Last Stand

today, thursday the 9th of June will be the last night before the cremation on friday... tonight i presume will be the hardest to pass as almost the whole family will be spending the night together at the funeral wake. the female grandchildren have already planned to play mahjong the whole night through, the male ones are preparing to play midnight football at the field next to the wake. sounds like a happy gathering? yes it should... tonight we celebrate the ending of a great man's life. a man who even though suffered unbelievable pain uttered nothing even at the last moment.

but i have heard funny stories about ah gong at the wake these few days... example? few months backed, ah gong was again hospitalised due to some infection and he asked his maid to sing a song. okay, we all know she can't sing but we can't fault her for trying right? so she sang and sang and then ah gong suddenly said to her in his breathless yet strong words, "stop, stop! don't sing liao, later i 'hump thump' you". he even clenched his fist and motioned at her stating his disapproval on her singing. this really made me laugh so loud, people was staring at this grandson who is supposed to be mourning. ah gong can be quite a comical figure with his usual, "i'll humpthumb you" threat to the maid... really, if you know him...

yesterday night, ah gong came back to visit us... seriously, he did... don't believe me? i can't say much if you don't but all of us are certained he came back as a moth. imagine this scenerio, a white moth, very unique and beautiful appeared out of nowhere, flew around the flowers and then suddenly landed right on top of ah gong's coffin. right in the middle of the casket and i mean MIDDLE. even when we gathered around it, it just stood motionless there and after an hour or so when no one's looking, disappeared... he came back to see his family... he came back to see grandma who is suffering the most right now. we all know...

anyway, i'm ending my blog this morning... i'll say thanks to all of you for bearing with this blog's nonsense these few weeks and i hope that all mankind out that, please cherish those you love and do not take them for granted when they are still alive. they may not be here tomorrow...