"Akiara. Akiara Matsubara. That one girl who was never afraid to approach me. Who approached me with her rose-colored perspectives in life. That girl that I wish is here today."
I cleared my throat again. I said I will try not to cry. I bitterly smiled at them. " She came like a summer breeze, swift, lingering. Like a ray of sunlight on your bedroom window in a hot Monday morning. She came like my youth, vivid, colorful, scenic. And she left like a swift bird flying away from a predator. Like this time of our lives. A once in a lifetime opportunity. Something that won't happen again. Like this time in our life that we were students here in HCBU."
"This school year changed everyone of us. Some became determined to study abroad. Some are determined to pursue their dreams. Some are aspiring
