Busy Week

This week has been a busy one for me. Was busy doing my monthend closing plus need to attend my great grandmother's wake. Took a day off on Friday as we need to attend the ritual during evening time.

My younger sister also took a day off. Therefore, we went to Tampines 1 for lunch. We decided to try the newly open Manpuku Japanese Gourmet Town. Since it was a weekday, there wasn't any queue hence was a good time to try the food.

Walked around the few stores and we settled our choices. My parents ordered seafood udon and big prawn udon sets. My brother orderd Tori set. My sister and myself ordered Hokkaido ramen. followed by sashimi. I could not resist the Ootoro and made a big big decision to order it. 5 pcs costs $38. My sister asked me to pay for my own bill. After taking it, my dad and I still think that the ones we ate at Sushi Tei still taste better.

We went over to Tampines Mall for the Hokkaido fair. Wow... is it Friday??? The mall was full of people. Did I remember the wrong day? The fair is always sucessful. Singaporean really like Hokkaido food. I am one of them. I queued up to buy the BBQ scallops and squid. Buy 2 get 1 free leh. I did not eat it until night time but it still taste good. There is also the famous Hakodate squid stuffed with rice. But I know we cannot finish it if I buy, so just give up.

After shopping for a while, we ended up at Haagen Dazs. We ordered ice-cream for each of us and enjoyed the afternoon. I told my sister that I enjoyed such a tea time enjoying ice-cream. Will plan for more next time. My mum not working so I can ask her along whenever I need a break. She is more than happy to accompany me. Ha ha.

Yesterday was a hot day. We gathered at the wake before 10am. The ritual started at around 10.30am that ends around 12noon with some breaks in between. At 1pm, we left for Mandai Crematorium. I didn't really cried when my great grandmother was pushed to the burner. It might be because we were not very close or it could be due to she had moved on to another happier and everlasting paradise after enjoying 99 years in this world, that I did not feel sad but happy for her. She had left so many descendants (5 generation) accompanying her till her last day.

With her departure, I think we will not have much chance to see those relatives. I was trying to remember who are my aunties/uncles/cousins during that period. Perhaps a while later, all forget again. We hardly has chance to meet again.

Wow... such a long one today. No choice lah, did not post blog for so many days and one shot now. :)