Grave visiting

Ahh I'm so tired after Ching Ming. I left for Pangkor yesterday for grave visiting and came back today. Did a lot of eating, food testing, food hunting and food eating this year on the way to Pangkor and back. Will update Eat First Think Later on that when I have the time, and of course, I'll keep all you food lovers posted when it's up.


The dangling roots of the tree grew over the hut over the years. Cool huh.


I'm not sure what god this is but my relatives usually pray to this god before we head to my grandpa's grave. I think he might be the grave keeper or some sort like that.


This is another "I don't know what god". But I call it my grandpa's grave security guard god because its house sits at the side of my grandpa's grave entrance.


This is my grandpa's grave. I never had a chance to meet him. He passed away a few months after my parents got married.


My relatives and I are just hanging around preparing for the prayer. The colourful papers that are placed on the grave acts like my grandpa’s house’s roof in his after life location. So it’s a must to cover his grave every year. It’s not an easy job because we have to make sure there are no gaps left… no one wants a leaky roof right hehe.


According to my uncle and my dad, my grandpa smokes. He's a Dunhill person they say. That's my cousin in the picture "giving" my grandpa a ciggie... it's not a Dunhill though.


We used colorful and glitter joysticks this year. Cool stuff! And it smells good when it burns! The typical burnt part of the josstick will turn in to ash and fall off but this one stays intact with a glittery gold look too!


The extra josstick is stuck on my grandpa's grave to keep the colored papers from flying away with the wind. We also "blasted" 3 sets of firecrackers to celebrate... we only had 1 last year, don't know why 3 this year. ...personally I think too much man...


Hell money!!!! hahahahaha! After the prayer, hell money, and other paper goods are actually burnt. It is believe that anything we burn for my grandpa will appear before him. The usual goods are like gold bars, cash and clothes. We sometimes also have more unique things for my grandpa. Sometimes a new handphone and I think ones a car. I think I have got to get him a game console and a HD TV next year!


Ahh monkeys. I saw a bunch of them, and me and my sister heard boars. The monkeys usually visits the graves too when their less monkey relatives (that's us) leave. It's a custom\tradition or something to leave something back at the grave. My family usually leave a bowl of rice. The monkey you see in the picture are actually eating cakes that were left behind.


Homemade tapioca and sultana paus that my aunty made for the offering. We get to eat all the food after the prayer. HOHOHO.