18th September 2oo6, Monday.
as time pass by, my granny is getting older and older. she is healthy, at least did not suffer from terminal illnesses. yet, when she sees everyone about the same age of her dying, she is starting to have the mentality that she's not going to live long...
"i was thinking of becoming a christian, just like you (my mom) and Ah B (my uncle). since both of your family had converted to christianity, i don't want when i pass away, no one visits me at my cemetery. since you all don't want to hold josstick, i bet no one is going to visit me when i am not here anymore."
should i be glad about this? i could not say for certain.
obviously my mom and uncle are happy to hear this news.
"at last, our prayer has been answered." (that's what they normally say. giving all grace to GOD huh?) but is this the way to get someone into some kind of religion? in my granny's point of view, she treats this as just another religion, just like what i am doing now. why Guan Yin last time? because of us! she wanted all of us to be protected by at least some kind of God. now this is another kind of god, and she thinks that there will be no harm to convert. she agreed to remove the guan yin statues but not those antiques that she treasured most. to me, i think that's perfectly ok. but for those staunch christian (i.e. pastors that are going to do house cleansing, mom's cg members, ladida dida...), they're going to give my granny a hard time, by trying to convince her that those are "unspiritual stuff". come on! give her a break!
yet, now i am still pondering, if that's the only reason she wanted to convert to christianity, what is there for her? she doesn't want to go to church cause she said she will not be able to understand. she only speaks cantonese for god's sake! yadi yadi ya... i know there's cantonese service somewhere, but still, it's hard to understand...
uh... i guess this should be a happy occasion, yet, i expressed it as if there is some kind of disaster. i bet i'm going to get some nagging from my beloved buddies again. Wee... LET'S REJOICE!
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It is interesting to see that even as a devout christian...you are able to see the irony of your happy occasion. It does show indeed that you have the ability tro look at things from outside of the box even IF from an uglier perspective.
haha... i guess i should say that i am not a devoted christian nowadays, not anymore. i won't be saying these stuff if i were, cause it's just not what should be said. (i'll probably get scolded too.)wee...
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