Belated Chang Festival Reunion Dinner

Our belated Chang Festival Reunion Dinner at Po-po's house last night turned out to be a 2-generation affair. This time around, we didn't have members of the 3rd generation around the dining table. Of course, many are overseas. Those in KK were either too busy in their work or caught up in the Church for the regular music practice or get-together or what have you.

Dumplings made by my wife in May 2024 for Dumpling Festival 2024 (Photos added on 01.07.2024)

Time is both our friend as well our enemy. The month of May can be remembered as a fairly sad month in that I attended two funerals and one wedding banquet in a period of three days. In one of the funerals, the eulogy was both a reflection of happy moments spent together and words of regrets. He wished he could have taken more time off to spend more time together with his loved ones than caught up with the ever unending cycle of work and routine. Of course as he said, that would not be possible now.

I always felt that attending funerals worth far more than listening to week-in and week-out of sermons. Funerals are moments of real people reflecting on impacts on lives, sacrifices made and inspirations of so called little and insignificant things by ordinary people.