« Time for Time Management | Main | Pa & Ma, look at this! »
August 02, 2004
Nil
Let us observe a minute of silent prayer for the 7 noble men who perished in the recent helicopter crash in Sarawak.
Last week had passed by with rushing images of plethora incidents that directy or indirectly cast me in a whirlwind of emotions. Last Wednesday, the front page of The Star and New Straits Times reporting 'No Survivors' in the Bell Long 207 Ranger helicopter crash in an uncharted site of a Boria jungle shocked me deeply. The longest and biggest search had concluded with agony and sadness for the family members of the deceased. My heart goes out to them, especially for Joyce Tagal, daughter of Dr. Judson Sakai Tagal who is studying in the same program as mine. She had been absent for 3 weeks now. Hopefully she'll pull herself through this adversity and stand up once again to join our rank in persuing studies in US.
On Friday, I had another SAT prep test but this time round, it's surprisingly easier and clearer than the past papers. Everyone in my class boosted their scores tremendously. Everyone except me. Haha.. I don't feel dejected at all coz at least I secured a perfect score for Maths section. Verbal wise my mark decreased by 20 pts. Buck up! Buck up!
Saturday morning dawned at me with a rude shock. I purposely left my phone active throughout the night before, waiting for a message with anticipation, a message to inform me of the time for my 800m event. However, it didn't come. The IC called instead at the eleventh hour, expecting me to get up pronto and rush to the bus before it leaves for the main campus. Grumbling, I just quickly changed and caught the bus on time. 9.20 am. I was standing at the starting line tentatively. Bang! I felt myself pushing every inch of my leg muscles to run forward. Luckily, I qualified for the finals. 4.20pm. A sense of de javu crept over me. I ran until my heart couldn't stop pumping so vigorously that I can distinctively heard it. I came in last.
Posted by peixin at August 2, 2004 04:03 PM
Comments
I share your feelings for the families of the seven unfortunate men. More so when I saw the pics taken at the crash site (that were being circulated through email). Sad, very very sad.
Posted by: fishtail at August 3, 2004 09:01 AM
Oi! You're being too dramatic lar...
Posted by: zx at August 3, 2004 12:45 PM