Went back kampung ytd, celebrated Easter =) Woke up early in the morning to 'Sao Mu'. Lol, the 1st destination damn 'ulu' -.- Errr, my grandfather's grandfather. That place is just...haih. When I arrived at the estate, I was like : eh, I thought we're going to cemetery geh? Nvm...I just followed the adults can dy. Maybe we're early so there was no other ppl except for 6 of us...ONLY. Kay fine, where's the grave? Ah ma was counting the palm trees, and when she pointed at the 5th one, she said: okay this is the place. Zzz, I didn't see anything other than trees lo, behind the palm trees macam jungle like that, not even an opening how to go in wor. So here comes a parang, our weapon of the day =P The adults started to chop off the branches and vines that blocked our way. Actually I didn't know where we're heading. I'm a good follower heh. Ah ma, uncle and dad went there before so they knew the place. They were pointing at all kinds of directions which led us to the place. Damn lotsa mosquitos weyh. Me and bro walked behind, shooing away those blood suckers. It's like jungle trekking but worse than that because at least you can see the pathway when u joined the school jungle trekking. We're like entering a virgin jungle lol -.- Luckily the place was quite near...so we found the grave =P Still got one more grave but idk who lai de =/ The graves were surrounded by trees, it's kinda spooky la coz only 6 ppl, summore the grave super old dy the tile on top also broken jor. After we cleaned that place, ciao to next destination.
This time we're going to a real cemetery lol, the place where my great grandfather and great grandmother rest in peace. They're in separate graves though. My great grandfather's grave got one small rectangle gravestone jek, the words all gone dy (I heard he was killed by the Japanese) . My great grandmother's grave like those normal ones la. Ciao again to out last destination.
Went to another cemetery, and here lies my beloved grandfather. Haha, my eyes became watery the moment I saw his picture. 2.9.2010...I could still rmb the date. Hello ah gong, I came to visit you. I didn't speak much, there's nothing much I could say anyway. Sometimes some words are better left unspoken =) I kept on flashing back those memories I had with him...lol, kk stop.
Soooo, this was a very good experience for me. My mom told me that 'qing ming' was a very big day for the Chinese in olden days. They would try their best to balik kampung, buy train tickets la, carpool la etc...unlike now, this festival is not that important anymore. Today, with just a simple sentence : " I'm busy" , "I've tuition", or sometimes ignore je, anyone can skip 'qing ming' easily. This tradition should be kept alive. Action speaks louder than words, k la I write so much also no use if I don't do it, hopefully I won't eat my words. =P
