FUNERAL AND CREMATION CEREMONY FOR THE LATE MR WONG

 Haji Hasnin, Kamariah and I asked for permission from our principal to attend Mr Wong's funeral this morning.  We reached the place 15 minutes before the cortege left for the crematorium in Pundut.
His friends and colleagues had come to pay their last respect to him.  

 Lai Yoong getting words of sympathy from one of her friends while Sue Lyn looks on.

 Members of the Sitiawan Senior Citizen's Club bowing to pay respects to the late Mr Wong.

 The vehicle which will transport the coffin to the crematorium.

 The late Mr Wong's Malay colleagues paying their last respects.

 Members of the Wong family.  The men on the right are his brothers.

 His friends and colleagues had come to send him off on his last journey.

 Before the coffin was lifted to the hearse, all the mourners were told to turn their backs and not witness it being moved.

 The coffin is safely in the hearse waiting to be transported to the crematorium.

 Members the Wong Family accompanying the hearse.  They will walk a short distance before boarding a bus.

 Some of the offerings laid out for the deceased.  They forgot his favourite Fish Head Curry.

 Steven, a close family friend, handing out red packets to the drivers of the cars who had accompanied the hearse to the crematorium.  The red packet are to bring luck for the mourners since they had attended a White Occasion which is Yin in nature. The Red Packet is to neutralise the Yin Qi.

 Me with Steven.  We decided to rejoice in the Leng Chai's life instead of feeling sorrow.  Our dear friend had lived a full and meaningful life.  It is said that the soul of the departed would find it hard to cross over to the other side if it hears so much wailing and crying.

 The front facade of the crematorium.

 The service before the cremation.

 The Buddhist priest conducting the funeral service.

 Mr Wong's colleagues had come for the funeral service.

 Sue Lyn and her paternal uncles.

 Lai Yoong with members of her family.