27^th July 8:30 P.M
City Hall: Dinner, party, laugh…

My Birthday
28^th July 4:30 P.M
City Hall: On the grand piano

28^th July 10:00 P.M
CHIJMES: Dinner/Supper

28^th July 11:59 P.M
My grandfather passed away

29^th July 12:30 A.M
NUH: Watch him ‘sleep’

29^th July 3:30 A.M
Brought him home

29^th July 8:00 A.M
Shower him

29^th July 10:00 A.M
Put him to his final resting place

One minute I was having fun, another minute it overturned. I brought my grandpa home, I prayed for him, I showered him, I dressed him in white. Under the heavy rain, strong wind and mud, I climb down 6 feet into his final resting place, I held up my hand to reach him and put him down to rest. With my cold hands, I grasp the earth beside him and push it against his back to make him slanted to his right. I climbed up, shivering, looking down beneath saying,”I’m going to miss you grandpa. May you rest in heaven and have a better wife than you have now. May you have a better family than you have now, May you have a healthier life than you have now”. (Italic: Verse from Yasin)
It kept playing in my mind.

If this is a birthday gift from him, I am thankful; for I had gained the knowledge and experience that many of us couldn’t or didn’t have the chance to learn or experience.

It was a tragic but meaningful birthday for me. May you rest in peace, my beloved grandpa.
Eddy, 24 yrs old now.

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