Fate and Tragedy

Sometimes in life, tragedies occur. You will feel very depressed. You will feel very sad. You will feel very frustrated. You will feel that it is unfair and that these happenings should not have happened.

What if it happens around you?

The magnitude of it amplifies and increases by many folds, seemingly filled with heartache and sadness. It is as if a part of you has been ripped apart and never to return ever again.

Well, to all readers out there, this is the inconvenient truth.

On the 17th of January 2010, 5 Chung Ling students and a teacher perished from a terrible accident during a dragon boat practice session.

I say this with heartfelt agony and pain. My heartfelt condolences goes to all the families and friends who have known them.

And right now, the blame game starts just so soon after this has happened. It just adds to the frustration which has already circulated the whole issue.

Perhaps it is time people try to rationalise that there is nothing left to be rationalised.

Perhaps, it is just fate. It is just fate that put everything into play causing this. On a day which everything got wrong, fate is just simply unavoidable.

No matter how you try to cheat death, one day, it will suffice. Even if you lay at home sitting down on a couch watching TV, you still cannot escape fate.

So, it is time people accept. It is a time people should stop all this blaming and pointing, which is just a nuisance to what already is a tragic event. It is time people should see that it was just not meant to be. Let's just mourn over their loss and carry on with our lives. Cherish every moment we have. Live life to the fullest and get up from this fall we have just experienced! I'm sure that is what those who are gone which we would do.

Life goes on...

May the five students and teacher rest in peace. Amen.