Sunday, May 15, 2011
Last blogged @ 11:30 PM

A lot of emotions today.

My 6th GrandUncle passed away a few days ago and today is his funeral.

During the moment that everyone went to see him for the last time, my aunt broke down.

During the cremation, everyone was crying, nobody wanted him to leave.

But him leaving us, was a fact.

Even my ah ma cried. Never once in my 17 years of life have I seen her cry.

I felt so helpless, I didn't know how to comfort her.

The feeling I had was too overwhelming for me to describe.

I was never close to my GrandUncle. Yet, during the days when I went to the wake, I strongly felt the bonds that binded my family together. I do not mean the family that only comprising the 4 of us, but instead, the many uncles and aunties as well as cousins that I may have never met. But we have all come together to witness the passing of someone in the family.

Though I was not close to him, I found myself fighting tears when the coffin was sent for cremation.

His grandson was shouting for him to come back.

I think that was the first time I throughly felt the pain of losing someone.

R.I.P 6th GrandUncle. You were strong in fighting your illness for so many years. Now, your pain is taken away. May you rest in peace.

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I wanted to talk about something else, concerning family matters.

Yet, on one hand, I don't know how to approach this topic.

On the other hand, I find it too personal and probably inappropriate to voice out here.

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Many matters that I've been thinking about recently.

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What can I say?

I've come to realise over the months that the Family is the most important thing you can ever have in your entire life.

I used to think that I could live on friends alone.

Now, I know that was naive thinking on my part.

I've learnt to treasure more family time and togetherness. I look forward to family meetings. I may not be very passionate and sociable as how others would be in their own family, but deep down in my heart, I appreciate the existence of every one of them.

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Okay, enough of thoughts.

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Anyway, dad is in Malaysia, so we've been meeting my aunt almost everyday for dinner.

Apparently, Julian made a pact with my bro about coming over to play. So we had dinner together in the evening afterwards.


Decided to dine at the Marina Bay Golf Course.

Love the scenery there!

Just in time to catch the setting sun!
And the two cousins!

Labels: Family, Food