The Beacon by A Fine Frenzy will always remind me of our batchmate who died on this date. Today is her 2nd death anniversary.

i know she's at bliss where she is right now, even if she was still alive, when i look at her, even from afar, she's the perfect epitome of peace of mind.

i know monica and i were just acquaintances. she's friends with my friends and i've been in a party with her together w/ my friends.

but when i knew she passed, it affected me as if i was a friend...

kasi before she went home on that day, nasa comp. lab pa kami sa school while working on our project, a website.

we weren't classmates but it was on a wednesday and we have an earlier dismissal compared to the rest of the week so we had time to go to the lab to work on it

i was sitting next to a classmate and the next seat was vacant

lumapit siya sa akin and she asked me if she can sit next to me and i was totally okay with it, smiled and said yes...

i had no idea na ako na pala ang last na makakatabi niya sa computer lab...and that would also be the last day i'd see her.

the next day, i just suddenly woke up w/ a feeling like there was something wrong with that day...like, it was going to go bad yet i had no idea what it would be like...

and then i was unexpectedly right...went to our room and surprised to see some of my classmates crying and the rest had sad, shocked faces.

when i knew about it, i was just blown away - in a BAD way. i literally couldn't believe and it took me the whole day to absorb what had really happened...

the weather was so gloomy i felt the entire world wept for her loss. it was just so sad and i can still remember the feeling of it even now.

lesson learned that day: life is so fragile, so fragile than the flakes of dandelion getting blown away even w/ the slightest gush of wind