Tuesday, December 12, 2006
for the past three nights have been staying over at the funeral parlour at singapore casket... only got about an average of 5hours each night... this morning, woke up at about 5.20am. mummy and chacha went back home to bathe and change.. they came back around 6.40am. then daddy and me went back to bathe and change also. changed into black pants and white long sleeve shirt. then went back. reached back at 7.30am. did prayers and stuff, then at 10am, the pall bearers came to bring the coffin to the hearse. there was a band and everything... went downstairs... everybody had to hold the van as it processed down the road to the main road. everybody started crying... the hearse number was 8688. i always saw other ppl doing this. never imagined that one day it would be my popo in there and me holding the hearse. then went drove to mandai crematorium. everybody else followed in the bus. the thing started at 11am in hall 1. did more prayers and stuff, then when they were ready, we went to the viewing hall 1. the people brought the coffin to some other place. in the viewing hall, we could see as the coffin slowly moved towards a set of wooden doors. then the dorrs opened and the furnace began. we began to cry again. the the coffin went in and the doors closed. we then went downstairs to wash up and go back to the cars and the bus... then we all went to ji to ahm temple in sin ming drive... burned all the paper gold and silver and the house and the car and credit cards and passports and popo's clothes there... then we had lunch there, vegetarian. then everybody started to leave. some took the bus back to lavender while others left from there. kongkong went back to office with his office colleagues... then my family went to uncle's place, where popo passed away... waited a while, then uncle came with ee poh(popo's sister) and the nun who presided the funeral... went upstairs, then the nun did some praying in the house. mummy showed us how popo was found and in what position... later, when the nun finished, we went back home, on the way dropping the nun off at joo jiat... came home at about 3pm. bathed, then slept till 6.30pm. ate dinner(leftover bee hoon from the wake) and then mummy and daddy went with chacha to see the vet, bringing along the dog... tmrw at 10.30am have to go back to singapore casket to collect the ashes... goodby, popo. safe journey. godspeed.x It´s been a long time,
but my time is finally near
at 7:18 pm