What I Have Learnt From My Grandfather's Funeral

It has been 2 weeks since my grandfather passed away.

I have learnt alot, heard alot and seen alot during these 5-day funeral.

I have learnt how much it cost for a 5-day wake and what colour of the 戴孝 to pin on our left sleeve of white T-shirt.

For me, being the 外孙, I wore blue + red. My kids being the great-grandchildren, they wore green + red.

I also learnt that those lamps must be lighted because it shoned the journey for my grandfather to find his way back home. Hence someone has to stay awake to watch over those lamps.

I heard about my grandfather and grandmother (they were divorced) stories and seen how all cousins came together to make everything possible...but with some heated arguements somewhere among the seniors.

Sometimes it is so sad to see siblings fight among each other, not loving, not close. Sometimes I do wish I have a close bond with my brothers..but don't know why there's seem a gap among the 3 of us. It's just so sad.

My mother has 2 brothers and 1 sister and she is only close to her sister. The 2 brothers often like to fight with my mum due to money. When my grandfather was alive, they fighted over who to take care of the dementia old man, who has to pay for his expenses etc etc .....


Whatever it is, life has been back to normal. These are just what I have learnt from my grandfather's funeral.

A Wonderful July !

It had been a wonderful July for me...full of activities.

12th - hubby's birthday

16th - a Sec 4 classmate found me through facecook and we organized a gathering dinner after 18 years.

24th & 25th - it was my 2nd time helping out in my favourite program Millionaire Investor Program

Each time I attended the review, I got more clarity and most of all, I enjoyed myself helping out the participants.

30th - one night stay @ Hotel Michael Resort World Sentosa.

My mum's friend had a free one night stay and decided to give the room to my mum. My mum did not feel like staying and gave up to me.

Although ticket to Universal Studio Singapore was sold out, the kids and us still enjoyed ourselves.

Now, I am looking forward to long weekend holiday as we are celebrating Singapore's 45th birthday on Monday! :)

Happy holidays everyone!

富贵门

Because of this drama 富贵门, led to the first meeting with blogger mummy, Astee.

My mum had DVDs from her friend and after I had finished my 12-hour DVD marathon with hubby, I lent to Astee after we communicated through facebook when she told me her interest in watching the drama too.

Though it's our first meeting, we seem like old friends. :)

And don't know if it seem fated, through Astee, one of my secondary school mate found me in her facebook, that led to my Sec 4 gathering dinner on 16h July after 18 years!

It's just so great!

Happy Birthday Hubby !

We celebrated hubby's birthday on Sunday.

It was supposed to be a happy mood but a little accident happened and we had to head home early.

My son did not want to heed my advice and play while on escalator, read HERE

Anyway, today is his day and I wished him while we woke up to watch World Cup Final @ 2.30am

LOL ... what a way to kick start the day !

Hubby,

Stay healthy and happy,

May all your dreams come true!

Spain Is The World Cup 2010 Champion !

World Cup is finally over !!

Been busy watching World Cup and hardly could update this blog.

On today's final, I woke up to watch the whole match until they were crowned with the golden trophy. At the end of it, it was already 5.30am and slept for 30mins to wake up @ 6am to prepare my daughter for her school.

The whole day was awfully tired !!

Anyhow, I was amazed by Paul The Octopus prediction and glad that Spain won and they deserved to win !

Our 6th World Cup Together

I knew hubby during World Cup 1990 and time flies, it had been 20 years already !

This year, we are into our 6th World Cup together =)

We had intended to subscribe to watch World Cup but my dad invited us to go over his place to watch instead, so that we could save on the money. It's only 5 mins walk to my parent's place. Heehee ....

Another 30 mins to go !!

Are you excited ??

Giddy Spells

I think, I am suffering from fatigue.

Last Thursday around 4.30pm, I woke up from my short nap and the moment I opened my eyes, I could see everything in the room floating!

It's so scary !

My head was spinning badly.

I had to close my eyes again.

I was frightened.

I quickly woke my daughter up from her nap and asked her to bring medicated oil and medicine for me.

Suddenly I felt so weak.

I had to lay on the bed for an hour or so because the moment I tried to sit up on the bed, the giddy spells came, and I do not want a repeat of my fainting episode (read HERE)

Hubby asked me to stay at home with the kids to wait for him to get home before going over to mum's place for dinner. He was also worried that I might faint.

By the time he reached home, I was feeling better, but weak, and was able to walk slowly.

The next day, hubby went to GNC to buy supplement for me.

He bought GNC Ginseng Gold Standardized Triple Ginseng Root. Quoting from the site,

• Supports vitality and overall well-being.

• Supports mental alertness, concentration and maintain a sharp mind.

• Helps to enhance physical stamina and increases muscle strength.

Starting from Saturday, I will need to take one capsule in the morning and I hope with this, my body system has more power to overcome anything.