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When griping grief the heart doth wound,
and doleful dumps the mind opresses,
then music, with her silver sound,
with speedy help doth lend redress.
-William Shakespeare
Wake up
Sick sick sick !! Started having fever on Thursday because of the cough I was having. Must have really been overworking myself. Everynight I returned home late. For 4 days I didn't have home cooked dinner !! Was practically surviving on Panadols. The Devil just loves to attack my throat. I cannot remember the last time I went without any sore throat or coughs for a period of time since I started singing for my Lord. Everytime I recovered, it would just come back after a few weeks or so.
Saturday was Tianwen's birthday, so the boys went out and did what we always do... meaningless fun. Haha but it's nice once in a while. Met them up for lunch at Manhattan Fish Market, the cheaper and smaller version of Fish & Co. It was quite a heavy lunch, considering that it was seafood. Imagine all the calamari and fried fish and prawns heavily dressed in cream... too much is no good. While waiting for the other boys we played pool and at night, went to Kbox. Gerwyn doesn't sing. He shouts...
Just came back from my godmum's mother's wake. By the way, my godparents are also my uncle and auntie. Anyway, my relatives were talking about me like I wasn't there at all, and like I couldn't understand Teochew. They were discussing if I actually had to wear the mourning attire and join in the rituals and stuff since I'm the supposed god-grandson. But they said it didn't matter since only the Chew side know I'm the godson, and also obviously, I'm Christian. I myself wouldn't have agreed to it.
The last funeral I could remember quite clearly was my grandmother's way back in 1997. I was in primary 3 then. She was living with us before that, and she was weak due to old age and also medical conditions, always needing my maid's round-the-clock care. You could imagine how crowded my home was. My parents, 4 boys, my aunt and my grandma, and a maid. 9 people under a roof. All fighting for oxygen. I was young then so it didn't really bothered that much to me, but ask me now to live with 8 other people in a flat, I would just hate home. Anyway, my grandma passed away and I remembered having quite alot of fun during the 3 days of wake. I got to see all my cousins and relatives everyday, from morning til late late at night. I remembered joining in all the rituals as well. There's burning of the paper house, walking across this little bridge and dropping coins into a pail of water under the bridge etc. Then the sending of my grandma to the crematorium. I reflect upon it just now and I found it quite amazing that I once did all those. I truly thank God that He has turned my family onto the path of righteousness. God's influence in my entire extended family has never been small. In fact, it has been quite strong. Most of us are Christians or Catholics, and I really thank God for that.
signing off at 11:25 PM
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