RIP Grandpa

my maternal grandpa passed away on 19 Jan 2011. His funeral was on 25 Jan 2011. Looking back at my old posts, I realised my cousin's funeral was exactly 10 months ago.

My grandpa lived till 94, though he was much weaker towards the end, I'm glad to say that he was generally healthy. I rem when i was around 16, he had a heart attack. We all thought he won't be able to pull through than.. but he did, and though weaker, he was still able to walk around on his own.

7 days, 6 nights of wake, i stayed over for 3 of it. It's really tiring though nothing much was really done by us.. probably the stress n emotional upheaval.. n lack of sleep..

i kinda enjoyed it the first few days, coz just like any other family gathering, we cousins will always sit around and talk.. it was more of a celebration than mourning. and y not? my grandpa had lived a fruitful life indeed. It was a celebration of his life, and with all 4 generations of us together.

it was a good time for cousins to catch up, we got to know each other more, and generally used the time for family bonding as well.

Sadness is still there on the surface, but we are able to talk, laugh and cry together. Conflicts, bound to occur, but quick to come, quick to go.

I hope this great big family of mine will always be close to each other.

Thanks grandpa, for giving me such a wonderful family to love and so many cousins to hang out with.