Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Worse news still. Liam's grandma passed away too. My condolences.Anyway my grandpa's service has been concluded. Finally the charade ends.
You might ask why I view funerals with such contempt. All I'll say in justification is that I lived by the philosphy that only what we did for the deceased in life matters, the rest are merely theatrical.
On the other hand, funerals do served supprisingly well as an avenue for gathering and catching up with otherwise long forgotten cousins.
Seperately, I've came across a perculier susperstion in this entire morbid affair, which was the significance of the time of death.
If the deceased passed away during the morning, it means he left 2 meals(lunch and dinner) for his living relatives and friends. Meaning to say he left behind much good luck for them.
If the passing was in the afternoon, 1 meal(dinner) is left for them. Relative to 2 meals being left behind, it is considered moderate.
However if transistion took place night, no meals are left. It signifies that the deceased had not much liking to his friends and relatives, leaving them to suffer without his or her blessings.
Superstitions are still supestitions. Merely the collective "truth" of our elders. How factual are they, I'll never know.
FUNKED IT ALL UP ON 10:33:00 AM