qing ming

its qing ming morning. just so happen im on leave on this easter mon. so just accompany mum to go cemetery to pay respects.

I ve always found e columbarium & cemetery area very peaceful & beautiful. it's one of e area where you still see a lot of greenery & flat land everywhere.
your pace of walking slows down &-puts you in a pensive mowd.

even e building at e columbarium are named after flowers like Eugenia, Dafodil, peony. the thing though about the columbarium.. sometimes in the same slot, besides the deceased, there's an empty slot for the partner, i find it very sadistic, as though it beckoning to the living spouse to come join them soon..

going to cemetery also puts you to think about yr funeral . if I were still healthy when I die, I would donate all organs out to e living & donate e remaining for science research or whatever. I believe e living need it more than e ground that i'm to be buried in. my funeral wake should also be 2 days only. whoever wanna come would have come . anything longer would be 2 expensive & tiring on e living.. And the songs... no more soppy super sad ones.. it should be joyous rock songs or christian praise music, cos i'm going to see Jesus and my grandma =) it'll a time of celebrartion for me..


Anyway enough of this topic.. very popular and nice 唐诗(Tang Poems) to wrap things up..

<清明 > 杜 牧

清明时节雨纷纷，
路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有，
牧童遥指杏花村

Translation:
It drizzles endless during the rainy season on Mourning day
Travelers along the road look gloomy and miserable.
When I ask a shepherd boy where I can find a tavern,
He points at a distant hamlet nestling amidst apricot blossoms.