life goes on

as promised in the previous post, here are some interesting happenings worth mentioning, well some were pretty dramatic as told by my cousins while others were quite freaky, so here goes~

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the chanting odyssey

ocurred on the night when my grandma passed away, according to the buddhist nun who was here with us throughout, we must chant for 8 hours straight to more or less ensure that she reaches the promised land in the teachings of the religion. okay so everyone took turns to chant but it wasn't until like almost 2am before the odyssey began, lol~

my aunt was the most devoted buddhist i've ever seen around, but no matter how devoted you are, the human limitations take its toll over you and there you have it, bedtime!! it so happens that when i joined my cousin xinli, she was getting ready to take a break, that was the last straw for him as he laughed uncontrollably, well with his hands covering his mouth, so i initially thought that he was yawning, but it wasn't until later when we took a break in the kitchen then he told me:

"this is crazy man, just now we were like the last 2 souls in the universe trying to chant for the next 2 hours whereas everyone else are knocked out already!!"

anyways, the next day i went for my driving lesson as usual and my sister, together with other cousins, xinli and meiying, went to fetch me thereafter and we had lunch at IMM. halfway through, we were in for a gud laugh when xinli told us of yet another interesting thing he did. turns out he smacked a housefly he believed to be my granny and went to bury it in the grass patch downstairs my place!! everyone burst out laughing uncontrollably, well especially my sister and we had stares from unsuspecting diners around us. he also mentioned about the odyssey and gathered giggles from the 3 of us, lol~

went shopping for tidbits to spend for the nights guarding the coffin, later we went to shop for some miscellaneous stuff where xinli was looking for a zip-lock bag for his perth vacation, he initially chose a blue one, i asked him who he was buying it for, girlfriend was his answer, so i told him:

"hey, since it's for your girlfriend, uh why not get the pink one?"

when he took out the pink one, i saw the green one and..

"ooo, the green one looks even better than the previous 2!!"

right, so he finally decided to go with the green one, but i was worried that my opinions would have affected what he really wanted to buy, so later he told us:

"i chose the blue one at first cos' i liked it, then you told me that since it's for my girlfriend, and ya know she's a girl and stuff, pink's gud. i finally decided on the green one cos' the color's nice and she's a environmental friendly person, so green's the best~"

the myth about moths

everyone should have heard of the dead returning as moths to visit the family? apparently, the passing away of my grandma coincides with the mating season of moths, according to shireen, xinzheng's wife, as reported in the papers, so it's pretty normal to see moths flying around more than often. but, on the first day of the funeral, when my sister was about to bathe, she saw this monstrously gigantic moth in the bathroom, my mom said that was my grandma coming back to visit us. the next day, mom saw a very colorful butterfly hanging around the tentage, same theory. 2 days back, i saw this huge and bleach white moth flying around me, same theory from my mom. believe it or not? you determine it yourself~

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and yes, life goes on..

caught the sneak preview of Batman Begins with my sister last tuesday, tastefully dark and the intricate story weaving of how bruce wayne came to be the caped crusader makes it better, i say it's one of the better movies shown in a while~

just returned from passing my final theory test, well computerized test to be exact, pretty cool stuff since you get your result on the spot without the hassle of waiting for 2 weeks previously, now what's left is to book for my practical test date; the last step to my driving licence, mwahahaha~

i'm in the midst of changing the entire interface, bear with me till then yeah? take care and peace people~