Created by: Robert Yi, PhD. hyi@dal.ca
Edited by: Robert Yi, Tong Yi, Wanda Grandy, Feng Gao
On May 11, 2008, the day before the earthquake, students in Beichuan High School were engaged in games and in high spirits, laughing and cheering for their teams.
One day - it only took one day for everything to change. Their happiness had become history, some of their lives nonexistent.
A husband, insisting that his wife’s body not be left in the ruins, bounded her to himself and transported her to the local dead house for her final honour.
A couple crying tears of happiness and bittersweet sorrows when they found each other alive.
This villager, sitting on his collapsed house, is racked with despair. Three of his family members are still missing.
The mother was dead when she was found. Her body was distorted, covered by the rubbles of the collapsed building. She was kneeling with her two hands on the ground to support her bent upper body, as if trying to protect something underneath.
After strenuous effort, rescuers made their way through the ruins and reached her. They found a 3-4 month old baby underneath the mother. He was asleep, and covered in a small quilt. He suffered no injuries due to his mother’s protection.
When a doctor checked the baby, he also found a cell phone wrapped within the quilt.
There was a message on the cell phone screen that was written by his mother when she was alive: “My Dear, if you can survive please remember, I love you!”.
May 14, 2008, Zhang Guanrong is cleaning her husband’s body. When the earthquake struck, her husband (Tan Qianqiu) stretched himself over a class table to cover four students underneath. His sacrifice enabled the four students to survive.
Zhang Guanrong could not hold her grief. “Darling, if there is an afterlife, I will still be your wife.
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HOW TO HELP
1. Pray for the people who died, saved, injured, lost their relatives, became homeless; and the rescuers, volunteers, and all the people who have been providing help by donating blood and/or money, etc.
2. Make some donation if you could. One dollar can make a difference.
HOW TO DONATE
1. The donation can be made to any official organizations which accept donations for Chinese Earthquake Relief, such as American Red Cross (write “AP 2060 China Relief Fund” in the note).
2. The donation can also be made to First Chinese Baptist Church at San Antonio (write “China Earthquake Relief” in the note of check).
THANK YOU for your kind contribution to the Sichuan earthquake relief!
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When is the last time you say “I love you” to someone you loved? When you say it, make sure you mean it.
There is a saying in Chinese, “People will appreciate only after they lose something”. Don’t wait until problems surface then only take action to make things better. Life is not just about money and work. Family, children, health and friends should come first (Remind me of S. Dali article on golf balls etc).
Don’t spend all your time on small unimportant things where you will never have room for other more important things. Spend more time with your parents (If you can’t go home, at least give them a call).
For some people, they are more close to their grandparents. Visit them and buy them something nice. The most important thing is spend more time with them (There is a very meaningful song by Jay Chou “Wai Po/Grandmother” which is dedicated to his Grandmother. See, even a superstar with hectic schedule can spend a lot of time with his family. How about you??). Remember how they pamper you when you were a small kid?
Again, spend more time with your loved ones (if not, make sure you won’t regret). Don’t give reasons (busy, no time, they don’t care one…you name it!). If you really want to something, you will do it. If not, you will find a reason.
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