Wednesday, March 08, 2006

hmmm. last sunday my grandpa passed away. so have to go back malaysia. actually must attend the ceremonies on monday night. but i went to sleep. anyway they only need people wearing black shirts. but i wear white shirt. so don't care so much.

sunday: 12.53pm. my grandpa passed away. 2+ we pack our stuffs and went back at 4+. reached at 10.30+ taken our dinner finally reached at 11+. couldn't go into my dreams in the journey. feel tired in the car. but after getting out of the car. i felt so refresh. didn't feel like sleeping for 2 hours. chatting outside the house until 1+ then mother ask me go sleep.

monday: go into our room but see no space to sleep le. so go sleep in the living room. tossed and turned. just couldn't fall asleep until 4 am. i finally decided to stop trying the sleep. i saw my sis sleep until like pig liao. so don't want wake her up. go in the room see my mother not in the room. then took a glance of outside. see no one. but later see clearly i saw my mother sitting alone outside. so i go join her. less then 5 minutes, my bro came out. so i go in our room to sleep.
sleep until 9+am. go sit outside and fold the "jing ying zi". until lunch time. the lunch they provided were too salty if not its tasteless. but mostly too salty.

after lunch we all want to melt liao. so i suggest that we go have the ice kachang. btw everytime we go back to the hometown we will go to the ice kachang stall for sure. its really very nice and cooling. but after going back, the coolness is no longer there. after that i went to sleep in the room again. until the "prist" came. after that is dinner time. dinner also almost the same as lunch. not nice one. after that we start the ceremony. its like so sian. stand, squat and walking around the same area. after that we got a long break so i went indoors with my cousins. later we talk tlak, play play, sleep sleep. then i go back my room to sleep.

tuesday: wake up at 10+ still don't feel like waking up. because i sleep too early. then i go eat one bao. after that still got the ceremonies. then half way through i hungry liao. but got nothing to eat. after that we walk my grandpa to the small town and walk one round under the sun. then take the bus to the nearby mountain. there is the place where they bury the coffins. then after that we go back to the house and eat lunch. after packing everything its already 3+ and we are ready to set off to go home.

i came out with my own thoughts about the ceremonies held:
1. we need to take the joss sticks when conducting the ceremony is to make us have some tears in our eyes because too much smoke.
2. the "jing ying zi" is created for us to fold is to keep us accompanied so that we will have something to do.
3. the ceremony is conducted the whole night until 4+ am is to make our eyes red so we look like we have cried for our family member.
4. we are to walk to the small town under burning sun to let us perspire so that we will slim down and like what people say: people look slimmer after funeral.





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