Funeral

Here I am, an air raid siren has just sounded and I'm wondering what I'm still doing in Gumi. Was suppposed to be on the road by 9 this morning, riding east to the coast, but my partner's upsa, maybe went back to sleep, and now it's nearing the time of a possibly important event, that maybe I shouldn't miss. Yesterday afternoon my bosses mother died. She's been unwell, (in a coma for 8 months) for some time, and her time has finally come. Tradition here is all those concerned give money 20,000w or so, and bow twice to someone, the bereaved, the deceased, I don't really know. I'm thinking that I should go, maybe even shave before I do so, which gives me 35 minutes till we meet at one of the several hospitals in Gumi . . .