Sunday, 29 April 2007
After staying up until 3 am (Jay stayed up until 5 am) writing the eulogy, and going to set up things at Nu'uanu Mortuary at 1:30 pm, we estimated about 600 people were in attendance and/or came by to pay their respects throughout the afternoon.
Many city folks, city council members, friends, family, fraternity and sorority members, came to pay their respects.
It was an emotional draining event, with lots of stories, from Dad's Parks & Rec friends to his fishing buddies from the "Kapahulu Fishing Club" to his caregiver Pauline singing tearjerker songs, Dad's favorite "Follow Your Road" (which he said reminded him of me) and "His Eyes Are on the Sparrow". Jay and I made it through our eulogy, with tears of course, but there were funny moments of course. It was a nice tribute to Dad.
There was tons of Hawaiian food afterwards. Many people took home leftovers and enjoyed visiting with each other, looking at the slideshow and filling out stories and memories to add to the scrapbook I made.
We didn't leave until after 8 pm. Although it was exhausting, it was definitely a beautiful celebration of Dad's life.
We took apart the flower bouquets given by the Parks & Rec, Peng Hui Fraternity and others. I took some flowers to our house, and others to my grandparents' grave the next day, telling them to watch over Dad.
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