My sister just sent me pictures of us cousins and my uncles, aunts and nephews when we were there at my grandfather’s wake. Although the occasion called for us to bereave, we looked like we were having a ball! Forgive us since it was the first time in a long time that we saw family we were really very close to. Check out the pictures uploaded in this album.

Wakes do bring family and friends together but I just hope that the next time we all see each other won’t be in another deceased relative’s wake.

The patriarch of my paternal family passed away last saturday, on the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh year after the millenium.

He was one of the greatest minds during his time: an inventor, entrepreneur and a human calculator. Also a music virtuoso in his own right. He fiddles with the violin well and plays music by ear on the piano. He’s got a huge cd collection to show his love for the classics, big band jazz and some contemporary music.

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