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Ah Ma's official photo.
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The wake/death announcement.
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Ah Ma's altar.
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The casket room and altars.
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The casket.
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The Ngans spending some time with Ah Ma.
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Getting ready for visitors on the first night.
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The Lens Men staff visiting.
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Ah Niong (official money handler) and Uncle Vincent (official treasurer) working on the day's takings.
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We collected close to S$24,000 in three-and-a-half days.
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Part of the first day's takings.
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No stealing!
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Des, Irvin and Kevin had the first night duty.
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We were exhausted since we had all been up since 4am or so. Although we managed to play Texas Hold'em through 2.30am and grabbed a middle-of-the-night snack, we were unable to stay very much awake by 4am. We took turns dozing off.
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Slacking off!
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Aunt Alice checking out the wreaths.
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We received about 60 wreaths in total.
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Dad checking out the wreaths, too.
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Wreaths have come a long way since Ye Ye's wake!
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Aunt Alice and Dad putting up additional tables.
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Each day, we had to extend our tent and put up more tables and chairs in anticpation of the growing crowd of visitors.
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Not enough tables and chairs on the second night.
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Ah Ma's altar from another angle. We served her breakfast, lunch and dinner each day.
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Auntie Muay and Ah Tun prepare good luck tokens for friends and relatives attending the funeral the next day.
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After folding two 10-cent coins into red paper, we then rolled the little package into handkerchiefs.
