Our Great-Grandmother

Our Lao Ma 1911-2005

This time, it's real...

Great-grandma has really left us.

Just as i left the tutorial room, i received a message from Daddy.

"Lao ma passed away this morning at 2am."

Feelings swelled inside, and i couldnt hold it any longer. The tears simply flowed... I was heart-broken. A bad news in the early morning is one of the last things on the list you'll want to hear.

In the toilet, i cried for a good 15 minutes and let all of it out.

We had just visited Lao Ma yesterday, and she was still lying there, struggling to keep herself awake before everyone leaves or had gone to slumberland.

She kept mumbling, and kept saying "Faster, Faster!" in Teochew. We thought she wanted to get up to go to the toilet...

It's only later in the evening today that Dad told me when his dad, my grandfather, was on the verge, he too said, "Faster, Faster!".

Maybe it's a good thing that she's released from pain...

We attended her wake just a while ago.

Lao Ma looked so peaceful lying there. But it was quite hard to accept, just 26 hours ago, i saw her lying in hospital, fighting to live for a little longer. We all thought she would pull through a few more days. But she didnt...

She waited for everyone to leave or fall asleep, then she quietly and peacefully left us.

She had been a very nice and kind person...

The funeral is a simple affair, and service would be tomorrow.

Everyone wrote their feelings in a notebook, including the kids...

"Lao Ma, we miss you. Although you're not physically here with us anymore, I know you'll be around us, protecting us. We love you..."



"Bye..Lao Ma.."