14^th Febuary

My uncle passed away, his name is George Lazar and he is 52 years old. He died of cancer. The wake was at St. Mary’s of the Angels. We have bought a place in the crematorium next to my dad. Well all I could say that is he was a nice man when I was young and I used to stay with him, he loves to go fishing, just like my dad…almost the same character as my dad only in some ways.

In church, Aunt Regina asked me to go and book a car so that we could use it for the wake….I had a hard time searching for a car as all the vehicles were fully booked. But at the last minute I manage to get the vehicle but had to go to Kembangan Mrt Station to collect the vehicle. Drove back with the vehicle and it was like a heavy traffic jam, me had a hard time. Wendy came and visited too during her break. I had to go and pick her up. Later in the night when everything was over I had to pick her up, me mum and aunt came along with me. Me aunt stayed over at my place for the next 3 days due to the funeral and preparations.

15^th February

Came early to church, had to go and buy breakfast for everyone also. Carol, Jacqueline and Daniel followed me to go and get the food. After which when I returned, we distributed the breakfast that we had bought. I sat around till all the other relatives came. Had to go and pick Wendy up at Bukit Panjang. Seevetha (my cousin) came with me. Wendy met us as at the same time we needed to photo copy the death certificate for the rest of the people who attended the wake. The service was held at 3.15pm in church. After which, we proceeded to the crematorium where my uncle’s body was to be burnt. It was pouring cats and dogs. There was also a service before they burnt the body. All I could say was I wish that God will forgive him for all his sins as I know he never realized the mistakes he had done in his past. May he be in heaven with my dad, grandmums, granddads and the rest of those who have died in the line of my family. After the service, all of us drove back including my younger brother who was with me. Me, my mum, Aunt Regina and another aunt from Ang Mo Kio together with my brother went to eat at Bukit Batok. The food was nice as I had fried rice with beef. Than we after dinner I had to drive my brother back to Jurong West and my aunt to Ang Mo Kio. The traffic jam was really very bad. It was approaching close to 2100hrs. So I told mum that we will stop by at Bukit Panjang to pick Wendy up on the way home. Came home and was really very tired. Sent Wendy home about 2330hrs.

16^th February

Had to wake up early and head down to the crematorium to collect my uncle’s ashes. Mum and Aunt Regina was up too. Arrived there close to 10am. Waited and later the ashes came. Uncle Martin, Raymond and Michael was there also. We had to go into a room and in there we had to put the pieces of bones in the urn, while the last pieces where the skull we had to place them above the rest. Once the urn was closed and sealed, we washed our hands. We took the urn back to the church where Uncle Frances and his wife was also awaiting the arrival of the urn. We had a short prayer before placing the urn in the chamber.

After everything was done, my mum, me and Aunt Regina drove to Bedok to my uncle’s place as we had to clean up his place and throw away a lot of things…he was like the junk man as he collected all sorts of stuffs. Uncle Frances also drove there, we searched his room for documents and other stuffs. There were like 14 stamp albums and all the oldest stamps that you have not seen were in the album. Uncle Frances took them as I had no use for it. We cleared away some of his stuffs and I was tired so all of us decided to go and have lunch nearby to the coffee house. I told my mum that I will take some computer stuffs back to our home and left. I drove to Pasir Ris to pick Sharon (my neighbor) as since I am nearby, she needed a lift back home. So I drove back home and she asked me a lot of questions concerning Wendy…..I mean I could get irritated if someone ask me questions on my private life as I don’t wish to talk to anyone about it. Came back home….showered and had to drive to Kembagan Mrt to return the car back. It was really raining badly and moreover there was a traffic jam as I tried to reach there. Arrived close to 1845hrs and was extremely late in returning the car….took the train back home. Was also tired so I slept on the train while on the way back. Came home and fell asleep as I was really very tired.