MCYS Funeral TV Commercial

I can't believe it. I teared last night. While watching a TV commercial. While watching a Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) Family commercial that is! What the heck?! Really seow ku-ku already.

Sigh. Fortunately I have a medical appointment later this afternoon at KK Hospital. Really must ask the doc if the hormones she'd prescribed for my PCOS of which I've been on for the last 3 months, is causing unusual emotional upheaval. I mean, tearing over a TV Advertisement, hor! MCYS must give me a token for even mentioning this.

So the ad goes like this. It's a funeral eulogy and the wife of the apparent deceased stands in front of her audience and explains that she's not about to sing the usual praises. Instead, she mentions (to the utmost horror of the old fogeys listening) about his snoring and farting issues which she's had to put up with all these years. Unless you were born on Mars, you understand that in the end, the things she used to think were issues with her hubby end up being what she would be missing most about her late husband.

I watched it for the first time last night with my son and hubby (munching on green peas and fried ikan bilis). It wasn't your usual short ad and we were asking if we'd stumbled upon one of those always interesting short films. The 'wife' (short haired lady in a sari) was so convincing and her thoughts so poignant and thought provoking that at the end of the ad, I tried not to give any indication that I was on an emotional roller coaster ride.

But of course my 12 yr old son had to know me better. He got up from sitting by my feet to peer into my eyes.
'Mum!' He continued to stare into my eyes. 'Are you CRYING???'
He goes on to shake his dad's legs, 'Mum is crying. Oh my goodness, Mum is crying after watching this!'

Thanks, kiddo. When you grow 'older', you'll understand where I'm coming from. Your dad and I have been through enough as a married couple to totally understand what that ad is saying. Your dad snores REAL loud and I, well, I have an abundance of flatulence. Not that my flatulence is dispensed the way his snores are every night. But it's enough for him and the kids to call it the atomic bomb (and that is with me behind closed bathroom doors ok?) So let's see, the ad's not trying to say all happily married couples snore and fart but you get the drift. There was once, as a younger married couple, we'd have been irritated to death by each other's quirks and fancies but we seem to have ridden out the storm now. We have well....grown older and I'm happy. I still sometimes flip myself over to sleep on the opposite end of the bed where hubby sleeps (my head at his feet) because his snoring keeps me awake but I've come to accept and love the fact that his snoring is an indication to me that his heart continues to beat in the same room as mine, at least.


Watch the ad online:
http://app.mcys.gov.sg/web/home_main.asp

Why I would drive traffic to MCYS' website, I dunno. Blame it on the hormones or maybe something called love.