Today my family of four head over to see my dad’s side of the family and have dinner with them. While there we go see my grandma and grandpa (dad’s side) at their grave. I’m going to keep this short because I want to go to bed sometime soon. Haha.
I wake up this morning around 10AM and get ready and all that to head out at 11:30AM to Choi Hung where my uncle (dad’s oldest brother) live. We get there and we have little lunch. It was us 4, my uncle and my oldest cousin. Food was pretty good! I had this fried noodled with black pepper sauce and chicken on top. Afterwards we head to the market to buy all the things we need to visit my grandpa/grandma at their grave. Tradition here is very different. To visit them we buy a lot of burnable things. Yes, burnable things. We buy a lot of incense, candles, money, clothing, gold, that we put into this giant paper bag to burn. Next we buy a chicken, some pork, their favourite drinks, and some ice cream. We get to the place they are settled and it’s a giant building with cement cubbies where they have their own plaque. We put up all the incense and candles, set the food out opened and such, and then we put all the stuff we bought into the paper bag (after taking off the plastic wrap), spread out all the money in the bag and we burn that afterwards. Lots of talking to them and serving them a drink. It’s a very interesting tradition compared to going to a grave in this park like place with flowers.
Afterwards, we go to my aunt’s house (dad’s older sister), we sit around for abit and my brother, oldest boy cousin, girl cousin, mom, and I head off to look at cameras and all those other things. Afterwards we go back to my uncle’s house for dinner and such. After dinner, we come home and all that fun stuff.
That’s essentially my day and now I want to go to bed soo goodnight!
HOME IN 6 DAYS
Thanks.
-Allison
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