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Wednesday, September 01, 2004
As continued from the last entry, the funeral was ok… First night, a lot of people man… Entertained till really late… Cousin Yurong
Came to and chatted with me… My job was to collect the condolence money from guests… (I mean when people give) I kept the
Big amounts of money… I walked around, helping out with clearing and serving… The church members were really nice… Pastor
Came… But sadly, Thomas didn’t come… Haha… He’s so cute! A spoilt cute little boy… (pastor’s son) Muz thank a lot of pple for
Their support and encouragement… People like Cheryl, Yaolun, Justin, Alicia, Kathryn, Melissa, Rachel, Yurong, etc… Went home
Really late… My house cramped 8-10 pple… Cos all of them Malaysians.. A-Mei ah… Haiyo! Cried in the night… 4 of us cousins sqeeuzed
Onto 2 beds… She adds on to that uncomfortable feeling… Arggh! Nxt day, Monday, didn’t go school.. went early to help.. In e afternoon, went swimming with A-Mei and played CS with Ah-Xiang and bro.. In e evening went to arcade to play…Ah-Xiang lost his card.. Then went back to help.. This time, it’s more of family and friends… A lot of pple came again, and I resigned from my job as I found it too boring as mom wanted me to be there.. A-di gor took over… Then helped out… Mu-Chen then arrived from malaysia..(a cousin one yr younger) and had fever… Slept at my aunt’s house.. At bout 1200++am, uncle chee yong came with his pregnant wife, immediately after he touched down from Sydney… (he’s my band conductor) So nice of him! He asked for me but I wasn’t around… Haix… Uncle Steven came with him… e neighbours came to support too… really nice of them… Nxt day, tues.. Didn’t go school again… cremation day… had macs for breakfast.. Then had a mini-service… Then left for Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium… Had a service there and I placed a flower on his coffin.. Then I watched as a robot placed the coffin into the furnace… At that time, tears flowed out of my eyes like tap water… It was really so painful for me… None of the others cried as badly as I did… Of course… As they did not live w him for 14 yrs… Then it was over… Went to e toilet and started crying again… Then washed my face and left… Went home and to the arcade again… Then they split up gong gong’s valuables… I took his medal awarded to him… It bears his name… I kept his dear magnifying glass too… Haix… Tmr muz go early to collect the ashes… In my heart now, I really do miss him a lot… The house suddenly feels so empty without him ard… I felt really sad and heartbrokened… But in my heart, I know that he is safe with God now… He’s in heaven with God… And I wanna thank God for that… Life still goes on… I’ll miss him… But I hafta be strong and accept that fact..What pastor said really touched me: “God knew him 4 yrs ago… And through this 4 yrs, he has stored up treasures in heaven… When God thinks he’s ready, he takes him home…” I’m really comforted by that… Will have a post dedicated to him another time ya? Thanks everyone…
