Friday, June 09, 2006
Death becomes her
Had a really weird dream last night. Some would classify it as morbid. Others, when told, would probably give me that look, suggesting that I'm not a filial daughter. Oh well.. here goes.
I dreamt that I was at my Mum's wake. Cause of death unknown, but the dream started with her wake. It seemed to be held at a funeral parlour. But the weirdest thing was, the coffin was right smack in the centre. In addition, it was covered with hoardings (like those used at the perimeters of construction sites) in the shape of a circle. There was of course, an opening. with an alter, to pay one's respects.
That's not it. What takes the cake is, it's a really old coffin. The kind where the chinese vampires (jiang1 shi1) seem to favour so much. Scary part? It wasn't closed. Instead, it was filled to the brim with rice (uncooked). You can't see the corpse. But you can see my Mum's right hand sticking out of the mountain of rice, clenching 3 joss sticks in between her fingers, which were lit.
What followed was me visiting other peoples' wakes. People whom I don't even know. Weird. But the one involving my mum kinda made me go cold. What was it supposed to mean? In the dream, a felt a sense of relief because she went before my father. Had it been the other way, I'm pretty sure it's going to be a very complicated issue. I saw my Dad in the dream too. And we were wearing bright orange polo shirts (weird yes?)
Was telling my manager about it and he was saying that dreaming of death does not necessarily come with a negative meaning. Businessmen are known to buy small coffins and placing them on their tables as it's supposed to bring good luck... right....
So am I supposed to have a win fall soon? I dunno... World Cup season is coming ya know....
I dreamt that I was at my Mum's wake. Cause of death unknown, but the dream started with her wake. It seemed to be held at a funeral parlour. But the weirdest thing was, the coffin was right smack in the centre. In addition, it was covered with hoardings (like those used at the perimeters of construction sites) in the shape of a circle. There was of course, an opening. with an alter, to pay one's respects.
That's not it. What takes the cake is, it's a really old coffin. The kind where the chinese vampires (jiang1 shi1) seem to favour so much. Scary part? It wasn't closed. Instead, it was filled to the brim with rice (uncooked). You can't see the corpse. But you can see my Mum's right hand sticking out of the mountain of rice, clenching 3 joss sticks in between her fingers, which were lit.
What followed was me visiting other peoples' wakes. People whom I don't even know. Weird. But the one involving my mum kinda made me go cold. What was it supposed to mean? In the dream, a felt a sense of relief because she went before my father. Had it been the other way, I'm pretty sure it's going to be a very complicated issue. I saw my Dad in the dream too. And we were wearing bright orange polo shirts (weird yes?)
Was telling my manager about it and he was saying that dreaming of death does not necessarily come with a negative meaning. Businessmen are known to buy small coffins and placing them on their tables as it's supposed to bring good luck... right....
So am I supposed to have a win fall soon? I dunno... World Cup season is coming ya know....
# posted by Xallista @ 12:43 AM 
