About 100 balloons in Yap Shing Xuen’s favourite shades of blue filled the sky above the Nirvana Centre in Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur, this morning, as family and friends said their final farewell before she was taken to Nirvana Memorial Park in Shah Alam for cremation and interment.

According to media reports, family members, friends, and teachers released the balloons in a quiet tribute, following a 100m funeral procession led by Yap’s elder sister and a white hearse carrying her casket.