Thursday, April 2, 2009
qing ming festival...
It was quite a few years since I last visited my grandmother and grandfather
(last time was 2006)
and annually my mum wake up on this special day at 5pm.. and will arrived lakeside mrt by 6pm in order to board the first train to bishan mrt.
The entire journey will take 1 hour 30 minutes.. and she will reach my uncle's house at bishan usually at 7.30am.
(once the circle line mrt opens up.. this journey will be 25mins)
it's the meeting place for everyone of my mum's family before going to 光明山普觉禅寺 to visit my grandmother and grandfather
(due to work and studies different relatives comes and visit every year and never have been entire family before..unlike chinese new year)
They will gather before going to 光明山普觉禅寺 located at sims avenue.
At there we will put down all the joss-paper,joss-stick,fruits,flowers..at the offering area... and setup for a short praying ceremonies.
We will then walk into the columbarium hall located beside the offering area... I will hold my mum's hand or her shoulder area.. cause the columbarium hall corridor width is very small and everyone have to sqeeuze together.
it is not easy to locate my grandmother and grandfather as everyone (dead onces :x) is stack together from bottom of the floor to top of the roof.
Just like the kind of pattern we stay in HDB flat, stack up and live together.
So every year it took us sometime to locate the actual location.
It was an emotional moment when I saw my grandfather and grandmother.. especially grandmother which I always called 'ah puo'.
'Ah puo' tookcare of me since I was born.. and I always go to her house during the weekends when my mum didn't need to work.
she will always play with me and takecare of me.. and worry for me if any problem happens.
Everything is all rite until when I am secondary 2 on an early morning she passed away...
Words are hard to explain but.. memories will be kept in my mind forever...
Believe it anot, I have never visited her in the past few years due to work commitment until I dreamed of my grandmother..
I can't really recall the exact story of the dream ... but I am very very sure I saw her in the dream after my family visited her during last year qing ming festival and I wasn't able to visit her.
That's why this year I make an effort to visit my grandmother and grandfather at all cost..
because I can feel the meaning behind the dream of my grandmother
she really cares for me.
(last time was 2006)
and annually my mum wake up on this special day at 5pm.. and will arrived lakeside mrt by 6pm in order to board the first train to bishan mrt.
The entire journey will take 1 hour 30 minutes.. and she will reach my uncle's house at bishan usually at 7.30am.
(once the circle line mrt opens up.. this journey will be 25mins)
it's the meeting place for everyone of my mum's family before going to 光明山普觉禅寺 to visit my grandmother and grandfather
(due to work and studies different relatives comes and visit every year and never have been entire family before..unlike chinese new year)
They will gather before going to 光明山普觉禅寺 located at sims avenue.
At there we will put down all the joss-paper,joss-stick,fruits,flowers..at the offering area... and setup for a short praying ceremonies.
We will then walk into the columbarium hall located beside the offering area... I will hold my mum's hand or her shoulder area.. cause the columbarium hall corridor width is very small and everyone have to sqeeuze together.
it is not easy to locate my grandmother and grandfather as everyone (dead onces :x) is stack together from bottom of the floor to top of the roof.
Just like the kind of pattern we stay in HDB flat, stack up and live together.
So every year it took us sometime to locate the actual location.
It was an emotional moment when I saw my grandfather and grandmother.. especially grandmother which I always called 'ah puo'.
'Ah puo' tookcare of me since I was born.. and I always go to her house during the weekends when my mum didn't need to work.
she will always play with me and takecare of me.. and worry for me if any problem happens.
Everything is all rite until when I am secondary 2 on an early morning she passed away...
Words are hard to explain but.. memories will be kept in my mind forever...
Believe it anot, I have never visited her in the past few years due to work commitment until I dreamed of my grandmother..
I can't really recall the exact story of the dream ... but I am very very sure I saw her in the dream after my family visited her during last year qing ming festival and I wasn't able to visit her.
That's why this year I make an effort to visit my grandmother and grandfather at all cost..
because I can feel the meaning behind the dream of my grandmother
she really cares for me.