:+:Sw33T & S0uR:+:: Let's pray for their soul and the wounded and the lost....

2008, 12th of May, it was Monday and we were having our class, exhausted and bored. Nothing special happened. Every thing happened as though they were planned, but something unexpected happened miles away from us. The earthquake in Si Chuan happened for less than 5 minutes, but it's damage was far more than what we expected. The "hands of the devil" shook the whole district and its surrounding areas for such a short period, but it destroyed everything on land. Buildings, schools, hospitals, post offices, houses and many more, as long as they were built on land, they were demolished and mutilated in some way. Nearly none of them survived the quake and after 5 minutes, every building was turned into rubbles and ashes. Some described the damage as if ten atomic bombs were targeted on Si Chuan.

Numerous corpses and carcasses can be found, so far as our eyes can see. The word "numerous" might not be enough to describe the amount of lives lost, but so far, as estimated by the official, at least 51151 people died, 2800000 injured, and 29000 were still no where to be found. Numbers might not be that convincing, but if you were there to see the amount of people lying dead, you might think that you were standing under a hill. During the rescue, many sacrificed their own lives for others whom they care, even for strangers whom they first met. Their non-selfishness and heroic act are praised, even when they were never seen alive again...

I was surfing the internet for some pictures about the earthquake and I saw a lot of pictures that touched my soul deep inside my heart. I saw a picture with a man carrying someone behind his back. He was paddling his bicycle around the demolished town and he was carrying his never-living wife. He could never let her go, even when she can never be "awaken". The earthquake separated him from his wife, but not their love. We are used to hearing "Till Death torn us apart" in every marriage vows, but in this case, death can never tear them apart, even spiritually. There is some sort of pain and sorrow deep inside my heart, but words can't tell how I felt. Tiffiny also said, "I feel so sad for those earthquake victims and I even wanted to cry out loud for them." You can feel your eyes wet, but there's no tears because our feelings can never be compared to those whose love ones were forever separated. They are hurt physically and spiritually, and there's no cure for it. Some can't even bare the pain that they wanted to commit suicide, just to be with their love ones, in the spiritual way. There were 2 students, whom i read about in an article, committed suicide in front of the other student who survived. One could not wait and was feeling hopeless, so he/she drank a bottle of Ink; the other could not stand the pain of being compressed by the rubbles and he/she hit his/her own head against the bricks. Both died because the pain was unbearable. 60 students were trapped in that rubbles, but only 4 came out alive.

Our class went to the school's headquarter for the mourning ceremony a few days ago. The atmosphere at the field was calm and peaceful, but there was sadness everywhere. The whole ceremony was simple, with speeches and poem reading. Candles were placed everywhere by students and teachers to show their respect to the dead and the living, including the lost. At the end of it, students screamed out loud with their encouraging words, as if they were hoping those victims and those above the sky could here it. Rest in peace for those who had sacrificed and for those who survived, treasure your life and be strong. God bless everyone and their soul, Amen.