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ok.
this is going to be quite a long post..
at 4.45pm on Sunday, 24 May 2009, my mum received a call from my uncle.
my grandfather passed away at 4pm because of stroke i guess?
i didn't cry. but my mum did.
i hv not seen my grandfather for like years?
i dunno..
my memories of him are very vague..
so my mum had been receiving a lot of calls after that from my uncle and some other ppl
to settle the funeral..
they were deciding if we should hv a christian funeral or freethinker funeral.
in the end, they decided to hv a christian funeral.
the wake is held at Singapore casket, Pearl room..
i went there at 7 plus?
my mum and all my uncles and aunties and my grandmother had been there since morning..
my grandmother's eyes were swollen..
then i went to see my grandfather in the coffin..
i guess it's my first time i've seen him in years?
there was make up on his face and he was wearing a suit..
my gosh.
he has aged..
he looked so frail as compared to last time..
there were flowers given by poeple/companies..
i realied sth..
all the messages on the flowers were : With deepest sympathy and hearfelt condolences on the demise of your beloved father/father in law..
ok at 8pm, there was a lot of ppl..
the pastor came and we were singing songs and then had scripture reading..
i think it ended at 8 plus..
then all friends and relatives had to walk around the coffin and shake hands with family members..
and then they talk talk talk..
most of the ppl were my mum's church friends..
how nice :D
then by 10 plus, everyone was gone..
there's a lot of rubbish and food left..

Tuesday
no need to attend school(:
went to the Singapore Casket again at 11 plus..
cos my mum's church friends were coming..
...
not as many ppl as ytd.
in fact, no one came after noon..
we were playing with the mike..
and my the other uncle was telling us to STOP WASTING OXYGEN..
lol :D
cos my cousins were telling lame jokes and crapping..
then my cousin went to the mike and started singing
This is the way, this is the way to waste oxygen..
actually it's adapted from a christian song..
lol.
ya then at 3.30pm the pastor came and we had a short prayer..
then the ppl moved the coffin down to the hearse...
then we were supposed to walked behind the hearse for a short while..
they were playing Amazing Grace
my mum and aunt and grandmother started crying...
i felt like crying too...
but i didnt..
so later we got into the car and we were supposed to follow the hearse..
for the whole journey from Singapore Casket to Mandai Crematorium they were playing Amazing Grace...
so we went to Service Hall 1 for service???
we passed by service hall 3 and we saw a lot a lot of ppl.... the whole hall was full..
the service hall looked like the chapel in the church..
so we sang again and scripture reading..
then later we got to take a last look at our grandfather then all of us placed a flower on the coffin...
i think my aunt cried..
ok then they brought us to the Viewing hall 1 where we stood abt 50m above ..
the pastor said that one of the three doors would open and the coffin would move across the room to where the body would be cremated..
and then the door on the left opened and the coffin started moving across the room to the other end..
then a brown door at the other end would open..
when the coffin reached the brown door, i heard ppl crying..
then my uncle suddenly said, "再见 Father. "
and i think my mum or aunt said Bye Father too..
argh.. i wanted to cry..
when we left the viweing hall, my aunt, mum, uncle and grandmother were crying..
i've nvr seen my uncle cried for the whole funeral at all..
that's about all larhh...

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oh yes.
my MSG for this term is 1.5
adding all the assignments and stuff...
Ting Ting and Zhi Ying got 1.0 for their MSG!!!!!!!!
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