Saturday, January 03, 2009
well well, darling and myself have officially recovered from the exhaustion of a non-Catholic funeral. This is the only other non-Catholic funeral I've been to in my entire life..... and I swear that I'm SUPER thankful that I'm a Catholic..... and that our immediate family members remaining are all of the same faith. I don't despise/dislike/disagree with other religions.... I'm just thankful that we have everything done in such a simple manner..... simplicity rocks man.... makes life less complicated and less expensive on the living ones...... There was much stuff I was doing for the first time....purely cos my paternal grandma who passed away4 years ago was also of the same religion as Darling's maternal grandma....but coz my grandma was past a hundred years, so everything was done very differently.... it was an eye-opener for myself.... and whilst i learnt more about the Chinese culture, tradition and the particular religion..... I've become more grateful of the Catholic way of doing a wake and funeral...Due to our loss, well, and all the Chinese superstitions and what nots (of which I had to partake in many coz of my current condition due to fears about Baby's safety........), Darling and me are saved from having to give angpows once again during the coming New Year, especially since it's less than a 100 days after her passing....coz the Chinese believe it's bad luck for us to 拜年since we are in mourning...... so....well, we would have saved on 2 years of angpow giving.....and by 2010, Baby Moo would be receiving angpows in return whilst we give.... haha...Spent the last night at the wake..... but Darling and myself were extremely exhausted coz of the drive to the wake each day.... it was held in Woodlands...so practically everyday, it was driving from one end of Singapore to the other..... which is really madness...... add to that, the prep I had to do for the BBQ which had been pre-planned...... sheesh..... we were tired to the max....... thank god today was a free day for us....... so we slept in and tried to repay our sleep debt as much as possible.......My parents returned safely from Jerusalem last night....... am quite thankful for that, and to know that they enjoyed themselves..... haha...they really missed the local food though, so Darling and myself brought them out for a really fulfilling meal last night....despite it being at a hawker centre, I believe they satisfied all their cravings!!!!!Went out with Darling tonight for a quiet dinner, especially after our hectic week...... and caught Bedtime Stories..... it's nice, not bad....maybe not memorable or fantastic....but definitely funny, and well, light-hearted in an Adam Sandler way....always love his movies.... =)School starts on Monday for me.....my timetable is sucky yet again..... sighz.... they ought to be sympathetic to pregnant mummies, but I don't seem to have that fortune....... sucks that I have to go to school myself on 2 days....coz I'm really dreading the train ride to Boon Lay...no doubt I'll definitely get a seat coz of my humungous tummy...... but... I'm not sure if my back can take it..... coz I couldn't take the cinema seat just now.... was shifting positions throughout the show coz my back hurt like mad..... i may end up having to bring a cushion along on my ride to school.... =( sighz.... i've gotten so big now..... that walking takes a toll on me..... during the walk to TM, could really feel my tummy stretching to accomodate the little one...... ah well....... 2 more months.....it's so scary coz it just seems to be around the corner.....i'm filled with anxiety, fear, anticipation all at once.......ah wells..... thank God school is only for 7 weeks, with an e-learning week in between...... so i believe i should be able to live through it....... have got to do reading tomorrow for chinese mass, so I guess I'd better end off here!!!
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