Chinese new year is spent with loved ones and visiting relatives. I celebrated my own way. I went to visit my parents at the Catholic cemetary. The gates were locked so I watched pathetically from outside. Then I went to the Thai Buddhist temple Wat Chayamangkalaran to visit my grandparents and great grandparents. It’s been a tradition for as long as I can remember. My mum used to tell me to go visit them during CNY. I carried on the tradition.
Tiffany Choong
Quirky, fun loving free spirit, vegetarian, animal lover, Penang artist and illustrator at BulanLifestyle.com


March 5, 2015 at 22:17
Hope your heart is lighter now?
February 26, 2015 at 01:45
Reblogged this on Angie Mc's Reblog Love and commented:
Visiting deceased relatives. Tiffany explains, “I carried on the tradition.”
February 25, 2015 at 12:18
Thank you. I usually feel a lot better after I share my heavy heart on the blog. Thank you
February 24, 2015 at 23:45
Yes, it falls on us to maintain their last places of rest. In le PΓ¨re-Lachaise (where my little sister is buried, along with a few relations) you walk along the graves of the unknown and those from the late 19th-early 20th century are abandoned. Most of them. Which makes sense: past grandchildren, no-one remembers anymore. My brother and I are the only ones left who remember our grandfather, but our children didn’t know him. Hmmm. Strong stuff. π Take care. Be bad. π
February 24, 2015 at 10:13
Yes. It is true. It is the few things I dont mind maintaining π