Went to da cemetery tis afternoon at Cheras to visit my ancestors.. As usual, its like a family thing and every year around this time. it's basically the 'All Soul's Day' for the Catholics... my dad was a Catholic.. so his ancestors are Catholic.. but my dad is now a Buddhist, but we just dun mind, we are open minded though.. well.. its just paying a visit to our beloved or at least my dad's.. lolx.. coz most of them i dun even noe them n perhaps havent seen them b4.. we lit candles, put flowers, clean the graveyard etc.. As usual, the wind is not helping.. well.. duno if i wan wind or not.. coz wind will light out the candles, if no wind means HOT!!! >.<"
nowadays.. there are some trips to visit the graveyard.. n for some chinese.. they wud go to all this 'feng shui' thing.. the Fu Gui Shan Zhong aka the Nirvana... very famous chinese cemetery in Msia.. its like all chinese wud wanna stay there after their life ended.. its like a 'hotel'.. luxurious 'resort' for them.. hehe... sounds funny.. but in reality is like tat.. bcoz of 'feng shui' n stuff like tat.. well.. back to the trip, they will bring these old ppl to visit it.. explain to them bout afterlife n stuff like tat n 'feng shui' etc.. n they shud plan for their deaths n stuff like tat due to the modern mindset.. LOL... well... they shud.. sound weird.. something unusual.. but i duno if any old ppl wud like to go coz a lot still in tat old mindset which they do not wanna discuss bout death n stuff like tat...
Suddenly, it came into my mind.. i remembered last year.. My lecturer told us tat if one day she passed away.. *touch wood* well.. hu doenst die.. hhmmm.. hope u r not offended by it.. she wud like us to come in colourful colours to the ceremony.. LOL.. weird? nah.. tats wat i have in common.. if i die.. come in COLOURFUL COLOURS!!! n bring some lychee.. hehe.. i love lychee.. well.. i dun mind being in a fire ceremony .. erm.. i dun wat they call it in eng.. u noe, the body is burnt to ashes.. n stuff like tat.. lolx.. BUT after i m really really really certified tat i m dead! lolx.. n the way i wanna die is without suffer.. happily without burdening anyone around me.. a lot of ppl wanna die in such way.. i have a fren hu is tis obsessive speed driver or 'grand prix' driver.. he doenst mind dying in an car accident which goes 220 kph in his BMW Z4 or something like tat.. LOL.. crazy ?
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Death...
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Rupa-rupanya this is what you asked me for....
Anyway, I was in this design research subject and a student's initial proposal has something to do with death. She found out this reallly innovative burial method in Sweden (If I'm not mistaken) that actually put a corpse in a huge machine and shake the remains so that it could be compressed into cubes.
This is a really sustainable way of managing dead bodies as it doesn't pollute the environment. The remains could biodegrade in just six months. Plus, no need to cut down trees for expensive wooden coffins. The cremation process also release too much CO2.
Sounds great right. If a person's funeral is not restricted to cultural and religious ceremony, this is a good way to sustain our earth. Plus. she was saying we could always create memorial gardens and shatter the remains as fertilizer. It'll be just like a reserve-forest with picnic benches and everything.
WOW! good idea... nice to be shattered onto the sea or beach.. lolx.. but come to think of it.. doesnt it sound weird ? i mean.. when u go for picnic.. u are actually sitting on someone's body.. LOL.. weird eh ? duno la.. lolx.. i will let my children or relatives decide how to do it.. i dun mind tat much.. perhaps i might donate my organ if they are still useful.. lolx.
Haha, after donating ur organ they still need to manage ur bones and stuff right? I reckon shattering it into pieces and turn it into fertilizer. Great, isn't it?
Imagine if you are buried in a certain place and after some time because of certain reasons, the grave have to be dug up and stuff.... isn't that disgusting?
Well, my dad is the exact opposite of your dad; previously, he was a Buddhist, but now he is now a Christian.
Yup, the Nirvana (Fu Gui Shan Zhong) is really a luxurious final resting place. My second uncle was buried there.
And, just about a month ago, my 89 year-old grandma passed away in her sleep. No suffering from any diseases or any pain. It's just that she never wake up from her sleep anymore.
By the way, the "fire ceremony" that you mentioned in your blog is called cremation, whereby the body is burnt to ashes, to be kept by family members or relatives.
Not forgetting to tell you that you have been tagged to do a meme... hehehe...
erin..
well.. its disgusting though.. but i wont even noe a single shit bout it! lolx.. hhmmm. how bout sending me to outer space.. just blast me off in tis special cubicle or stuff.. then just send me off to space.. perhaps million of years later scientist will be able to bring me back or aliens might transform me into something else.. hu noes.. LOL..
david..
it was u hu tagged me!! huh...
no wander sudden tell me stupid thing...cos u visit death recentlli...
har?? anonymous is hu ar? erm... erm... erm... can write down ur name name ? lolx
Lol, if you are shot to outer space, chances are you'll get suck by the black hole.
Hmm, colourful outfits during a death ceremony? Envisage a ceremony held in Nilai/Nirvana where they may have other families with their whites and blacks and suddenly there's this bunch of laughing and colourful people eating lychee. Won't that be weird =p?
All ur funeral attendees will probably be shoo-ed from the place.
NOPE! i dun think its weird.. well.. i wan it to be something happy.. remmebering me in those happy tots.. lolx.. well.. perhaps i shud write it in my will !! LOL.. or something like tat.. dun u think its kinda dull? just black n white... i wan to be unique.. LOL.. plus i like colours.. colourful, cheerful, lychee!!! LOL.. not bad eh?
black hole ?! OMG.. i forgot bout tat one.. hhmmm.. how bout tie a string to my body so it wont fly too far off ?? LOL..
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