Monday 14 June 2010

rest in peace, dear sei young

maybe not many of you have known that a girl named kim sei young has been missing since last tuesday (june/8) at bogor, indonesia. kim and other fellow students were doing outbound activity, crossing a river, when she lost her grip and fell to the river. on that moment, big water came and drove her away. an outbound instructor, ade parlindungan, immediately jumped to the river in order to save her. unfortunately, he was found lifeless on the next morning. on the other hand, all the rescue team haven't found kim's body up until this is written.

kim sei young from south korea, approximately 13-14 year old, is a year 8 student in british international school, jakarta. outbound at bogor has been a regular activity for BIS' students since 2002, so the school manage to let this go as an accident. meanwhile many parents regret it because it's supposed to be predicted before, the weather was no good for river-crossing and yet they still went on with that condition.

a group of parents has been praying for kim's safety, or at least being found. together, they've been folding origami birds and let them float on the river. later, the birds were folded using one-thousand-rupiah-paper. the idea is to urge the locals to track the money down the river, so that they may found kim.