During the recent funeral, I took the opportunity to snap away some photographs for memory. Most of them were to remain private although a fair few are on show on the following pages.

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Thanks for indulging.

Dadi passed away at around 10 pm, Sunday 25th March 2012, at Mami Lah's house in Seberang Jaya. As soon as I heard the news, we made plans to leave for Penang. I drove at midnight with Mak and Ba. Julia followed suit with her family in a convoy. We reached Seberang Jaya just before 4 am.

Mak reading the Quran with my cousin, Ajilah. By the time Dadi was ready for her final bathing, we managed to finish the Quran.

The look on my Uncle, Mamu Kabeer said it all. He travelled a day earlier from Nilai as soon as he heard that Dadi took a turn for the worse. Right behind him was my youngest uncle, Mamu Mi. He had been around since earlier in the day, during the final hours of arwah.

My Dad, Ba. He was asleep all the way up from Kuala Lumpur while I was driving. He was the second in the family. And he looked the freshest.

Ba stayed at my Aunt's place, while me, Mak with Julia and her family checked into a nearby hotel, catching some much needed sleep. I managed a couple of hours, before waking up to rearrannge my clinic.

The crowd had already gathered when I brought Mak and the rest of the family to Mami Lah's house the next morning. All the immediate family were there, including a number of my cousin's. We were waiting for the bathing then.

This is Imran. He is Julia's eldest, my nephew. He is 12, the same age when Dadi's husband, my Dada passed away in 1984.

Me, in my sarong and Crocs. For easy menouvering. 

The curtains on the right side was up. Dadi would be having her final bath there, by the lady members of my family.