Life is short.
In two days, I heard about three deaths.
First, yesterday. An accident near the audit client's factory in Chemor, involving a motorcycle and a.. lorry. Sigh. I didn't witness the whole accident; thank God. When I came out for lunch, there were many onlookers surrounding the area. Through a gap, I saw the motor under the lorry. That's when my heart went
shit, this better not be real. It was quite far away so I couldn't really make out what was happening. There were quite a number of policemen as well.
So what happened next was, everyone was talking about the accident. Overheard some people saying:
Perempuan cina kena langgar. I got my food and headed to 7-11. Out of curiosity, I asked the cashier.
"Apa pasal sana?"
"Oh, perempuan cina kena langgar lori."
I was stunned for a moment until the cashier continued talking.
"Dah mati." She was trying to look very convincing.
As though the reaction that I gave wasn't enough for the cashier to know that I knew the woman had died. She still need to sink the fact in me. Celaka. Then she continued talking I tell you.
"Digelek lori tu. You
tengok kan, badan dia dah lepas tiga tayar depan tu. Sekarang dah kat tayar belakang."
I showed her my disgusted look.
"Ahh, yalar. Ada pak cik cakap dekat I
lidah perempuan tu dah putus. Lepas tu hidung dah pecah. Kepala pun dah hancur."
I gave her an even more disgusting look.
"I
ingat kan, kalau dah lepas tayar belakang, badannya tentu putus."
What the heck, I tell you. This cashier was saying all these with a smile on her face. Serious shit okay!
"You
pergi tengok la."
In my heart I was thinking: Wtf, asking me to go and see such things.
"Buat apa nak tengok. I
nak makan nanti you
suruh I
pergi tengok."
"Takpe punye. Tengok saje."
Really wtf! Got so nice to see meh??? I was feeling so grossed out, yet she can say things like that.
When I went back to the client's office, it took me such a hard time to finish up my food. I kept thinking about the chinese lady having have to go through such a painful death. I kept thinking until my tummy was gonna turn upside down. I kept thinking until it was dinner time. I kept thinking about it until this morning. Until now. I really hope it was a quick one for the lady, and of course for her to rest in peace.
That was story number one.
Here comes story number two.
I got a call from a friend A yesterday night, asking me how to comfort friend B. When asked why, A said B's friend passed away and B was crying. When asked, B didn't want to reveal anything. Sigh. Rest in peace too, B's friend.
Third, and hopefully the last that I hear, today met up with Maple for lunch. Then she said one of her friend's passed away. Also in an accident. I think it was reported in today's newspaper. The car was crashed till it didn't look like a Honda City.
Life is
that fragile. When it is time, it's time.
Like what Mum said, to you the person may be nobody, but to others, the person may be a father, mother, brother or sister.
I'm having that 'appreciate-life-you-don't-know-when-it-will-end' feelings right now.
P/S: It just struck me, could there be any possibilities that the second and third involved the same accident? Hmm. Even if it is, I guess I wouldn't know any time soon.
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Update: It was the same accident. Omg. Is this what we call a small world?