Baby…
Yes my love? How was the funeral? 🥺 Did u cry a lot?!
Darling it wasn’t a funeral… it was like a memorial service… no I didn’t cry a lot, I didn’t know that Uncle very well…
Oh… well I’ve never been to a Taiwanese funeral so I’m really curious what else happened.
It wasn’t a Taiwanese funeral… 😅
I’ve only been to a few of those in Taiwan as well…
Oh… then what was it?
It was… Taiwanese Buddhist… memorial service?
And what does that entail?
Some Buddhist chanting…
Which u said ur Mum was too loud?!
Yes and she got mad at me for interrupting her chanting telling her she was TOO LOUD…
Oop… 😅
Anyway prayers and chanting… then some PowerPoints like I predicted… Uncle’s life… sad music…
Oh… sad music… 😢 🎼
Well…?
I wonder who composes sad music these days… 🤔
What do u mean?
I wonder if there’s some industry people composing royalty free sad music that people play at funerals…
Ummmm… is this really the right time to discuss this?! 😅
Ur right baby. Nevermind. Please continue…
I dunno?!?! Some speeches… prayers… and then… afterwards some Aunties and Uncles said hi to me… haven’t seen them in a while…
What about people your age?
I don’t know? 🤷♀️
I didn’t organise this…
A lot of them have kids… maybe they thought the kids will be too noisy for this…
Oh?
I really don’t know. I’m just guessing.
How did u feel with the PowerPoints?
Mmmm… honestly I don’t think about this Uncle that much? In my daily life… in my day to day…? He hadn’t been around in Australia these recent years… last time I saw him in person was probably before the pandemic?
Oh…
And we were never close…
But there was some memories in the PowerPoint… early 2000’s… 2010’s…
That time…?
Yes love… those decades… u know, I was hanging out with ur older brother and mutual friends while I was in Melbourne but when I went back home to Gold Coast for holidays I was hanging out with the Taiwanese gang on Gold Coast!
Gang…? 😑… are they actually Taiwanese Mafia gang members?!
🙄 … umm… my love… would u be freaked out if I said “YES” — ?!?!
WTF?!?!?!
I’M JOKING. OMG.
Ahahahaha…. 😅 (nervous laughter)…
Did I tell u there’s a Taiwanese drama based on this Uncle’s life?
WHAT?!?!?!! 🤯
I feel like… I’ve written about this before…
Must’ve been a draft.
Was it?!?! I feel like some readers could search this in the archives. I’ve briefly mentioned it…?!
Did u?! 🫠 Even I don’t remember 😅
Anyway… I’ve never watched the drama but yes in the PowerPoint I was reminded this Uncle has already had a Taiwanese drama series made based on his life. Anyone can search for it…
Who… was he?!?!
Darling, u know there’s a whole genre of Taiwanese Buddhist biographical “based on a true story” dramas right? It’s very popular in Taiwan, they’ve won the equivalent of Taiwanese Emmys 🏆
Huh?!
Yeah come to think of it… I haven’t seen many Korean based on a true story dramas… other than historical dramas… but not many based on real life peoples true stories?! Is it just not on Netflix? Not accessible in Australia?! 🤷♀️
Yeah I think it’s an availability of streaming issue like how would I know which app to download to watch these Taiwanese biographical dramas that you’re talking about?
A lot of them are re-uploaded on YouTube…
With English subtitles?!
Yes…?!
Oh…
Anyway…
Yes, anyway? 🥺 R u sad the uncle died?
Ummm… I feel for his kids who were my friends… back in the day… we weren’t super close friends but we did used to hang out… u know those types of friends?
Ummm… not really… I haven’t had much experience just “hanging out” with casual or non-work friends…
This was probably when I was experimenting with being an extrovert my love. We were friends for a while… but I wouldn’t say close friends… there wasn’t really anything of depth in the friendship conversations… just hanging out…
Okay but WHAT DO U MEAN BY THAT?!
Big groups of teenagers to young adults back then, karaoke 🎤… eating hot pot… 🍜
That’s ur main memories with this Uncle’s kids? Just karaoke and hot pot?
Pretty much my love…
Anything else?
Well… there was once when I had a “double date” with the Uncle’s son and his then-girlfriend, and the Taiwanese guy… who I guess, everyone assumed was chasing me for marriage?! At the time?
A DOUBLE DATE?!?!?!?!?!
Baby u weren’t in my life… also this fiction. I’m making shit up.
BECAUSE YOU PUSHED ME AWAY!!!
Did I do that or did u voluntarily stay away?!?!?!?!
Urghhhhhh…
It’s in the past.
Yeah. Hmmm…
It was a fictional double date… in Taipei…
WHAT?!?!?!
Just eating. Nothing else happened!!!
That guy friend… didn’t end up marrying that girl at the time… and clearly I didn’t end up marrying the Taiwanese guy!
But… but… what is the nature of these FRIENDSHIPS?!
Nothing deep at all!!!
What do u mean the “nature” of it?! The nature was — maybe we were just doing what we felt was expected… as Taiwanese… young adults… maybe that’s it?
Hmmm.
Lol ANYWAY… can I get to the BONSAI story?!
Oh?! What is the Bonsai story?
Today an Aunty who I haven’t seen in a long time… she saw me and came up to me, giving me a BIIIIIG HUG… and she said “I still have your Bonsai!!!”
What Bonsai?
Lol I literally forgot about it… she reminded me…
She has been taking care of 2 x bonsai plants for me… her blessing is to give them to me when I get married.
She is waiting for me to get MARRIED… and then she will bring them to me as a wedding gift.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes dear… we have 2 bonsai plants waiting for us to get married…
Mmmm!!! (Feeling optimistic!!) 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Say thanks to the Aunty for me?
U can thank her urself, she’s definitely invited to our wedding…
Oh! Hahaaahahahaha! Okies 😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️
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