The early bird did wake up wide and sharp from
the bed, and so, I thought of using the transition phrase, “A long ride to go” but,
unfortunately, was malificented by the soothing air-con and the radio in the
car and so, I ended up using the transition phrase, “A long nap to go”.
To gramp’s hometown, Prek Leap, that little
town from the Pchum Ben article I wrote earlier in August, last year. This
time, we're going there for Cheng Meng, a Chinese version of Pchum Ben.
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The
bloodline, that has created me, the ancestors, my great grandparents; well, I
was 7 months old, mom said, when my great grandma passed away, I was too young
to remember it, but at least, she got to see me; great grandpa passed away long
time back, during the Khmer Rouge, is what binds us all for eternity.
Exactly
like in Pchum Ben, we invited some locals, gramp’s childhood friends, the mayor
and his colleague, a policeman; we offered food to our ancestors, as usual, we
have the grand master of all time, Mr Chinese Barbecued Pig, fruits from ttp
(Toul Tom Poung Market), some beverages and seafood.
I heard from gramps that
our great grandparents liked seafood the most. Spraying water on the
mountain-like graves, which we only do, once a year, with long stripes of papers
in all colors that we stuck everywhere around the graves, that’s when I saw “The
Kid of The Day”, a little boy with great sense of humor, gramps gave him credits
for that, with some food and drinks and I hope he enjoyed it. I wished him all
the best.
Lots
of people I know deserve to live forever, especially gramps, but the fact that
we humans cannot fight the Mother Nature, sadly, she made us with an expiration
tag, we have no choice, but to accept it and deal with it with an open heart.
One day, someday, sooner or later, gramps, mom and dad will leave me, no matter
how much I want to deny that time and place, humans perish and that is what
makes me want to sacrifice and do anything for them, create memories, the sads
and happys, and then, I will eventually pass away too. Cheng Meng will be where
we meet; the heavenly souls and spirits will come back down to earth and
reunite as family, again. I always believe that everyone has a place in Heaven.
To the family, to the bloodline, Cheng Meng stays at the top spot, we cannot
deny even if we want to, it’s what makes our souls and spirits stay with together
generation by generation, it’s what gives us eternity.
To
Family.
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