Ashes

4 days since he passed away, and today is the day where his body will be burnt.

The most unbearable moment is to see the coffin being pushed inwards to be burnt, seeing the fire consumed the coffin.

They said, if you still got anything to say to Ah Gong, faster say now, may his soul rest in peace.

I wanted to ask, I thought his soul had already departed from his body the moment he passed away? After all, isn't that the meaning of death? It occurs because the soul is no longer inside his body.

The body is just a shell, but it's important because it's something that we see everyday.

Of course I wouldn't understand the meaning of doing all these things these few days, just that it's something that have been cultivated to us from generations to generations.

The family beside ours is a Christian family, and they sang Amazing Grace, followed with prayers and speeches. Christians do like giving speeches eh? They give speeches during weddings, they give speeches during funeral.

I see it as a very simple yet calming ceremony. There's no meaning no matter how much money you use for the death, so why not appreciate them more when they are alive?

There are people who die everyday, some are babies, some just got married, some just got engaged, some are foetus who are yet to be born, and there are the older ones, young adults, adults, the elderly.

How many hearts are broken each day because of the passing of someone they love dearly? It makes me wonder more what we ought to do when we're still alive.

For the Lord gives, and the Lord takes.


20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.[a]
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised.”- Job 1:20-21 -