PrayForSouthKorea

I know how it feels like to lose a friend. A classmate. I lost one last year. I wasn't even that close to her. I would occasionally praise her guitar skills though she rarely played. I promised her we would pass 2.4km run together. (we failed in y1 so i told her we would run 2gether and def pass in y2) It's the little things that i said to her that brings back all the memories. Smiling at each other, occasionally chatting. Then the news came so suddenly. Hospitalized. In a week, exactly a week, she passed away after. I cried. I cried a lot because I wanted to tell her so many things. I wanted to tell her "You are really really good at guitar. It's okay that you failed the run because hey i am a healthy person with two lungs and i flunked it. Surely you are better than me because you were running with one lung…"It felt like she was gonna show up in class the next day as if nothing was wrong. We put a huge teddy bear in her seat for a week or so and that seriously ate me up inside all the time. The absence of someone sitting in that chair would have been more bearable than a huge teddy bear sitting there reminding me of her every single second. I remember when we once went home together. We talked for quite long and that was when i realized that she wasn't as quiet as she seems to be in class. She was friendly. I still miss her. We weren't even close and yet it was a huge loss to me. So imagine those korean students in high school, they must be in real pain. To lose a friend as sudden as in a few hours.

I heard of stories of students,teachers and other passengers, risking their lives to save others'. They have sadly passed away but i am sure they died a heroic death. Moreover, they should all be celebrated in korea history. May your souls rest in peace. As much as it's painful for those who have passed away, it is extremely painful and torturing to those who have lived on. They might (MIGHT) have the guilt that they are the survivors while others didn't make it or "I am alive because that person saved me and now that person has lost his/her life.I don't deserve to live." To those people, take time to recover. But also continue to live your life with gratitude and spread on the kindness. You escaped death in a nick of time so live a life that's worth it. To the families, friends and relatives of those who have passed away, stay strong. Know that they have moved onto a better place and allow them to rest in peace. I am sure they are looking down and smiling at you from heaven. Let us all pray for those missing to be found alive very soon. My deepest condolences to everyone in Korea. May we all take a minute of silence and pray.

#PrayForSouthKorea
"People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, pain is over." Jim Morrison