She passed away at the beginning of this year, right before the Chinese New Year celebrations. She has been bed ridden for sometime so I can’t say for sure whether or not I would’ve liked for her to continue being with us. It would’ve been selfish for wishing that. It pains the family that she’s no longer here with us now, but there is comfort in knowing that she’s moved on to a better place.

One of the motivation for getting a proper camera was to get good portraits for her to remember her by. Unfortunately, grandma couldn’t wait that long. A week before my trip back to my home town, she left us for good.

I couldn’t believe how little pics I took (most posted here are taken by my sis) of the actual service. I took plenty of snapshots of my cute nephew but nothing much of the funeral. I guess the fact that my frame of mind at that time was at its worst, coupled with the inability to decide whether its proper to point a lens at someone’s face at such an occasion had something to do with this. Looking back, I wish I had taken more pics. Much more.