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Sat nite.. was the day we went back to msia to sao mu. B4 tt, mum brot me downstairs to d “tua li ah pek” (god) to ask wad happened to me, cos its lk tt tym its oni my foot n hand swell, now its d whole body suan tong. It was quite a long w8. fr 9pm, we w8 till lk bout 10 plus ( its when mommy told them we gan shi jian, so they arranged abit earlier 4 us), we went in n I was arranged to mit d 2nd “li ah pek” (the black 1). He started asking wad is e prob. I duno but all e “gods” dere were lk speaking hokkien de, duno y. But they hab tis translator at e side n someone to help them fan the wind. But its act ok la, cos we r hokkien religion so communication was not a prob. He started asking whr I lived, my zodiac n he has tis abacus to calculate wad he wanna knw. I started saying bout my body condition, den he gave me some amulets to drink, n a “stamp” at e side. Den mom asked bout we’ll be going to e graveyard to sao mu, will it be ok. N he gave us another amulet to drink aft we came back fr e place.

Den aft some amulets given, he referred mi to e 3rd one, which is a female de. (she specalises in tui na) den I went n sit dwn, e 1st thing is she scolded me, even tho her 1st wrd was, I’m a v gd gal. (diao…). She scolded said my nutrition not enuf, 3 meals not 定时, n my 胃病is coming soon. I knw my 胃was not tt gd, but I dint realized its starting to gt serious le. Den it was e胃which leads to e pain thru out my body, serious rite? N she was using her “fan” to hit mi. Not oni mi, others ard were quite stunned cos her 1st hit was alr on my head, hees… den my hands n body… it was lk said trying to gt rid of e heat inside mi, cos I have tis “风热” inside. Haiz… Gt a gd hit le, aft tt she tui my both legs, she reali gt e strength, beat le so pain, nw tui na oso v pain. N they gt tis hot black bean bag to rub against my legs, its those burning hot de!!!

Had been drinking e amulets tis few days, 2 per day leh. Den I gt tis sore throat oso, swallow saliva oso pain leh. Anw, e whole body is in trouble. I dun even knw when e sch reopens, will I recover fr tis??? Hope so, cos its reali torturing =(

Sat nite at bout 12 plus (shld be considered sun le bah, cos its over midnite alr), uncle came to fetch us. It was reali maddening when the checkpt still had tis jam even when its alr so late. Tis tym round, its reali troublesome cos they have tis fingerprint scanning. Its difficult to scan when u r sitting in e car. Reached msia ah ma hse alr 3am plus, I was even too tired to do anyth, jus wenr to e rm n slep. It was quite bad when XY n TT were dere waiting for us n I went to slep jus lk tt. Mb sleep is juz 2 impt 4 me… =b nx morn, 7 plus had to wake up. Those sleeping earlier than us de were still sleeping. I oni had tis uncomfortable 4 hrs slep. Uncle den drove us out to have wantan mee. Aft tt, went to da bo mu hse take stuffs n went straight to e graveyard to sao mu. JAM agn!!! Duno y go any way oso jam de. But uncle took another route, don1 lk them stup stup stuck dere n w8. many ppl were alr dere sao mu when we reached at 8 plus in e morn. We started clearing e weeds for tai gong’s grave ( but I dint, I sat aside, cos even e climbing up costs mi so much pain le, it was quite high n e rd was lk there is no rd no way up, jus graves everywhr, juz hab to pass thru many graves, jus careful nt to step onto their offerings n graves. Den e others reaching in a short while n we ctd. Those paintings on e grave stones n we kids were spreaing e colorful pp onto e grave, I tink it is to symbolize we had been here b4 to sao mu, cos some other graves oso had tis, some don hab means tt nobody came to sao e graves. Den we still hab to find stones n rocks to 压住 e pp, or else they’ll fly away when e wind came. But abit lazy n diff to find la, so some we used e 泥土. TT was dere kp saying gt leng zai! Hais.. I cant stand it, u gg wk n sao mu or u gg dere juz to kp a luk out for leng zai… summo u oso duno them, hees… daydreaming gal…

At 1st I oni tot we gt 3 graves to sao (tai gong, tai ma n ah gong), BUT no!!! 7 graves all tgt leh, at 3 different places! At e 3rd grave (ah gong’s one), I was lk don hab e mood to do anyth le. My whole body was aching n I juz stood at e side watching them doing. The 4th n 5th one we took a long tym to find e graves, cos they don hab e pix n it was quite small. These 4th n 5th were e graves of ah gong’s bro. tis tym I dint do anyth, cos it was alr scorching hot at 10 plus in e morn. Mom kena sunburnt n she sat at e side oso. Oni bro was helping out to burn e offerings, usually he was a lazy boy, but he did a lot of wk on tt day, I cant deny he’s reali did a lot n hlp out a lot. Cos at e 6th n 7th graves, we kids were sitting at e side, on another grave, IMAGINE!!! N bro was still dere helping out. Act e grave uncle said alr demolished, I duno la. but we indeed sat on it. N when we were leaving, a uncle (sao another grave de stranger) started saying us “other ppl de grave u all oso dare to sit on it ar?” I mean if he tinks its wrong, when we 1st sit, he oso dint say anyth, we sit until want to leave le, den he said, wad 4??? Den TT said, uncle (ours) oso clear n throw all e rubbish on e grave wad. But im oso nt sure if even e grave is demolished we can do tis not, cos mb their spirit is still ard… who knws…

The last 2 graves, e 6th n 7th one is ah qiang’s bro de da ma. I dint c b4 oso. Den the last is last away de uncle, I dint c b4, so I went to e grave n hab a luk at e pix. Den my xiao shu said, u cant sai tai yang still come out here. Ermm… I wan c my passed away uncle’s pix mah. Dint c b4… so I went sit under e tree. Den xiao di shu shu drove his car dere n all e kids went up to enjoy e aircon. I dint wan go up when they asked mi cos I tot shld be gg off soon le, but no, took v long oso haven go yet. So I went up dere n sit. Aft awhile, they said nid to pray so we went to pray. Finally everyth’s over, me, dad n mom took xiao di shu shu car tis tym round cos theirs r family car, can sit mre ppl. Bro wan folo 4th uncle’s car, so let him lor. So we went hm 1st, every1 rushing 4 e toilets to bath. In e end, im oways is e near to e last to bath. Cos XY their family oways will 1 bath 1st n den aft tt they can go da bo mu hse eat lunch le. So left us la… aft shu shu they all finish bathing, we go da bo mu hse eat lor, reached dere alr 2 plus le. I was lk 2 hungry to eat anyth, I tink my 胃 gt sth wrong agn. Den at bout 5 plus lk tt, JH’s parents bot waffles wif fillings for them, I tink got 6 lk tt, cos gt 3 packets. Den JH oso dint ask ppl wan not, I duno rich ppl so stingy de meh? Den his sis took 1, TT took 1, xiao gu took 2, cos she 1, her daughter 1, so I tink JH took 2 bah. Act I was hungry lk shit but they don1 ask mi, I oso don1 le, summon I cant eat fried de, hee… so my 胃 I tink too hungry den abit pain le, so I asked mommy to make milo for mi.

went to wai po hse at bout 8pm, when the others went for dinner. Asiam fish agn!!! My fav, but I cant eat sour stuff so in e end I dint go cos I cant even eat, so went to wai po hse, mom went to cook instant noodles for us. But I cant eat much cos I was feeling uncomfortable, n e rest I gave bro, act he oso cant finish le, he ate a lot. Den aft eating, they all went off, left mi wash. 7th aunt saw n said leave it, ltr she washed, cos I tink mom gt tell her my health condition.

Yeah, my cat ah boy has his own family le. But e wife was reali fierce cos she juz had her babies, I cant even c e babies yet. Cos if I go into tt rm, sure kena attacked de. So long le, ah boy still recognized me… ermm… getting bigger n bigger le, duno isit kp eating 2 much le.

Dint tok much to SY, cos her bf ard, don1 to disturb them. So tok to SQ n ah gal they all 4 awhile. At 10 plus, 4th uncle’s car came n we leaving la. b4 tt, uncle went to tai sing provision shop to buy sth. Waseh saw a leng zai wking dere. N stup mi, kp lukin in when indeed im staying in e car, n I tink he noticed n kp lookin out too, haha. mb he tot I knw him?? But I don, haha… hey gal, u duno hw to ps de ar??? so ya, coming back to sg le. Been reali tired n slep on e car. Went back hm in sg its alr 1am plus n was still too tired to do anyth n went straight to bed aft tt.

Had been a gd experience for mi, knw tt sao mu is indeed TIRING!!! When u had 7 at 1 go. Dint reali dare to go back agn nx yr. cos I dint do much oso. Anw, it left mi a deep impression n it was e 1st tym I realized wad ppl do on qing ming jie =)