If I were to asked how I want to die, I want to die from an incurable illness wherein I will be told that I only have few months to live. It can be cancer, alzheimer’s, leukemia, lupus or anything except rabies and AIDS. In this way, even if it is physiologically painful for me because of the slow process of death, at least I and my family will have time to prepare for everything. I know that it’s still too early for me to say this but I decided to write this post because in case I die from sudden death, there is no way I can tell my family the things I want to happen. And besides, discussing this with them while I’m still healthy and alive is also a bad idea.
When I die from sudden death, I want to donate my organs including my heart, my liver, my kidneys, my bone marrow and my cornea. Hopefully all will still be in good condition.
When I die, I want my remains be laid down on a simple silver-colored casket wearing my church’s choir member uniform. I want my face done with just light make-up on and my hair tied with a black ribbon. I don’t want any jewerly on my body just my watch on my left wrist. I don’t want any huge portrait of me displayed anywhere in our house during my wake because I know how terribly unphotogenic I am.
During my wake, I want my family to wear only white and I want them to serve the people paying me visit with only my favorite snacks which are wan-wan rice crackers, nissin coco biscuits and zesto choc-o. During the night, I want my favorite classical musics played and in the day my favorite songs. They are listed in the playlist of my phone. I want my wake to last for only 7 days and on the last night, I want a live band to perform.
On the day of my interment, there will be no eulogies or whatsoever ceremonies for the dead but I wish a short film about my life will be shown; a film that will start from my childhood memories up to the age when i died, a summary of how i lived my life. I want to be buried on a high place, on a mountain or on top of a hill and I want the songs “All myself to you”, “Time Forgets, “I”, “Our Same Words (orchestra version) and “He knows my name” be played while my coffin is being buried. Beside my burial site, I want a dogwood seedling planted.
After my interment, I want my family and friends to gather in a resort or at any place where they can relax and enjoy, eat my favorite dishes and forget the tiring and stressful 7 days of my wake.
When I die, I won’t allow anyone to mourn. They can cry as much as they want about my loss but not mourn. I want the things I left be kept in a box but my clothes will be donated to charity or distributed among my nieces. I also want my formspring, facebook, and tumblr deactivated. The only blog that will remain will be my livejournal. I’m the only one who has the access to it anyway.
When I die, I want my family and friends to forget the date of my death so they won’t celebrate my death anniversary because I want them to remember me on the day that I was born.
I’m not yet dying and if I were to asked, I still want to live longer but we all know that just like you the life I have is just borrowed and we’ll never know as to when this will be claimed. So when I’m gone I hope my family reads this because these are my last wishes the dead me can no longer say.
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