Yesterday was really the day to remember. Somehow the happy gang who ligtened up my mood became so silent and moody too. Must admit I had so much fun but during the funeral service everyone started showing tears... So unlike of the gang. If melanie and I cried then there was a reasonable explanation but all of a sudden when the rest became emotional it was a sight ot behold. Looks like everyone has had something stuffed up inside. Pastor went on talking about Vishnu and how at this moment he would be in heaven with god. After the little sermon we got on the bus and headed towards mandai crematorium and coloubarium. They took vishnu's coffin away but before that most of us crowded around it and started crying. Its not shameful, even i cried badly. Then we were led into a room which had a glass panel and we could see some open spaces. Then we saw Vishnu's coffin moving in. It was as if it has legs but actually there was a roller thing at the bottom which moved it. Then that was the last of it. The coffin moved in and disappeared in a puff of smoke. That was it. The walk to the bus seemed longer than usual. Melanie seemed to have lost control becoz after me vishnu doted on her. Eric and Vignesh were holding on to her, both of them at her sides. I walked with lionel and pheobe who seemed exceptionally silent which was such a far cry from her usualy hyper self. When we got on the bus we travelled in silenece. The church members who were present had already left in another bus. So it was just family on the bus. We got home and started finding places to sit and digest the scene. Then around 8pm we had dinner as a whle family. Family as in all the uncles and aunties which came to 37 people if i counted correctly. Then after that we headed back upstairs while Jessica, Donald, Jareed, Pheobe, Joshua started packing. Martin, Mike, Eric and Melanie will be leaving on sunday.
Then i made a decision that i would have to skip sch again. So this morning i still had to wake up at around 4plus because i had to get ready for jessica's flight which left at 7.30am. SInce all the teens wanted to go to the airport, the parents decided they would jus send off frm home while we go. Uncle Paul called a call van or something which was able to accomodate all 16 os us. Uncle Paul and Uncle Manzy drove in Uncle manzy's car with uncle Ronald and aunty Padmini and all of their belongings. When we got to the airport we waited for them to check in then went to MacDonalds to have breakfast. Then it was time for the flight and we said goodbyes and exchanged loads of hugs and kisses and promised to be in touch through the blog. Jessica seemed so sad to leave but swedish plane means no turning back... Then uncle paul had to go back to fetch Uncle Raja and Aunty Cecilia (Donald & Pheobe) along with Uncle Simon and Aunty Abigail (Jareed & Joshua). So uncle manzy kept us company and asked if we wanted some chocolates or anything but we refused to have anyting. Seated at MacDonalds we felt it was quite boring. Out of 16 of us 1 has already left, soon 4 more will leave which means 11 of us will be left. Then on sunday 4 more will leave, left with 7 of us. Man time flied quite fast. At 10plus the plane leaving for australia arrived and joshua and jareed had to go. Jareed before leaving came to me and gave me a big hug and a kiss on my forehead. For almost 4 days he has kept me alive with his big hugs and im going to miss it. Joshua gave me a hug too telling me to stay strong. Aunty abigail kissed me and left with uncle simon who gave me a wide smile. Going to miss his jokes.
Then we got Donald, Pheobe, Uncle raja and Aunty cecilia checked in and started to walk around. Pheobe was clinging onto me and she seemed hard to get rid of *kidding* Then we took the sky train to Terminal 3 and walked around again. Then had lunch at Terminal 3 and headed back and we realised that we had gone a bit off time. The train for england was leaving soon so in a rush we exhanged good byes while donald and pheobe gave me a hug and donald's big brother kiss. It was a funny sight seeing them run inside. The whole family was a mess. LOL. Running all over the place and uncle raja and aunty cecilia gave me a group hug *that is what they are well known for* and rushed in.
That was the end. Left with 11. We went back outside and waited for a big van to come and when it did we already had been waiting for almost 40mins. So we got in and we are all back at the hall which still has a lot of chairs and tables uncleared. Uncle Manzy asked if we should go and watch a movie later and everyone is trying to get their hands on the laptop so that they can check the timeslots for the movie. Man its going to be a long day... Oh and teeya thanks for picking up my homework. Very sweet of you. One day I will repay your kindness is any way possible
