She's Gone

Greetings,

It's been a tough week for the foreign teachers, staff and students. Bev, a Business English teacher from Australia, mid-50's, passed on Monday.

She suffered severe head injuries in a motor-bike accident on campus last Thursday when she apparently lost control and hit a wall while negotiating a turn. Tragic. They got her to the hospital and into ICU on life support.

Teachers and staff stayed with her. They did what they could. Her condition deteriorated over the weekend. Her son arrived from Perth, her daughter from London.

Bev was the light of the staff; always available, always participating in activities - dance, basketball, ping-pong, extra tutoring - with a super friendly highly engaged ebullient personality.

People gathered yesterday at the site 24 hours after her passing. Flowers, incense, and prayers. The area is now a memorial garden filled with flowers in her favorite colors, Bonsai, palms, Liliacs, Rhododendrons, Roses and Flying Bird.

Her children took her home to Adelaide.

Peace.