Musings on an unfortunately weekend
Well, this weekend has been full of turmoil, on one hand, I was helping Bernice Benjamin celebrate the last night of her him being a drag queen, by dressing up as Miss Barbados, which was scary, but beautiful in a demonic way. That was the enjoyable part of the weekend.
However, when I heard the news about the 5 dragonboaters missing, was too cooped up in the staging area to get much updates, I also didn't pay it much heed as there were lots of conflicting information. It was only until after the party at Maxwell, where I was having supper with some friends and discussing the situation. And since there wasn't any news of bodies being found yet, I was still clinging on to this stubborn hope that they might have found some rock where they were hanging on their lives in the last day or so, or maybe they were rescued by some villagers/fishermen who was caring for them but had no means to reach official channels so soon, hence the delay in news. Silly me, still in my naive fantasy world where nobody dies except the evil beings, or those who deserve it.
Sunday brought about the news of the bodies found, and my heart sank when I saw the footage on the news. I could really feel the grief of the parents as they had to come to terms with reality. It is one thing to hear about someone dying, and another to experience a loved one passing on. I haven't had too much experience with that feeling, but having it one time is already once too many. My heart really reached out to the parents and relatives of those who have passed on before their time. Of course my mood was sombre throughout the day, and much of the conversation I had with others mostly revolved around the freak accident. Bought all the chinese tabloids in the evening to read more about the profiles of those deceased.
These young people whom I only know of through 1 degree of seperation just proves another point which I have been advocating to my friends. Be happy. You never know when your time is up and if you were mostly unhappy throughout your life, then I would say lighten up. Because at your point of passing, would you like to look back with regret and wish you were happier or would you accept and be at peace because you have experienced happiness and you are thus content with your lot.
However, when I heard the news about the 5 dragonboaters missing, was too cooped up in the staging area to get much updates, I also didn't pay it much heed as there were lots of conflicting information. It was only until after the party at Maxwell, where I was having supper with some friends and discussing the situation. And since there wasn't any news of bodies being found yet, I was still clinging on to this stubborn hope that they might have found some rock where they were hanging on their lives in the last day or so, or maybe they were rescued by some villagers/fishermen who was caring for them but had no means to reach official channels so soon, hence the delay in news. Silly me, still in my naive fantasy world where nobody dies except the evil beings, or those who deserve it.
Sunday brought about the news of the bodies found, and my heart sank when I saw the footage on the news. I could really feel the grief of the parents as they had to come to terms with reality. It is one thing to hear about someone dying, and another to experience a loved one passing on. I haven't had too much experience with that feeling, but having it one time is already once too many. My heart really reached out to the parents and relatives of those who have passed on before their time. Of course my mood was sombre throughout the day, and much of the conversation I had with others mostly revolved around the freak accident. Bought all the chinese tabloids in the evening to read more about the profiles of those deceased.
These young people whom I only know of through 1 degree of seperation just proves another point which I have been advocating to my friends. Be happy. You never know when your time is up and if you were mostly unhappy throughout your life, then I would say lighten up. Because at your point of passing, would you like to look back with regret and wish you were happier or would you accept and be at peace because you have experienced happiness and you are thus content with your lot.