Tuesday, May 22, 2007
finally i am home from my great grandmother's funeral...today was the last day of it, or u call it the "chun bing" day...it was my first experience but it wasnt a nice one...how could anyone feel good when someone close to u passed away right...so we walked a short distance den got onto the bus and left for LIM CHU KANG, where my great grandmother's body would be cremated there...cant help it but tears kept dropping down when i saw her coffin being pushed into the machine...everyone was breaking down...its such a sad scene and i didnt like it...yest i also had my virgin experience of praying for my great grandmother...it was a tedious process cause it didnt jus end one time...we had to go thru it several times...i was very calm at first but when i saw my ah ma crying, i felt hurt...i didnt wanna see her tat way...initially i managed to held back my tears but as the process goes on, i really can hold it back anymore and jus let it down...the only ting i regretted was not being able to see my tai ma for the last time...after all tat praying, all the paper houses and money were all brought over to a nearby rubbish dump for burning...everyting was set in place and flames were set on...raging flames engulfed the whole area and it was beautiful...burning flame in the night...yes it was a really beautiful sight but it was not a beautiful feeling...
notes of a tragedy
10:59 PM