Now, this is my first story, the one that started it all with YOU

It was a beautiful day, the sky was brightly shining, there was a cool breeze, and everybody was in the town park having fun. I took this wonderful opportunity to walk in the town park and maybe enjoy the wonderful scenery, cool breeze and relax my thoughts after the PMR exam. This particular public park is huge and filled with various amenities for the public such as jogging tracks, gazebos and many others. The landscape boasts a small lake, colourful plants, and a beautiful scenery. It is amazing.

I took a seat in one of the gazebos and looked around and enjoyed the magnificent scenery of the lake, plants and other things around me but more importantly I was looking for a certain girl. I have been visiting this park very often to see this girl. This particular girl regularly visits this park to jog and also to relax her thoughts just like me. This girl has nice hair, beautiful eyes and a wonderful smile.

As I was waiting for her, I remembered the first time I met her. I had the privilege of spending a day with her at the gazebo where she also stopped to enjoy the surroundings. We got to know each other and shared about our lives. She was my age and she also recently sat for the PMR examinations. It was amazing how much we got to know each other and how many interests we shared. We enjoyed so many things together.

Both of us enjoyed music, we could talk all day about albums and various artists and still we would not be able to finish the conversation. She was into David Archuleta and I was into John Mayer, and we would sit under the gazebo and debate who was better. The conversation would get very interesting .It seemed life was perfect.We had such a wonderful time talking about music and life that time just seemed to pass by in a blink of an eye. We always lost track of time because we enjoyed the conversation so much until we sometimes forget to go home on time but we always promised to meet the next day at the same gazebo.

The day of reckoning has come, it was the day the PMR results are being released. The day before, we both talked about this and promised to meet the next day and discuss about our results. I went to school the next day to collect my results slip. I walked into school smartly dressed with my head held high. As I did, I met some of my friends like Darryl and Darren. As I approached the table where the slips are being handed out, I saw Darryl, Darren and my other friends jumping and shouting like monkeys at the top of their voice. I guess they received great results. It was now my turn. As the line got shorter, my heart started to beat faster. Questions riddled in my mind, Did I do well enough ? Was I smart enough? What if I am not good enough?

I was in a daze. Suddenly teacher called my name. I stepped forward and took my results slip. My heart was beating as though I was a soldier who was waiting to disembark on a shore ridden with landmines. As I took a peek at the results slip, I saw that I got straight A’s for my PMR. I was as happy as a clown, jumping up and down and being so thankful. I really couldn’t wait to tell my friend about this. I arrived at the gazebo early and waited for her.

I waited at the gazebo for 3 hours, she still wasn’t there. I was starting to get worried that she might have got into some trouble on the way here, or maybe she just doesn’t want to see me. I looked all around and suddenly I saw one of her close friends coming to the gazebo. She knew I was waiting for that girl.

She tells me that she has some bad news. It seems the girl was hit by a car and died as she was about to collect her PMR results. I was in a daze. Tears started to flow down my eyes. I still remember she told me she wanted to become a singer when she grows up, that she wanted to change the world by doing good and helping others. Suddenly it struck me, life is like a brief candle(in the words of Shakespear), it lasts for awhile, but soon it will be blown out. Life is not about the events that happened, but it is about the choices you made that changed the world. Her life that wanted to do good, was all gone in a blink of an eye......