IF I CAN CHOOSE, IN A MILLION REINCARNATIONS OVER COUNTLESS KALPAS, I STILL WANT TO BE REBORN AS THE SON OF KEE NAI SENG, NOT AS CROWN PRINCE OF MIGHTY EMPEROR, KING, PRINCE OR POTENTATE.
MY FATHER KEE NAI SENG. AS MY MOTHER SAID, HE HAS GONE TO MEET PUTCHOR (HOKKIEN FOR BUDDHA) SO HE IS A BETTER REALM. BUT EASIER SAID THAN DONE AS WE STILL WEPT BUCKETS
SIMPLE FUNERAL UNLIKE MY GRANDFATHER WHICH WAS SO COSTLY AND ELABORATE COMPLETE WITH STREET PROCESSION, STILT WALKERS AND PROFESSIONAL WEEPERS!
MY FATHER'S ALTAR AT KELANTAN BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION
MY FATHER DIED AGED 95 WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THE FLOWERS ARE ORANGE AND BRIGHTLY COLORED AND NOT WHITE AS HE WAS SO OLD. IF DAD HAD DIED AGED 100 THE FLOWERS WOULD BE BRIGHT RED!
MY FATHER'S COFFIN OR 'GRAND MANSION' (TUA CHU IN HOKKIEN)
I STOOD HERE FOR HOURS TO WEEP
MY FATHER!
SLEEP WELL PAPA
SO PEACEFUL
BUDDHA GRANTED MY WISH FOR HIM TO HAVE A PEACEFUL, PAINLESS, PERFECT DEATH
DAD DIED IN HIS SLEEP. NO PAIN, NO SUFFERING ON HIS PART. NO SUFFERING OR WORRIES FOR MY MOTHER AND ME
DUE TO BUDDHA'S BLESSINGS, DAD DIED IN HIS SLEEP, CAUSING HIS WIFE AND SON NO PAIN, FEAR OR WORRY.
ONE DAY I WILL BE LIKE THIS ALSO
PUTCHOR (HOKKIEN FOR BUDDHA) AND AVALOKITESVARA AND MANJUSRI
BUDDHA AND GODDESS OF MERCY AND GODDESS WHO DISPELS IGNORANCE
AS ONLY CHILD, I HAD TO SLEEP NEXT TO FATHER'S COFFIN ALONE FOR 2 NIGHTS FROM MONDAY 1 TO WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST TO ACCOMPANY MY FATHER. I BEGGED HIM TO FORGIVE ME FOR NOT GIVING HIM A GRANDSON/DAUGHTER AND THAT I WOULD REPAY HIM IN MY NEXT LIFE
MY BED ROOM FOR 2 NIGHTS. DAD DIED ON MY BED IN MY BEDROOM IN KOTA BARU AROUND 4 AM AS WHEN MUM TRIED TO WAKE HIM AROUND 6.45 AM HIS HANDS WERE ALREADY COLD
DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND HIS FATHER'S ALTAR
AS I FLEW IN FROM BANGKOK I HAD TO BORROW WHITE T-SHIRT AND BLACK PANTS FROM COUSIN KEE HUI PENG
SADDEST TIME OF MY HAPPY LIFE
DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND COUSIN FROM MOTHER'S SIDE RICHARD KOE
RICHARD KOE, LUCY KOE AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE
SON AND HIS PAPA
DATO KEE HUA CHEE, MUM ANG SIEW SOH AND LUCY KOE
WITH RICHARD KOE
DESOLATE
FIRST WREATH FROM GINTELL GROUP OF COMPANIES. THANKS SO MUCH ALY WONG, I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU AS YOUR GINTELL WREATH WAS FIRST TO ARRIVE
DAD WENT TO SEE PUTCHOR AGED 95 SO HIS PHOTO WAS FRAMED WITH BRIGHT, HAPPY ORANGE FLOWERS
NO LENGTHY HOSPITAL STAY, NO LIFE RESPIRATOR, NO PAIN BUT STILL INSANELY SAD FOR HIS WIFE ANG SIEW SOH AND ONLY CHILD DATO KEE HUA CHEE
KEE NAI SENG. A SMALLTIME BUSINESSMAN, NO BUSINESS EMPIRE, NOT AT ALL FAMOUS, NOT AN EXPERT IN ANYTHING, A MR EVERYMAN BUT I WOULD NOT CHANGE HIM FOR ANY OTHER FATHER
IF I CAN CHOOSE, IN A MILLION REINCARNATIONS OVER ENDLESS KALPAS, I STILL WANT TO BE BORN AS HIS SON
HAPPY HUED FLOWERS AS DAD LED SUCH A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE TILL 95. IF HE HAD REACHED 100 THE FLOWERS WOULD BE BRIGHT RED
DAD PROMISED MUM HE WOULD LOOK AFTER HER WILL HE WAS 95 AND HE DID!
DAD SAID IF HE REACHED HIS 96TH BIRTHDAY ON 8 SEPTEMBER 2016 HE WOULD LOOK AFTER HER TILL HE WAS 100
BUT BUDDHA LOVED HIM AND WANTED HIM BACK
DAD LOOKING SO PEACEFUL AS IF ASLEEP
HE CAUSED NO ONE GRIEF IN LIFE AND SAME IN DEATH
MY FATHER KEE NAI SENG THE BEST DAD IN THIS KALPA
SLEEP WELL PAPA WE WILL MEET AGAIN
ALL SAID HE LOOKED REMARKABLY YOUNG FOR A 95 YEAR OLD MAN
DAD'S COMPLEXION STILL SO SMOOTH AND RELATIVELY UNLINED
DAD HAS HARDLY ANY WRINKLES LIKE HIS SON
DAD LED A PEACEFUL LIFE AND WAS REWARDED WITH PEACEFUL DEATH FOR HE DIED IN HIS SLEEP AFTER DINNER WITH MUM. HE ATE KOLO MEE, ORANGE AND APPLE AND TOLD MUM THE DINNER WAS DELICIOUS. THEN AROUND 10 PM ON SUNDAY NIGHT 31 JULY 2016 HE WENT TO SLEEP AND NEVER WOKE
KELANTAN BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION BUILDING AT LEFT
PRAY TO BUDDHA
SIMPLE FUNERAL AS DAD OUTLIVED ALL HIS FRIENDS
TUASOH WITH FRIENDS
CHINESE LAYMEN AND WOMEN CHANTING BEFORE PICTURE OF BUDDHA AND BODDHISATTVAS IN MANDARIN
WE HAD THAI MONKS CHANTING IN THAI EARLIER
MY TUASOH (WIFE OF MY LATE COUSIN KEE HUI KANG), DATO KEE HUA CHEE, LUCY KOE AND MUM ANG SIEW SOH
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
DESPAIR
DESOLATE
I WAS DAZED AND CONFUSED. THESE PHOTOS TAKEN BY COUSIN RICHARD KOE
KEE HUA BOON AND HIS COUSIN DATO KEE HUA CHEE
KEE HUA BOON AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE WERE PLAYMATES WHEN KIDS
BUDDHA GRANTED MY WISH BY GRANTING MY FATHER A LONG, HAPPY, HEALTHY LIFE AND PEACEFUL, PAINLESS, PERFECT DEATH BY LETTING HIM PASS AWAY IN HIS SLEEP SO WHEN HE WOKE, HE WOULD BE IN HEAVEN WITH BUDDHA. SO THANK YOU BUDDHA
MY COUSIN'S SON KEE HUA LIANG WHO ACCOMPANIED ME TILL 1 AM ON MY SECOND NIGHT SLEEPING NEXT TO MY FATHER'S COFFIN OR 'GRAND MANSION' (TUA CHU) AS THEY CALL IT IN HOKKIEN
PICTURE OF DESPAIR
NOTHING IS SADDER THAN LOSS OF A PARENT
NOTHING MUCH MATTERED NOW
DATO KEE HUA CHEE WITH LAST FAREWELL TO FATHER
TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST 2016) MY FATHER'S COFFIN WILL BE TAKEN TO CREMATORIUM AFTER FINAL RITES AT KELANTAN BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION IN KOTA BARU
DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND HIS FATHER KEE NAI SENG
SON AND FATHER TOGETHER
MUM SELECTED THIS 'GRAND MANSION' (COFFIN) HERSELF
2 BRO---KEE HUA HEANG AND KEE HUA BOON
COUSINS OF DATO KEE HUA CHEE
WITH KEE HUA LIANG AND FAMILY FRIEND FROM PASIR MAS
MY COUSINS RICHARD KOE AND KEE HUI PENG
RICHARD KOE AND KEE HUI PENG
TAKING A SNOOZE BEFORE CARRYING OUT DUTIES
IN DEEP SLUMBER FROM WHICH THEY WILL WAKE
IN DEEP SLUMBER FROM WHICH HE WON'T WAKE!
OFFERINGS TO MY DAD KEE NAI SENG
MOURNERS
DAD OUTLIVED ALL HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND FRIENDS!
AFTER ME CAME MY MOTHER AS 'GEK KIM' (SILVER CURRENCY) IS PRESSED FROM FOREHEAD TO FEET BY AH SIANG THE UNDERTAKER
MY MOTHER ANG SIEW SOH
THE COFFIN COVER IS FULLY LIFTED
LUCY KOE
THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE WOULD SEE MY FATHER IN HUMAN FORM
FOR HE WOULD SOON BE CREMATED
FROM ASHES TO ASHES
CLOSING AND NAILING OF MY FATHER'S COFFIN!
DAD! FARE THEE WELL! WE WILL MEET AGAIN!
DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND MUM ANG SIEW SOH HAD NO MORE TEARS LEFT
LAST LOOK FROM GRIEF-STRICKEN SON AND WIFE
YELLOW CLOTH WITH SACRED INCANTATIONS FOR A SAFE, SPEEDY PASSAGE
RELATIVES PAY LAST RESPECTS
RICHARD KOE AND SIS LUCY KOE
BOWING TO MY FATHER KEE NAI SENG
ONLY COFFIN LEFT NOW
MAY BUDDHA AND KUANYIN TAKE CARE OF MY FATHER!
I LOVE MY PAPA SO MUCH!
VAN TO CARRY THE GRAND MANSION
SOME WORKERS ARE MALAY MUSLIMS AS WE LIVE IN HARMONY HERE
MY FATHER INSIDE THE COFFIN!
ENTERING THE HEARSE
I SAT IN FRONT WITH DRIVER WHO WAS MALAY MUSLIM WHO DID NOT MIND LISTENING TO BUDDHIST CHANTING FROM CD WHICH PLAYED NONSTOP FROM KOTA BARU TO KAMPUNG DALAM WHERE THE CREMATORIUM WAS LOCATED
SIANG LEONG PROVIDED FUNERAL SERVICES AND LAST RITES
I CRIED TILL MY LEFT CONTACT LENS FELL OUT OF MY EYE AND DID NOT REALISE IT TILL I WANTED REMOVE THEM TO SLEEP
I ALMOST PULLED MY LEFT EYEBALL OUT BEFORE REALISING THERE WAS NO CONTACT LENS INSIDE
PICTURE OF SORROW
DRAINED, BLURRED AND CONFUSED
EXHAUSTED
A MIRACLE! I THREW THIS 'GEK KIM' PAPER OUT OF WINDOW GAP ABOUT AN INCH LIKE I DID 2 PREVIOUS PAPERS. THIS TIME, IT SLID SLOWLY BEFORE MY ASTOUNDED EYES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, NEATLY ENTERING THE TINY SLIT AND STAYED THERE INSTEAD OF FLYING OFF! I STARED AND OGLED IN DISBELIEF AND THEN THE TOP END FLAPPED A LITTLE AS IF MY FATHER WAS SAYING GOODBYE TO ME BEFORE IT TOOK FLIGHT AND WAS BLOWN AWAY! I KNEW THEN MY DAD WAS BIDING FAREWELL TO ME WHICH COMFORTED ME SO MUCH. MUM SAW A BROWN BUTTERLY AROUND 6.45 AM AT HOME WHILE EATING BREAKFAST AND KNEW IT WAS HER HUSBAND! THE BUTTERFLY APPEARED MIRACULOUSLY ATOP KITCHEN DOOR BEFORE FLYING IN CIRCLES THRICE. MUM CALLED OUT, "SENG, I KNOW IT'S YOU! THANK YOU FOR COMING HOME'. SHE WENT TO WASH HER HANDS, TURNED AND THE BUTTERFLY WAS GONE.
WAT CHONPRA CHUMTAT CREMATORIUM
MY FATHER'S COFFIN ENROUTE TO FURNACE!
I WAS GRIEF STRICKEN AS I KNEW DAD IN HUMAN FORM WOULD BE BURNED INTO ASHES AND BONE FRAGMENTS!
FINAL PRAYERS
I ALMOST FAINTED WHEN I SAW THIS! MY FATHER ENTERING FURNACE IN HUMAN FORM TO EMERGE AS ASHES
FROM ASHES TO ASHES! I FELT MY HEART WAS SPLINTERING INTO ASHES TOO! DAD I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. MAY YOU ENTER NIRVANA AND BE PART OF BUDDHAHOOD OR ENTER A BLESSED REALM OR BE REBORN SPEEDILY INTO ANOTHER GOOD PERSON! ONE DAY I TOO WILL BE INSIDE SUCH A COFFIN AND WE THREE WILL BE REUNITED AGAIN!
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