In
2008, Mr. Lian went to a village called Bungzung for a village’s sports
competition event which was organized by university students’ fellowship. The
sports event was from 12 to 15 December, 2008. In that sports event, people from
many villages came and participated in the competition. The competitions were
such as football, volleyball, literature, singing, debate, etc…. but the main
aim and objective of the sports event was to build a good relationship and
fellowship with each another. So that the villagers around might have a good
relationship to each other.
Unfortunately,
Lian was drowning into the deep water while they were playing in the water. It
carried him away in the deeper side of the river around fifteen feet and then
he slowly sank in the deep water. At the same time, people didn't know that he
wasn’t expert in swimming. He tried his level best to save himself but he
couldn't do it so. May be the reason why he couldn't swim was that he was
wearing a long pants and sweatshirt which absorbed a lot of water. So he slowly
began to sink in the deep water and he stopped trying to save himself and decided
to die. At that time, he couldn't think about anything else but one thing what
he remembered was his Dad not Mom as he has no mom in this world anymore. He
was thinking and worried that how his friends were going to tell his father
when they returned home. And how much his father will be hurt and shocked to
know that Lian hadn't returned from the village-Bungzung. At that exact
movement, surprisingly and luckily, Mr. Chan Ling, a son of the village head,
and his friend could save him from death. Since then people used to call him a
drowning man. Or people used to make fun of him by calling a-new-Lian as people
jokingly says the previous one has drowned into Bungzung’s River.
