September 18, 2009

A funeral...

Today i attended the funeral of a good friend's mom.
I have a huge phobia when it comes to funerals.
The only funeral i've ever had to attend until today was my uncle's. I was shaking all over my body and overwhelmed by the whole thing. I was crying my eyes out. Just the thought of peeking inside the coffin freaked me out. I had many sleepless nights after that.....

That happened 8 years ago. Today, it came to the point at mass, where everyone walks past the coffin to pay their last respects. I hesitated. My good girl friend was standing behind me, and she said "don't freak out". That calmed me down a little knowing she's behind me.

I just looked up at the altar and told myself, there's nothing to be afraid of. I looked into the coffin, said goodbye, and moved on to wish my dear friend my condolences. I was alright...i came through. I guess i've grown since my uncle's funeral, and i have come to terms that sooner or later, i will just have to deal with these kinds of things :)

One thing that i have always believed in, and it was the same message that the priest gave during his homily. Make ammends TODAY, don't wait for tomorrow, or next week. Life is short, and you should not regret the last thing you ever said or felt about a person dear to you.

Peace out....

September 17, 2009

What's in a name.....

My entire life i've always gotten myself into this very TYPICAL scenario:
While doing ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that requires my name, these words haunt me....."FULL NAME PLEASE"

What the!!!!Hellloooooooooooooo....you think i don't know what "full name" means?
You think i don't know MY OWN FULL NAME!!!!!
Good gracious!!!

This morning, i called up the hospital to make an appointment for one of those Exec Health Screenings (my oh-so-generous company has given us a 1k claimable amount to go for it).

Admin Lady: Ms or Madam?
Moi: Ms
Admin Lady: Full name
Moi: insert full name here
Admin Lady: FULL NAME pls
Moi: THAT IS MY FULL NAME!!!!!

And after that, Admin Lady was very nice to me....hmph!
Make me so geram!

Oh well...a lot of times i've been asked: How come no chinese name?
Well...with or without one...i am me! :)

p/s: Filing out forms is a breeze for me :p

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