My mother passed away…

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pm

Finally this day has come, my mother passed away last Tuesday, 23rd September, 2008. I have prepared myself for it since I spent almost the whole month with her in the hospital in April this year. Since then she had been in and out the hospital for 4 times and every single time it was in intensive care. She was just discharged from the hospital about 5-6 days before she’s gone. It was very hard for my dad to experience her last peaceful breath. It is very sad to think that from now on I will never see her ever again.

HG and I flew over as soon as we can. The funeral lasts for 5 days and followed by the cremation on Sunday. The locals came to help with everything that needed to be done. My dad’s friends came immediately from Bangkok to spend time with my dad since the first night until the cremation day. HG and I arrived in Bangkok on Thursday about lunch time. We hired a car and drove to Chumphon (south of Thailand). It took us six and a half hours. By the time we arrived the ceremony for that day was over.

Each day started with preparing to cook for the guests who normally came to attend the ceremony, expressed their sympathy and had their dinner. The local temple monks came to do their chanting to provide merit for my mother at about 8pm for 30 minutes. After the chanting the guests would leave and we cleared up for the day.

After the cremation, we came back to the house and cleared up things. There were just us now. It was quite sad but it probably was not as sad as when it was time for us to leave. I wish I am not being this far from my dad. After I came back, I call him almost every day. Actually I have been calling him every day since I left Thailand in April. I hope my dad would get through this very soon. I know it is very hard when you are alone in the same environment where you lost your love one. I probably have to give him time to adjust himself and pick himself up and move on.