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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