would u attend funeral wake of a hardly met old classmate?

[chootchiew]

Just ask yourself back the same question lor..do you wish your hardly met classmate to visit you when .. ?

 

[leetahbar]

Just ask yourself back the same question lor..do you wish your hardly met classmate to visit you when .. ?

my 2 grandmas' passing, i kept it to the family with minimal guests. only close relatives. i m mindful not to inconvenient as many friends - close or distant - as possible. then again, the torrent of redundant wreathes kept being delivered.

the florists must ve been very well informed and resourceful. wonder why they got all those private and personal info?

 

[escher]

my 2 grandmas' passing, i kept it to the family with minimal guests. only close relatives. i m mindful not to inconvenient as many friends - close or distant - as possible. then again, the torrent of redundant wreathes kept being delivered.

the florists must ve been very well informed and resourceful. wonder why they got all those private and personal info?

Maybe they thought you the one that mati instead of grandma.
Should have send you joss sticks and candles instead of wreaths

 

[leetahbar]

was quite surprised today i received a thank you call from my pal for the wreathe i asked a florist to deliver.

it was the first time i had ever spoken to him since school days and was really sorry to hear that he was unemployed and most of his savings was staved off to treat his late mum's cancer.

after he hang up, i had this very sour feeling how could our so called lst class society ended up like that?

 

[Poomer]

Nice story, but erm 1 question, why at the start is she, then end of story is a he?

 

[leetahbar]

Nice story, but erm 1 question, why at the start is she, then end of story is a he?

it's a he. the demised was his mother-in-law.

 

[leetahbar]

a male classmate's MIL passed away. another female classmate relayed the info.

 

[Poomer]

it's a he. the demised was his mother-in-law.

cool, you have a part-time job communicating with spirits?

 

[Cestbon]

If invited or some friend ask me to go. If not I ill not even know they RIP.

 

[leetahbar]

cool, you have a part-time job communicating with spirits?

u gotta ask my li'l brother leetahsar. he's the pyschic.

 

[leetahbar]

If invited or some friend ask me to go. If not I ill not even know they RIP.

i think i better summarise the whole drama.

a male classmate's mil mati. a kaypohji female classmate called me to inform about the details. then she wanted me to go or be in charged of organising for the very old classmates who i hardly heard of until now.

i told her to go fly kite. but secretly, i ordered a wreathe and sent to the male classmate.

that's the whole story.

all the classmates hardly socialise for so many years - more than 35yrs. my god! and suddenly, u get wedding invitations and funeral wakes. i m anticipating grandchildren's birth or 1year old baby party.

so the question here is should i oblige? it appears that they are only after the angpows, the pei kim money or the presents. even if i were to appear in person, i doubt they may not recognise me n vice versa.

we have become total strangers!

 

[myfoot123]

if the same scenario happens unto you, how would u react?o

go, don't go but send a condolence note or just ignore?

go means gotta give peh kim money, mingle with the unfamiliar crowd, feel so awkard and time wasting. since hardly met after those teenage school days, might not even recognize that classmate after all these years!

The dead will not know you visited. If you are dead, you will not know your friend visited. Emptiness is form,Form is emptiness?

 

[wendychan]

The dead will not know you visited. If you are dead, you will not know your friend visited. Emptiness is form,Form is emptiness?

very true.. lavish funeral more for the living..