Goodbye Grandma

Putting aside all the latest in updates (I'm sure all of you guys are wondering what on earth have I disappeared to), it is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of my beloved grandmother at the age of 70+. She had liver cancer but eventually passed away peacefully of a heart failure on Wednesday morning 30th January 2008.

Ironic date really. 30th January 2008 was my darling Fion's birthday. She was very understanding about the situation but I still felt guitly about not being able to celebrate with her.

Also, I received the dreadul SMS only minutes after returning from Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight Tour 2008 in London, O2 Arena. It was the first time I went to a live concert and it was pretty exciting and surprising actually. This was the belated birthday present from my sister which she hesitated from telling me until we reached the venue. It was a fantastic concert. Will post up pictures and videos when I have the time.

Back to my grandmother's funeral: All of us (10 cousins) rushed home from all over the world just to pay our respects to her. I'm thinking back now, it has been almost 10 years since all 10 cousins were together for an occassion. My grandmother would have been very happy and proud that we are all back.

My sister and I dashed right to the scene after 12+ hours of flight. Staring into the coffin to see the pale grey-ish complexion of my grandmother was... Simply too much to bear. All the memories came flushing back into my brain, and the solomn environment was not helful either.

Tomorrow is the cremation ceremony of my grandmother. Gosh, I wonder how its going to be. I'm going to be home for another week, leaving 10th February 2008 after Chinese New Year.

Will hopefully be able to update soon.