The time has come...

All this while, my family has been preparing ourselves that grandma is probably "going" soon. Given that she's 98 yrs old, and towards the end she was already in a pretty bad shape, we somehow knew she might not be able to make it through chinese new year...

Last friday, she finally gave in and decided that it's time to go. She passed away peacefully in SGH after hospitalised for almost 2 weeks. In her 2 weeks stay, she was on drip because she couldn't swallow anymore. And she was also on breathing support due to her weak pulse and lung dysfunction.

We had a 7 day funeral for her, taken into consideration that my dad was a 5 day affair previously. According to our custom, my grandma will need 2 more days than my dad. Thought it was long, it went off like a flash. Probably we were too busy with the things involved in funeral that time just slipped by unknowingly.

Towards the end, we were all feeling sad that this day has truly arrived. The only way to console ourselves is that, it's good to know that she's no longer suffering. Through this event, we also realised how much we were missing dad... over the past 1 to 2 years, our families have gone through so many funerals... we were flipping our photos, and were sad that so many loved ones in the pictures are no longer here... That only reinenforced the fact that time is precious... going off by the seconds... do not waste them and spend more time with your loved ones. Not next week, not tom, but today!

btw... my family wanted to check if grandma came home on the seventh day... They pour flour all over the house to see if there are any footprints... here's a pic. Can you see the foot print... there were 2!!!