Sad Class Reunion

Last Saturday was the first time to attend Taiwanese funeral, and 3rd in my life to attend any funeral. I must say, it was in a way a funeral that touched me most. The first one was when I was maybe 13-14, it was my classmate's father's. The second one should have touched much more than it it, it was my grandmother's. I don't know why I didn't even cry that much, but maybe because I've never really knew my grandma closely as a person, just as grandma, or maybe because she was old and sick for long time, and well... it was a natural thing to happen. I did love her, but I don't know, I maybe felt it must have been a relief for her from all this pain.
And then, the third one this weekend. My classmate, someone who I still remember so vividly. Someone my age, who I knew to be a very very kind-hearted person, whose girlfriend was also my classmate. Someone who died so tragically, proving that we do not know our time, that you might be taking a inter-city coach bus and die in it, from an accident that you have no influence on. Just bad luck. Just "God's plan". It was sad, and I don't want more funerals in my life. Let's just say so.

But that Saturday was also the first reunion of our Institute. We haven't really seen each other in most cases since the graduation. Now we're all working, we're all are serious adults apparently, but we're all the same. I would say everyone looked the same, talked the same, seemed the same really. And though it was a sad reunion, I think we enjoyed to meet each other. Promised for more meetings were done, but those kind of promises are usually not very strong. Some old problems between people seemed to be gone too, which I welcomed gladly. And just the one person was missed, and it seemed so unfair to us. Yet, I think it gave us all a feeling of urging. We might have no time. We need to be meeting our friends, enjoying our free time. All I can think of is my own boyfriend now, and that I should be with him the most, and don't let any small things bother us. Even though we were both sick this weekend, it was very happy weekend. I hope we will remember that warning that my ex-classmate gave us all.