Mournful New Year Eve

The plan to celebrate of welcoming year 2006 was shattered to pieces when I received a call from my Dad on 30th dec when im working , telling me that my grandma has just been sent to the angels.
I was in shocked although we all already well prepared due to her poor condition recently. Tears started to gather at the brim of my eyes after I put down the phone. I don't intend to cry in office but when I called sweetFatBen to deliver the news, tears already rolling down my cheeks. I left office at about 7pm (It's year end closing!) and went back to palmspring to collect some stuffs. Reached Seremban about 11pm and straight to my grandma's house where the funeral was being held. The prayer was already over for that night. We changed into white t-shirts & black pants and proceed to the coffin to see my grandma. She looks peaceful in there. We can only see the head as the body was covered with yellow cloth. Dad said we are allowed to go home as we are not following the chinese-styled funeral. The funeral was hosted by Soka Gakkai association , japanese kind of association. It was pretty easy, not like chinese where u have to kneel and stand for hours, cannot bath, cannot go home, etc. All we did was sit and listen, when they ( the associate) prayed.
Saw all my cuz, that only met once a year, during CNY. So we have quite a family gathering for the new year celebration. I wanted to take pictures of everyone but mom said no.We slept at about 11.30pm on the new year eve nite. Too knackered to wait for year 2006. No fireworks. No cheers. No alcohols......
My grandma was buried on 1st January 2006 at Sendayang memorial park , beside my grandpa's grave.