a walk to remember
saturday night we went to the wake of my greatgrand mother (father side)
its been 17 years since the last time i saw her house (i usually visit my great grandma at my lola's house)... am expecting the usual routine in the family, you know mano sa lahat ng matatandang makikita mo kasi lahat sila kamag-anak mo. but when we arrived that night,i was petrified when i saw my whole clan. Man i came from a huge family!!! and am not just talking about huge... its humungous!!! if i didnt knew about that wake, i would thought that there's a party or something...i saw this really big tent that was setup, more than 20 something big tables and when we arrived, we were greeted by people whom i dont even know...
another thing that surprised me was the meal... its as if am in a banquet!!! every ten minutes theres this girl who pass this try that contain anything, as in any food that you can think of (biscuits,juice,nuts,sweets,chips..even meal...i swear i was shocked when i saw a bowl of rice topped menudo there)... i feel so tired that night just looking and observing them,not to mention that i have to move from one table to another saying hi to people i just met (na cousins,aunts,lola,ninang,kapitbahay,kababata,etc ko pala)... grabe!!!andami talaga!!!
then the next morning libing na ng lola ko... i never actually attended any funeral in the province before, actually, i can remember any funeral i attended of someone close to me...we never had dead close relative before,so technically this is my first time,sa province pa...and na trauma yata ako... i didnt know na they do it the traditional way pala there in zambales...traditional as in you have to walk at the back of the funeral car from the house to the church to the cemetery... under the heat of 7am sun...ok lang sana kung house to church was like 1km away, then church to cemetery is 500 meter...man!!! house to church was 7km!!! tumataginting na 7km sya!!! and thats only the church...church to cemetery is another 2km...and we have to walk!!!hear me out!!!WALK!!!
they still do that pala noh...kasi everytime nakakakita ako ng funeral here in subic,usually funeral car,then tons of cars and jeeps na kasunod...pero since province sya,traditional sila...
when we got home that afternoon,am so tired and my legsare aching i heard one of my lola talking to one of my aunt, then it hit me...ang selfish ko pala...i found out na t'was my late great grandma's request to follow the traditional way of funeral...kasi daw hindi na nya alam kung pano pa nya matitipon ulit ang mga anak at apo nya,sabi nya...siguro when she die,makukumpleto kami kahit papano kaya pinagsama sama nya kami ng matagal tagal by making us walk that far...sana lang nakita pa nya kami,coz when i saw it on picture,i had goosebumps all over me...hundreds of people (all relatives) dressed in white,walking behind the funeral car,all for my lola...then i thought...sana nakita pa ni lola,kasi parang huli ang lahat...
its been 17 years since the last time i saw her house (i usually visit my great grandma at my lola's house)... am expecting the usual routine in the family, you know mano sa lahat ng matatandang makikita mo kasi lahat sila kamag-anak mo. but when we arrived that night,i was petrified when i saw my whole clan. Man i came from a huge family!!! and am not just talking about huge... its humungous!!! if i didnt knew about that wake, i would thought that there's a party or something...i saw this really big tent that was setup, more than 20 something big tables and when we arrived, we were greeted by people whom i dont even know...
another thing that surprised me was the meal... its as if am in a banquet!!! every ten minutes theres this girl who pass this try that contain anything, as in any food that you can think of (biscuits,juice,nuts,sweets,chips..even meal...i swear i was shocked when i saw a bowl of rice topped menudo there)... i feel so tired that night just looking and observing them,not to mention that i have to move from one table to another saying hi to people i just met (na cousins,aunts,lola,ninang,kapitbahay,kababata,etc ko pala)... grabe!!!andami talaga!!!
then the next morning libing na ng lola ko... i never actually attended any funeral in the province before, actually, i can remember any funeral i attended of someone close to me...we never had dead close relative before,so technically this is my first time,sa province pa...and na trauma yata ako... i didnt know na they do it the traditional way pala there in zambales...traditional as in you have to walk at the back of the funeral car from the house to the church to the cemetery... under the heat of 7am sun...ok lang sana kung house to church was like 1km away, then church to cemetery is 500 meter...man!!! house to church was 7km!!! tumataginting na 7km sya!!! and thats only the church...church to cemetery is another 2km...and we have to walk!!!hear me out!!!WALK!!!
they still do that pala noh...kasi everytime nakakakita ako ng funeral here in subic,usually funeral car,then tons of cars and jeeps na kasunod...pero since province sya,traditional sila...
when we got home that afternoon,am so tired and my legsare aching i heard one of my lola talking to one of my aunt, then it hit me...ang selfish ko pala...i found out na t'was my late great grandma's request to follow the traditional way of funeral...kasi daw hindi na nya alam kung pano pa nya matitipon ulit ang mga anak at apo nya,sabi nya...siguro when she die,makukumpleto kami kahit papano kaya pinagsama sama nya kami ng matagal tagal by making us walk that far...sana lang nakita pa nya kami,coz when i saw it on picture,i had goosebumps all over me...hundreds of people (all relatives) dressed in white,walking behind the funeral car,all for my lola...then i thought...sana nakita pa ni lola,kasi parang huli ang lahat...
posted by chellix at
2:20 AM
3 Comments:
hala chelix na datnan ka na din ata ng mga floders... ayan na...
lam mo nung namatay ang lolo ko... dun talga ang dami grabeh nakakahiya pa kasi isa sa mga lamay nights eh nahulog ako sa hagdan. can you imagine nag papadasal sila then i cam down rolling from upstairs?... lagabog talga as in... then tinginan sila ofcourse and some of my tita's (whom i believe stood up as my real tita's... not those i told you) well syempre tinanong nila ako... oh iho ok ka lang ba?
hahaha...buti na lang di ako pumasok nung padasal...kasi natakot ako sa mga lola kong nagdadasal...umuungol sila...
alam mo i never looked at my lola nung nasa coffin sya...takot kasi ako to be honest...ive never seen anyone sa kabaong before
ok lang saken tumingin sa kabaong...kaso parang na-trauma ata ako nung nakita ko lola ko. kasi di ko inaasahan na ganon itsura nya kaya natatakot na tuloy ako tumingin ngayon. di ko nga tiningnan yung elementary principal namin nung nagpunta ako sa lamay
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