In Remembrance of Emily Yau (1980~2001)


laputa:

註: 在英文版之下附有中文版

 

English Version

Every time when I hear this midi, I feel pity. It's because the midi reminds me about the screen: the two kids say the spell and destroy Laputa. Even though the kids have good reasons to destroy the city, I still think it's pity because people spent a lot of effort to build Laputa (a city flowing on sky with high technology). Same theory on a person......every parent spend lots of care on a child, it's so sad to die young because the child wasted the parents' care, love and hope.

I got Emily's death news from Queenie Lo's ICQ message on February 3rd, 2001. I didn't really believe what she told me when I first hear that. So, I searched back issues in Hong Kong's newspaper on net and I found the news. However, every newspaper got different information on the same news. What I did was to combine all the same information from each newspaper and concluded what had happened.

I knew Emily in 1992 (Form 1). She was my friend's friend's friend (so I knew her through two friends). We were in the same class until Form 4 (I left school after Form 4). She was a really hard-working girl and she did everything with serious heart. I found out that I don't have many pictures which have her in it. It's because every time when we (including a group of friends) were taking pictures, she was the one who hold camears, our jackets and hand bags. ^_^" She had been to my home in Hong Kong. When she got to my home, I teased her and said, "hey!~Did your father build this apartment and name it after you?"(her first name was the same as my apartment's name). I played a piece of music in front of her and she loved it so much. So, when i miss her, I would play that piece and her smiling face would appear in my mind. Last time I saw her was in August 1998. We had a drink and talked in a restaurant in Kowloon City. When we apart after the drink, she yelled far away from me, "保重啦!有緣再見!" ("take care! If we have yuen fan, then we will meet again!") This was her last words to me.

是的, 有緣再見吧!

I was taking a course about death in school when "that" happened. Although I read news everyday and read many death news, I still think death is far away from me. It's because I never experienced anyone around me passed away. One of my prof said that religions are designed because people have death anxiety and make up stories in religions in order to explain afterlife. Oh well!~ When there are people seeking about afterlife and terrorified about death, there are some other people don't afraid of it at all. It's because this group of people think hopeless is more terrorify than death. 生命中最可怕的,不是死亡,而是絕望

What I really learned is to cherish those who you know. e.g. family and friends. You may not show care or love to them often, but they may be gone at any time. Catch the time to do it before you can't, otherwise you would regret--珍惜眼前人.

Special Thanks to Brothers and Sisters who comforted me through this sadness time, especially Kim-Hung, Libra Yeung, Alex Leung and Jessica Lam.

 

中文版

每次當我聽到這首音樂,我感覺可惜。因為這首音樂使我想起這個景象:兩個孩童唸咒語及摧毀天空之城。縱使這兩個小童有很好的理由去摧毀天空之城,但我仍然覺得很可惜. 因為人們花了很多心機時間去建造天空之城(天空之城是一個浮在天空的一座城, 內娷類茷雃h高科技..是一齣動畫, 不是真實的!) 同一理論放在人們身上……如果這麼年青便死去,每對父母都會覺得很傷心,因為他們花了很多時間在照料,放了很多愛和希望於子女身上,但子女枉費了父母的一番心血。

二零零一年二月三日, 我收到勞詠思的ICQ訊息得知邱麗華的死訊。當我第一次聽到這個悲痛的消息時,我真的不能夠相信這是事實。所以我在互聯網上找尋有關這事的香港新聞報導,終於給我找到了。然而,每份報章所報導的同一則新聞都不同。我只好將每則報導的相同消息連串起來而結論整件事發生的經過。

我初次認識她時是在中一的時候(1992年)。我是透過兩位朋友而認識她的。我直至中四才有機會跟她同班 (但中四那年後我已離校)。她真是個很勤力,處事很認真及盡心的女孩。我發覺我沒有怎樣跟她一拍過照,因為每當我們一大班人合照的時候,她總是負責拿起相機為我們拍照,為我們看管外套同手袋的。她曾經來過我在香港的家。當她來到我家的時候,我取笑她:「嗨!是妳爸爸蓋這座樓宇的嗎? 那為什麼這座樓宇跟你的名子的名子是一樣的啊?!」(她的名子跟我家樓宇的名子是一樣的) 我在她面前彈奏一首首音樂 (中文叫 “夢中的婚禮”),她非常喜愛這首曲。所以,每當我懷念她的時候,我便會彈奏這首音樂,接著她的笑臉便會出現在我記憶中。 最後一次見她的時候已是三年前了(一九九八年八月)。我們在九龍城的一間餐廳內聊天。當我們要分別的時候,她從遠處大聲地對我說:「保重啦!有緣再見!」,這是她最後對我說的一句話。 是的, 有緣再見吧!

當這事發生時,我正修讀一個關於 “死亡” 的課程。雖然我每天都閱讀報紙,看到很多有關死亡的新聞,但我仍然覺得死亡距離我還很遠。 這是因為我從未經歷過自己身邊的朋友或親人離我已去的情境。我的其中一個教授說過:「宗教是被人們設計出來的. 這是因為人們害怕死亡而構想一些死亡已後的故事在宗教 (e.g. 輪迴, 上天堂), 籍此欺騙自己, 讓自己在世時不用擔憂死亡。」有些人害怕死亡, 但有些人卻一點都不害怕。因為這些害怕死亡的人覺得生命中最可怕的,不是死亡,而是絕望。我從這事學會懂得珍惜所有認識的人。 例如:家人和朋友。妳可能不會經常在他們面前表現出你對他們的關懷與愛,但他們可能隨時都會離你而去。在你不能表現你對他們的關懷與愛之前, 快點把握機會去表現, 否則你將來後悔。 --珍惜眼前人

多謝弟兄姊妹在這段日子安慰我, 特別多謝劍鴻 ^_^, 楊世創, 梁振耀 及林靜宜。Besides, thanks Eva Chung for translating and typing this passage into Chinese for me.

 

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