Sunday, April 10, 2005

C'est tres traditionale.
to some, it might be ironic. but to me i feel that its respect and that's what your race does... goes to the graves and give respect. Yes. morning went for sermon then straight after went to the graveyard to burn paper. On our way there, i've experienced the largest traffic jam ever in my 19 years in the small island. I was stuck for an hour along a 5km road. The car was moving around 10km/h. geeezzzzzz?!! yes. it was that slow. the car practically moved like a tortise. well, there were some who gave up and starting walking to the graves. it was jammed all the way till S.A.F.T.I. almost gave up at S.A.F.T.I. to walk to the grave well its about 2 km from S.A.F.T.I. interesting. Then went to the great grandmother whom i've never seen her before, but heard she had binded feet and then took it (the binding cloth) out during the night, born during the last Emperor of China; yep.. Puyi.. ( gives him my sympathy). burn burn burn..... and by then was 12 44pm. well.. of course up next i have to go to my granddad's grave.. well duhz never seen him before, died in 1972.. geez... i was born like 10 odd years later. yep. there was ANOTHER massive jam. the car wouldn't budge AT ALL!! geezzzzzsssssssssssss.... okay armed ourselves with brollies, and hiked up all the way to the 1972 graves. and do our stuff there. well.. i was supposed to stuck some paper on his grave.... HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA. so there i was.. sticking paper ONE BY ONE onto his grave. SSSLLLOOOWWW. okay... decided to act like those people who throw those papers into the air on TV. geez... bad imitation arh... okay. fine.. i was slow... everyone finished praying and i haven't .so Aunty Judy decided to help me. woo hoot. it was 2 plus...... by the time the paper money turns into ashes. so hike all the way down (halfway) my dad just reached. geeezzz. went down by another side. lots faster.. no massive jams. and then saw some burial going on.. WOAH.. they looked like they just came out from tv set.. rather they borrowed the suits from Mediacorp. what they wore was traditional chinese funeral clothes. I mean only HK people wear those. but in Singapore HARDLY. Interesting.... went to SP for well lunch, high tea, tea break? then went to CSC.

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