Thursday, November 29, 2007

Rest In Peace

It might be just a coincident, one of the victims from the dragon boat tragedy did write a song which is similar with what I wrote in East Coast - The Heart of the Sea on 21 Oct 07: the sea was calling me back “home” . Both of them are about Back Home and both cases are related to water - sea & river. People now discuss about whether he (the victim) already knew that he was going Back Home soon when he wrote the song.

I wish all the victims rest in peace at HOME . Just like what the song about:
The best dream came, when I was dreaming them at home. Back home.

Below is the song – <Back Home>.

There’s a place that you will always know
It is where your heart knows it’s home
And if you need to run from trouble or despair
It is where to go
Run back home
I went faraway to see the world alone
To places in my dreams
But the best dreams came
when I was dreaming them at home
Every bird sees the sky as its home
To just fly and be free is a joy
Each night I have dreamt of being free to fly
But I’ve always known
They sky is not home
I went far away to see the world alone
To places in my dreams
But the best dream came
When I was dreaming them at home
The best dream came
When I was dreaming them at home
Back home





Below article is from: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHrSG1LSfZz_hSF7W5Z8HHB22Igg
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Singaporeans found dead after Cambodia boat accident

PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of five Singaporean men who were killed in a dragon boat accident during Cambodia's annual water festival, police said Sunday.

The boat carrying 22 men capsized late Friday as it tried to dock on Phnom Penh's Tonle Sap river after competing in a race during the festival. More than 200 Cambodian navy sailors and fishermen, joined by seven divers and a medic from Singapore, scoured the river over the weekend searching for the five.

"All the missing Singaporeans were found, and now the mission has ended," police chief Touch Naruth told reporters on Sunday. Seventeen Singaporeans were also injured in the accident, which happened on the first day of races.

Nhim Vanda, from Cambodia's National Committee for Disaster Management, said the tragedy occurred because of currents in the river. "There was a very strong whirlpool around the port area they were returning to, and it hit the boat," he said, adding that the men were not wearing life jackets.

Relatives of the dead visited the site of the accident late Saturday, with most unable to hold the tears back as they silently surveyed the river where their loved ones had been swept away.

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