When the music fades.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
46th post
This is written on thursday morning at 6.30am and now I am posting this up. Have not been sleeping enough for the past 4 days and it is very very very draining. Rituals were done and everything went smoothly. Just had a heavy downpour and things went hectic.We were all trying to clear the things that are caught in the rain and we managed to.One thing that we had trouble with is the canvas above us and that the rain water is flooding the whole canvas and it is like falling onto us.The canvas was not properly set up because there is not enough space to tie it and it results in the collection of water.5 of us tried to push the canvas up so that the water will be able to flow downwards onto the ground but it was pouring heavily and the weight was unbearable.In the end, we poke holes through the canvas so that the water will be able to escape. That was for the past few days. On the day of the cremation itself, we had to walk out from the place of the funeral out to the main road and resulting in a jam of the traffic flow. The floor was wet but we had just our socks on and started walking out to the main road. The socks was very very wet but no one bothers about it though it was disgusting. We walked for quite a distance and my uncle's friend's gang members were the undertakers carrying my grandfather's coffin and I was walking together on the right of my dad and my uncle was on his left. As the eldest grandson, I am somehow acting like a "son" in the family so can say that I am rather "big" in the family. Proceeded down to mandai and to the crematorium and of course, everyone was very sad that my grandfather had to depart from this world and tears came rolling down. Went back home after that and than I slept from 4pm till the next morning 8am. Tired, tired and tired! As for the daybefore, went down to mandai to collect my grandfather's ashes and place it in the urn and into the tablet. Everything went smoothly and it was something that we must rejoice because my grandfather had lived up to a ripe old age and go off peacefully. After that, my relatives and my family had tim sum and went off to my grandmother's place to play mahjong with my cousins. And for yesterday, it was jiayang's last day before he went into the army so we went to accompany him at cathy to catch a movie and than I headed back to my grandmother's place at about 2am. Slept in and went to mandai again this morning. Doing the rituals and all and proceeded home. Slept in and just woke up. Anyway, school really sucks. No holidays at all and have to go back to school from 8am-5pm daily. Alright, this is all. Goodbye everyone! Cherish your loved ones before it is too late. I know I do miss you. |