tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post8442608686560173013..comments2024-02-16T14:10:12.166+08:00Comments on Bibliophile Stalker: A Catholic, Chinese, Irish FuneralUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-68193968408617310982007-09-13T21:17:00.000+08:002007-09-13T21:17:00.000+08:00My mom bought a plot of land in a cemetery in the ...My mom bought a plot of land in a cemetery in the far south (past The Fort). I guess they decided to bury my uncle there (my uncle left his family xx years ago and fled to the US, crippled by a stroke there) and part of the funeral package was the bagpipes.<BR/><BR/>No cymbals but definitely turning away from the urn.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773038335190893557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-294377982132520022007-09-13T20:26:00.000+08:002007-09-13T20:26:00.000+08:00Even being Tsinoy like you, I don't recall about t...Even being Tsinoy like you, I don't recall about the chewing of grass thing. But I do recall some clan members, depending on their astrological sign, having some responsibilities like the turning away from the urn (if their sign is the opposite of the deceased), and running around the wake area, cymbals and gongs clanging, incense smoke trailing behind you). But I'm an Earth Rooster, not a Dog like you, so that grass chewing was never required of me. <BR/><BR/>But the bagpipe/kilt thing! What was that? Part of the package? What funeral plan did your Uncle get before he died? Was your Uncle a fan of Sean Connery? <BR/><BR/>I can already imagine the number of stories you can weave around such a scene.pgenrestorieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16488972802998454637noreply@blogger.com