Fion-Says: August 2008

My Ah Gong passed away peacefully last week.

I did not manage to talk to him. By the time I saw him, he was lying on his bed peacefully. But he was not looking and talking to me anymore. His hand was so warmth. But after a while, his hand become cold.

It was so sudden. On 9/8/2008, 7.30pm, I was treating Ee Wei, Pinky them dinner. And after that, we went to Pinky's bf house and play. And I was planning to go and meet Carmen. But who knows, a call from my mum and I reach my grandma's house withing one minutes. It was 11.10pm. He passed away at 10.45pm. All my cousins and aunts and uncles was rushing back.

But, it was a good thing too that he went away because he was suffering. Read this. His abdomen was starting to pain and he need to wear diapers everyday. He was a stubborn old man and he refused to let anyone to help him because he thinks he is still strong enough to do things himself.

Before he passed away, his voice starting to change and it was not like him talking. And he was seeing things too. He told my mum and aunt he saw a lady in white in the house and my aunt told him that it was her, he said it wasn't because he was very sure that if it was my aunt, he can recognize her. And on the night before he passes away, he saw a lady in red standing outside his room's window. He went out and have a look but he saw nothing. He told my dad and my dad told him it was one of my cousin. He also told my mum that he wonder whether he can passed through that night or not. He was so energetic that time and none of us thought he will go away from us that night. Not so soon, a praying mantis was coming to the house and standing on the gate. Is it a coincidence?

On Tuesday, after we sent him his last path, we have to pray for him to come back. But after a few times trying to get him back, it seems that he was not willingly to come back because the monk throw a "thing", I don't know what is that thing called. So the monk asked all his sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughter, son-in-law, and grandson-in-law whether we have all kneeled down. Only my brother-in-law and my aunt's husband did not kneel down because they were carrying things and cleaning up the place. And the monk asked them to kneel down and he throw the "thing" again and this time, you guessed it. My Ah Gong he was coming back. Another coincidence?

OK. Photos now.