Putting F-U-N in the FUNERAL

[public7enemy]

boring man sad gud kung tibouk gabie kang mangadye ug mag sud-ong sa namatay... dpat naa juy pampalipas oras like tong its, madjong ug uban pa...

[dearlabe]

og naai mamatyan..sadya man nuon kaau...murag reunion....hahhhahaha

Murag ana bro. Diba kasagaran magkapundok man gyud ang family if naay mamatyan? So might as well have fun nalang and celebrate not what's lost (the dead) but what we had- for the good and bad times.

[kuyabog]

Oh, my friends and family already know of how I want my funeral to be. Ang pagpirma nalang sa mga worms ang kulang. I'd invite one or two istoryans only as I'd want my funeral to be intimate yet fun.

ma invite kaha ko ani? para maka post ko sa thread nga Istoryans I have met..have fun

og naai mamatyan..sadya man nuon kaau...murag reunion....hahhhahaha

this is realistically true, labi na diri sa ato nga clannish kaayo ang family. it happened to me, when an aunt passed away, relatives from far, from distant provinces came home to pay their last respects.. exactly reunion gyud. and we remarked...magkita lang ta tanan if naay mamatay...

yeah.. sakto si TS... why not make funerals fun...and The Kid is right.. lets make it a grand reunion as well

[farmboy]

Let me share a true story, of FUN in a funeral. It has a kind of twist in it, be the judge.


A few years ago, my aunt passed away of old age. All my cousins, who were scattered throughout the country as they pursued their living came home to our barrio. Like The Kid said, it was a grand reunion.

Since my aunt died peacefully in her sleep, there was no hint of pain of the loss, in fact, they were glad that their mother had finally found restful sleep.

Their original religion was Roman Catholic, my aunt remained faithful to that until her death. But all my cousins converted to become Born -Again. This is where the F-U-N part came about.

Two of my cousins are talented stand up comics, a talent they must have inherited from their father who was the town wisecrack in his time. They had two kinds of religious services going on during the wake. A Catholic service was followed by a Born-Again service. It was during these Catholic service where you could never miss the giggles especially in the midst of my cousins, as my two comedian cousins take turns in nibbling at the Catholic Lay Minister or even at the Priest officiating the mass. And mind you, these two are accomplished comics, you can not help but grin as if Adam Shandler or Jim Carrey was there making fun, at the expense of the religious service of a different faith.

Little is there to contain more boisterous laughter as soon as the Catholic services are over. Fuelled with food and beer, the nights of that wake seemed every bit a joyful reunion.

No tears were shed as we laid to rest the aunt. They were cracking jokes right up to the cemetery. These were close cousins but I began to keep my distance as it became offensive and disrespect to make fun of such.

I am posting this because I met one of these cousins at the cemetery yesterday....and she asked me...asa daw to gilubong iya mama...my aunt! I remembered this thread as I answered her... yeah...have F-U-N in your mother's funeral....and a daughter will even forget where a mother was buried...

[OmegaRed]

mao jud.. kay anha naman gud magkatapok ang mga kaliwat kng naa mamatay.. mag cge daun og istorya sa mga kagahapon.. nya alegre jud kaau.. imbis magool cge na noon og katawa.... nganu jud kaha na sa?

[kuyabog]

ganahan ko ani dah..

pwede i- invite ang eat bulaga sa ako funeral? hahahaha

[brian joshua]

TS.....kamatay na arun pakals na sd...
wa pa ra ba ko huwasi sa sinulog...
apilig ilimnun ha?

[balipseyev]

Mura naman sad gud ug reunion if naa mamatyan....

[m.garz]

suwayi sah daw TS..

[john_yo]

ang title og translaton sa binisaya kay "yaga-yagaan nato ang patay" hehehe