Nirvana Memorial Park

Nirvana is a cementary for mainly chinese and also christian to pay their respect to their loved who no longer here, the service that Nirvana provide is good if you happened to need to plan a funeral, they basically plan and do everything for you. well, hopefully this review wasn’t really awkward to read but if you are happened to seeking some funeral service, you can actually pick nirvana, they even own a big land as cementary.
My Ancestors had switched to Nirvana after being tomb at Kepong but my family decide to switched them to Nirvana, although they are far away from where we lived but the environtment is chilly and quiet. but when it hits to the season of Qingming Festival. Man… trust me, you better don’t go for the exact day, they also have strict rules like you can have fire crackers or fireworks since people probably coming at the time like 4am as earliest. sounds creepy? NOT WHEN IS QING MING! you better pick few days or week before the exact day. what special about this place is there is also christian tomb. so there is not just buddism.
For me, is a good place with the finest service and the environment is clean.

I went to Nirvana Memorial Park last week for the wake service held for my friend’s mom. I have never been here before and this was my first time. This place amazed me the minute I drove into the parking lot as it was so systematic and monitored well. There’s plenty of parking space available and is monitored by the guards. As I walked in, I noticed all the little details that made this place look very classy and well maintained. The service was held at the second floor and the moment I reached, I could see how organized they were in preparing and arranging the seating. Also, they brought in many extra chairs for us late comers who had to stand behind. They also had a buffet spread of finger food and refreshments. The whole service was very well coordinated by the friendly staffs there with very little/​minimal noise. I was very amazed by the services provided and how they handled the situation. Although it was a very sad night, I was glad to see that the service went on without a glitch, thanks to the efficient staff members who coordinated the service well.

it is the day of Ching Ming (paying respect to ancestors) and always around March and morning is where the jam starts so some people will go super early like 6 or 7am before the jam but as always i have brothers who takes time to wake up and all so in the end, they did not want to go, it was just me and my parents.
We arrived about 40minutes from our place and jam was starting in the opposite direction, Passing by Alice Smith school, we have arrived and paid respect to god first and tell them my grandparents number of tombstone before proceeding to praying my grandpa. It was about 100metres to the tomb and my dad was already panting (unhealthy) and we cleaned the tomb, i was amazed how after renovation the tomb looks so much better than a crack on the floor, the staff even help clean the grave before us so we were all set to start. First, pray to god and tell god you are at the grave, then throw colourful prayers paper around the grave and light up 3 joy sticks and place it around the grave, prepare the food to be served and open up all the prayer paper (gold) for it to be burn. After we burn the prayer paper which is gold, small car and many more, wait for a few minutes and then you can start eating the food but some people just leave it there. My Grandpa grave is lightened up and thank god for a big tree above us if not i will die of heat!
As for the grave site, Nirvana has change the route system to one way which is so much better and the all new temple is completed which is so much better now that there will be better ventilation and smoke will not go in my eyes. This place is quite neat and clean. On the way back, my dad horned to an ice cream man just to have some ice cream during a hot day. His so cute.

Not pleasant to start off writing but this is something I wished to share. I was once here (my one and only time *fingers crossed*) to pay my last respect to a friend’s uncle whom had unfortunately passed away while he undergo his liver transplant months back in India.
We (my cousin and I) arrived during the night and realised that there are ample space for parking available for friends /​relatives to come and pay their respect. But the place is quite dark and it was a little muddy perhaps due to the rainy weather. Its an open parking space so we had to bear with that.
We were specially quite scared and blur and didn’t know our way into the building but fortunately we were not alone. There are several entourage entering the building and we followed the crowd. To my surprise, the entire building was very comfortable and it is air conditioned. There are staff there to guide you and you won’t be lost. They are very helpful and they know which families are located on which floor.
When we arrived to the second floor, there are few other families who were conducting their prayers too. I didn’t really dare to look at any of the ceremonies or any other people because I learnt that it is a taboo and will bring you bad luck if you looked into the picture of the deceased if you are just passing by. I literally had to whisper words of prayers and kept my mind clear while walking towards my direction. My friend’s uncle was at the last corner and all were in a sober atmosphere, I can feel that!
We paid some bereavement money as a token of respect and went inside the prayer’s room to pay our respect. Nirvana does not allow the usage of essence joss sticks instead were only allowed to use flowers as a replacement. After 3 bows we went in one round to see the body of the deceased. Again, I was extremely afraid and the words of prayers did not leave my mind. I kept repeating myself and held my fingers crossed.
After the short prayers, we went out and seat just to try chilling out with the family members — although I knew none of them. Then to divert my mind, I started looking elsewhere and was pretty shock to see what people called as a 5 star service for funeral arrangement. Water and snack comes with a package — how convenient.
We stayed for 15 minutes before my friend had to go back to the prayer room to continue the prayers.
To me, this is a whole lot of a new experience to learn. Felt that I’ve grown up even more and of course due to respect, no pictures were taken inside of the building!