Weird...

I often wonder why there'll be many funerals in the period of the Chinese 7th month, which is also the Hungry Ghost Festival? It seems that it is really an inauspicious month for almost everywhere, one can see a funeral at the void decks of HDB flats. I'm not complaining about funerals for life and death is part and parcel of everyone's life. It's just that why do families, relatives and friends only gather together when there is a funeral? Even during Chinese New Year or other festive seasons, it is hard for relatives to gather together. However, wheneven there is a funeral, old friends from the past or relatives whom have not contacted for years suddenly "popped up" to attend the funeral. It's like there are alot of unfamiliar faces and yet, we see the elderlys, chatting with them like they have been contacting with each other always, which in fact, they have not seen each other for years. I really find it weird like some people I have no idea who they are, suddenly came up to me and say "Oh, you've grown up so much since the last time I saw you. How old are you now? What are you doing now? Studying or working?" When they ask these kind of questions, my mind will be wondering "Who are you?". When I ask my dad or mum about it, they'll just say "There, that lady lor, who used to be...blah, blah blah..."

My reaction would be "Huh? How come I don't have the faintest idea?" And there's also one thing about funerals. Every uncle who just come (no matter is your relative or whatever), you call them, and auntie, you call them auntie. Becuase of this, I really do not have the faintest idea who and who are related to me (of course, not all but only some). I guess that's the society now. No one really bothers to know what are the specifice terms to call their relatives and also no one bothers to contact with each other, even during festive season, unless it is a funeral.