A death of my classmate
my classmates and i attended her wake last Friday after school.
last Friday, 5th February, a classmate told us to check Val's (the name of the girl who had passed away) facebook, someone had posted Val's wake venue. she is dead. instantly everyone was shocked in disbelief, some of us thought it might be a joke. then again, it was too crude to be a joke.
the news was being spread while my classmates and i were in hanging out in the library waiting for our turn for the practical Understanding Test (UT).
me myself, i had goosebumps all over. just the day before, Val and i went for break together, she was still alive. then on Friday morning, she was pronounced death on the spot where she met the accident. according to the Chinese newspaper ( i might misread some of the character)her bike skidded and crashed into a lamp at the highway, the impact was so great that she was being thrown off the bike and landed on a grass patch. many body parts were severely injured, her head was the most fatal one.
at Val's wake when we arrived, it was a little awkward, we did not know how to react. her aunt came forward to bring us in, and my faci gave her the little envelope of money which everyone had pooled in. i had a little conversation with her aunt, she told me that Val passed away 5am in the morning that Friday. part of her sulk was crushed in, during the accident one of Val's ear flew off and could not be found. she told me something about how well the makeup artist had manage to cover up all the flaws, then she began to choke on her words, vivid tears starts to well up in her eye. she did not continue after that. that moment, i really don't know what to say. i just stared, i could feel the grieve inside her. Val's was covered and sealed, so we couldn't get to see her last, in the coffin...
some of the friends said it was a drink drive accident, but the newspaper said the bike have skidded. no one knows the exact reason, well, i felt really pity for her. i did not really get to know her well enough before she passed away. once, we had a chat and she told me about her family background and such. she is very independent, easy going, one of those who will crack jokes in class. just one more week to go and we'll all graduated from year 2, and one more year to getting our diploma. it is such a pity isn't it?
