Monday, October 19, 2009

Death 死亡


Sunday morning got the news that a friend's sister in law in Batu Pahat, Johor passed away. Eight of us in 2 cars went down to pay respect and condolences to the deceased and family.

We believed " silk gold"( a.k.a.white gold or funeral donation) is not as important as our personal presence at the funeral to be with the family of the deceased. I have attended many funeral wakes without giving any donation.

The wake was held at the bright, airy and comfortable funeral parlour of the Grace Church in Batu Pahat. A beautiful, dignify and solemn prayer ceremony was held at 9:00pm. It consisted songs, praises, gospel readings, eulogy, sharing and words of thanks from the family.

I felt the tremendous solidarity, love and care offered by the community to the deceased and family nurtured by their common faith - love of God.

However, we were informed that at another funeral parlour within the church compound, a wake was held for a young man (30) who was stabbed and killed in Petaling Jaya two days ago by robbers who robbed him of his notebook at a fast food restaurant. This is another tragic case of innocent people killed by cold-blooded robbers and our deteriorating security of the country.

It was a 500Km round trip and we arrived home at 2:00 am.


在星期天早上,得知一位朋友的在巴都巴辖的大嫂逝世。我和太太,连同其他六位朋友,乘两辆车,南下去向亡者致敬及慰问其家人。

我们都认同,亲身向丧家哀悼致意,比只送上帛金更有意义。我参加好多的灵前守夜,不是都有给帛金的,但主要都是献上哀悼及慰问。

亡者的灵柩放在巴都巴辖恩典教堂内部的殡仪馆。在晚上九时,我们参加了一个非常庄严及美好的哀悼祈祷仪式。这仪式包含了歌唱赞颂,读经,悼诵,分享及丧家道谢等。

我可以感觉到这个团体对亡者及其家人的关怀,爱护。这种相亲相爱之情谊,是建立在共同的信仰上,那就是对天主的爱。

另一方面,我们也被告知,一位三十岁年轻人的灵柩,摆放在教堂的另一个殡仪馆里。他是两天前,在八打灵的一间快餐店里,被抢了手提电脑后,因追赶该强盗,而被另一位同党用刀捅死的。这是另一宗无辜人民给强盗杀死的悲剧冤案。

这是一趟整五百公里的路程,我们在清晨两点回到家。










We have Batu Pahat " o-jian", "rojak","otak-otak" ....for dinner.
我们的晚餐 - 巴都的蚝煎,罗惹,乌达乌达。。。

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