 4 who went missing. both were bodies of corpses. young boys who were merely 17 and 18, our age. boys who went for dragon boat training on a sunny sunday afternoon. looking forward to a day of laughter and companionship. who would have thought this would be the day that will change their lives. or end it.
one of the two corpses happen to be my mum's friend son. my mum's friend's son. she was helplessly waiting at the shore for the whole morning, praying and crying ''son come back.. mum and dad is here... you must come back''. but he never did come back.
i cannot imagine what their families must be going through right now. i dont know what to say. only, why did this have to happen.
life is so fragile.
appreciate the very fact that you're alive.

人生无常。