hong kong post 21

good afternoon! it's been another action-packed day! but let's continue with last night's events first!
-the funeral never eventuated. just lotsa 'gook gooning' (say that in canto). mother took me to the loo twice; i also munched two yummy lil cakes from some bakery and wheeled myself over to where cousin stephen's wife and daughter were throwing gold-coloured paper cut in money note rectangles into the fire. there's some superstition that burning money enables those who have passed on some money to spend in the next life. i don't believe in that, but asked for two pieces of paper and chucked it into the fire for grandma. hey, i'm not superstitious, but i suppose i can pretend they were both five hundred dollar bills, old old grandma can use five hundred for herself and use the other five hundred to take my most beloved grandmother out for dinner or sth. :)
-lotsa standing and bowing, then we all left! i only inclined my head slightly, whereas PIG mum just stayed stock-still. i'm not sure why; i mean, it's not ancestor worship, nor is it bowing to buddha, 'twas just a sign of respect for the deceased. meaning i thought PIG mum was rather disrespectful, but hey.
-when we left, we caught a bus back to chai wan shopping centre, then i had a sausage and egg mcmuffin @ 10:30PM @ NIGHT!!!! XD
-back home, immediate bedtime. zzz.
-today: dad overslept, meaning there was no time for breakfast. that's okay, coz i was also spared the long hard walk to the bus!!
-at the funeral place, more bowing and stuff. then we caught a bus to another funeral place for even more bowing and stuff. we all brought flowers, someone carried them away, then some random banged away on his symbol and chanted sth.
-then, 'twas all over, and we caught a bus for yum cha. cousin stephen chu sat beside me and explained that was to wipe away all the sadness the funeral brought. his daughter's birthday's in december, he works on home entertainment systems and apparently, in hong kong, you don't get to choose which high school you want to attend? like, you just get placed into one!
-there were about three steps to conquer @ the restaurant. PIG mum took me once to the loo when we arrived, then we sat @ some table with grandma's sister and her sons. i only knew one, the one i call 'hairy uncle', and i met another one, whom, after i complained hong kong was too complicated with different names for either side (mum's and dad's) and whether older/younger, laughed and dubbed himself 'handsome uncle'. XD
-i ate little bits of everything. 'twas dinner food, not yum cha! idiot me also knocked and spilt one lil cup of tea everywhere. ><
-before we left, i took a photo with hairy uncle and aunty. XD
-one bus ride home, one loo trip, then i plopped online.
-both parents are in pigland now. poor dad's got a cold/sth similar, whereas PIG mum's just a natural PIG. XD and aunty lai's @ work, BTW.
-toms ... i think we're going to disneyland!!!! :D uncle dickdick's being snooty and already begged out due to work, though. XD and i'm still waiting for my ice-cream!! PIG mum promised toms (meaning, today) but she's obviously zero condition to keep her promise, what with her snoring in bed! XD personally, i'm just feeling very sad that this marks my final week in hong kong, possibly forever ... :( but i'm intending to make it the BEST it can be for me! righteo, maybe cya tonight!
cheers,
em. ^^