roller coaster week (2)
Posted on: June 24, 2008
19th May – Monday
OMG!!!! I overslept. i quickly got up washed my face and went straight to my uncles house. It was like 8am. When i got there dad was like “Cheh talk big only that you were coming to teman me” I jus sat quietly and had my breakfast. So well today’s the day. Grandpa’s cremation day. Perhaps the saddest day in the history of the Sims. We started off with prayers. Then together we chanted Namo Amitaba (to ensure rebirth in the western pure land). We then continued off with saying our final words to him. Then came the most heartwrenching part, the part where grandpa leaves the house physically.
Firstly, a guy from the coffin shop comes and announces that the spirit is leaving. Then he calls us all 1 by 1 to cleanse us. (by rubbing a paper up and down over us). Then he said whenever the coffin is moving (when the coffin guys move the coffin…. not when the coffin “moves”) nobody should see. Bad luck.
After all the ceremonies, its time to load grandpa’s coffin to the van where they will take his coffin to the cremation place. Along the way, all the relatives have to push the van together like escorting grandpa and following him spiritually as he leaves permanently. Everyone cried. I tried to hold it in but i jus cant. I even tried pursing my lips but it was no use. Its jus sad. Along the way we chanted namu amitabha. Apart from that the van was playing the prayer too.
After escorting grandpa to the road, we got on a bus which the Sim’s rented and went to the cremation centre to continue the ceremony. Along the way the van was throwing out all the prayer papers on to the road. And it went all the way to the cremation centre.
When we reached there we prayed somemore and then headed back home to my uncle’s house. There we walked across fire and washed our face in lime water. Both to buang suey. My aunt did a terrific job of cleaning the entire house and reputting back everything to its original state. The house was lively again.
That night the cousins were playing and joking around. While the uncles and aunties all continue the discussion of dividing the funeral costs and also who will take care of grandma. That night we also planned what to do for the remaining of the week. Apparently most of the cousins are goin back to their work while the rest back to their studies. I was the only one who didnt want to go back to work. So it would seem that i would be stuck in kelantan with my bro and 3 cousins. Originally there were to be 14 cousins. End up with 5.
20th May – Tuesday
Today we went back to the cremation centre to collect grandpa’s remains and move him to his new house. All that was left of him were just fragments of his bones and ashes. We performed more prayers and then neatly packed it to an urn. From there we transported him back to his new home. On the way, we prayed namu amitabha and had to say “we’re crossing the bridge” if we were crossing any. Apart from that the joss stick which was lit was killing the people at the back. Me and my cousin could barely open our eyes.
When we reached there, we prayed somemore and brought him to a buddha statue to wait while his house is being completed. That afternoon, we went to take something like a cleansing shower. Where the monk sprays holy water all over us to buang suey and also protect us. It was kinda neat and cool when the water splashed all over us. The ants werent cool. So were the smell of the drain.
That night we went to the airport to send my 2 cousins back home to selangor. I got a look at the airport and it was well…… dull. Well i didnt expect much i mean its a small airport anywayz. Besides that we got to talk about my work. My cousins did ask about what i do and haha I showed them what i have learnt for the past 2 years. I did spark some interest in them about what we do. And also assured them flying is safe. haha.
21st May – Wednesday
For the whole day i talked to my cousin who is also a huge movie goer like me. We share almost similar tastes but she (thats right its a she…) really really knows her movies. haha. Even i lost to her. That time indiana jones was out in the cinemas and we really really wanted to see it badly. But unfortunately in kelantan there arent any cinemas. Yeah thx a lot PAS. Real huge improvements over the past few decades. So we ended up going to the beach and to their biggest shopping mall……. KB mall. Real original aint it. Pantai Cahaya Bulan (PCB) apparently was called pantai cinta berahi. till PAS came. haha pantai cinta berahi. wow thats a real powerful name. I do like the beach. Nice wind. Nice waves. Nice sand. But the most important one which was missing where the babes. There werent any. A beach without bikini babes is not a beach damn it.
After that we headed to the mall and thats when we saw how big it is. There are only 3 floors. No arcade, no cinema, no snooker or pool centre. Owh yeah did i mention its smaller than summit? Haha. Anywayz along the way all we can see are the football fans. Manchester United and Chelsea fans were all over the place. Myself included haha. Thats right. Tonight (tomorrow morning) would be the 2007/2008 UEFA Champions League Final game. Finally something that even kelantan cant spoil.
Aim high, Soar high 
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