Today is the 100th day of my mom’s passing.
I only know that we need to be at the temple for her 100th day. But didn’t know what to do. So me, my ‘Ang’, brother and my sister-in-law made our way to Leong San See temple at Race Course Road.
We laid out the vegetarian food offerings, fruits and drinks, offered incense and ‘let the feast begin’, while we sat there waiting for the feast to be ‘finished’.
Our conversation inevitably switches to the General Election. My brother, for one, has been more “politically involved” in the past decade than me. So he’s familiar with attending rallies, online media, SDA, SDP, SPP, WP, PAP and what not. He, to me, I feel is more skewed towards the opposition. He told me that before the elections, WP had already made rounds in his estate, which by the way is Kallang-Moulmein, and he had met with the candidates. It was later that PAP came around, where he was given advance notice of the walkaround by the RC.
We were chatting and talking about Goh Chok Tong and the party disparity, PAP new and young candidates, WP’s rally, Chiam See Tong and its supporters, etc. Frankly, nothing in much favour of the PAP. The usual coffee shop talk.
Then, we realised we did it. Out in the open, in front of my mother’s, father’s and sister’s tablets, we are not really flying the PAP flag.
My mom, for her whole life, supported PAP. She was there carrying the PAP flag on Nomination Day, on Polling Day, marching on National Day, she was even a PAP kindergarten teacher!!! She is going jump out of her grave if she know her 2 kids are not wearing white!
But again, my mom’s father was an avid opposition supporter in the old times, participating in the Hock Lee bus riots, or something like that in that nature. I can’t remember what exactly it was but I know my grandfather fought for his beliefs. My mom flew the flag for hers. And my brother and I shall act on ours too.
