Xx Bereavement xX Hmm... 31 May 2005... I got woken up by my mum at around 0230... She just said "Wake up. We're going to
Ah Gong's house now. He's very weak now. May leave at anytime." So I just sat up in a daze and followed everybody else lo...
Well... Reached there at about 0300 (Forgot the time =X)... Yup.. I just see my grandfather lying on his bed. Breathing apparatus was still pumping oxygen into his lungs. But yeah, No chest rise & fall... Straight away, we knew what had happened. According to my Grandmother & cousin, he passed away at 0240
peacefully... Yup, so that's a relief... Sigh... The body was so pale... Eventually, the fingers grew white & his skin felt cold. I didn't cry at that moment... Until my eldest brother came later... When my mum broke the news to him, he just broke down la... So did I, and probably everyone else... My grandmother was really strong... She didn't shed a tear until later at around 4+... The doctor came at about 3+, & ya, pronounced my grandfather dead... The hired nurses then turned off the life support machines and removed all the tubing...
The undertaker came at 4+... Apparently, he's also the undertaker of Huang Na... No wonder he looked so familiar... Ok... All my relatives just sat at the living room and "stoned"? Ya... Something like that la.. Others were handling paperwork... My brother & I left for home at 6... I skipped Engineering Math lecture which was at 8... But I attended IPC practical at 11 la... Ok la.. Prepare standard soluton.. Do before le... No kick... Yup... After that, I left for home, skipping the 3pm EM lecture... Heehee...
Ya, ate at home then went to Mt. Vernon funeral parlour... Or otherwise known as Fairprice Caskets Funeral Parlour... Ya... The priest did his chanting & stuff and we paid our respect... My grandfather's body was already embalmed nicely... Much better looking than the pale body I witnessed that very morning... I couldn't cry that time... Either coz I ran out of tears (which I believe not) or I cried it all out that morning... I believe it was the latter... Yup... After that the usual things happen la... People visit, Pay their respects, Give "White Gold"... Stuff like that la... Yup... I just returned from the funeral parlour, blogging now... Hmm...
Ok la, I'm fine la people... Just trying to get on with life... Will be shuttling between school, home & the parlour till Saturday... Till next time, Au revoir!
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