This video offers a poignant sociological insight into how elaborate funeral rituals prioritize communal healing over individual financial pragmatism. It effectively highlights the high cost of maintaining social cohesion in a culture where no one is left to grieve alone.
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Celebrating JR.'s Life PhilippinesAdded:
All right. Good evening. Afternoon.
Evening. Yeah. 8 o'clock. Quarter after 8.
Oh, 28 today, I think.
Losing track of days, but uh yeah, we're uh doing our thing here.
taken care of.
>> Yeah, I guess we're taking care of what we got to take care of here with Killer Bee's father in the funeral and all the goings on that goes on in the Philippines when you have a death in the family.
It's uh it's new to me. It's new to me. It's been explained a few times and I'm forgetful, selective.
>> But the body is back at the house.
He's been embombed. He's in a >> transparent plexi last glass coffin.
Looks good. I've seen him myself.
And all these uh friends and members are continuously coming over. Last night was quite a turnout. Wow.
I'm sure at least a hundred when I was there.
>> I'm not sure. I believe Tuesday I think Tuesday is going to be the funeral. So, it's going to be going on for seven, eight, nine days. It's a huge event. People don't work and uh costing me a small fortune, I'll tell you that.
Uh I don't know how it gets done without money with the people that don't have any cuz these people don't have any if it wasn't for me.
But it's uh probably two or three grand I'm sure it's going to cost me. That's uh once he's deceased to get her all over and done with death certificates and blah blah blah. I don't know. I just print more. You know what can I do?
But uh he's rested in peace wherever he is.
Uh one of the viewers there, [ __ ] we haven't even got him in the ground yet. He's trying to get in a pissing match in the comment section.
Well, thanks for commenting, but uh I'm an atheist, buddy. And all my viewers, I'm an atheist. So, uh I don't know what the [ __ ] goes on after you die. You die, man. Lights out.
But, uh some people think this, that, and the other thing. And I don't have an invisible person up in the sky there that's guiding me.
So, if you have an invisible person up in the sky guiding you, so be it. But uh you don't those those [ __ ] directions don't [ __ ] guide me.
So this uh this is my channel.
I'm a what do you want to call it? A creator. I create content. Is it true?
Well, that's what fact checkers are for.
>> You want to [ __ ] be a fact checker, go right a [ __ ] ahead.
>> Anyways, enough about that.
Life's pretty good here without the exception of everything's on [ __ ] hold now.
Um, I got myself a new welding mask. Uh, the welder came with the mask.
I'd bought uh conventional one I don't know, 6 months ago when the roof started for the other guys. They've never even used it.
But I got myself a new one today. It was less than a,000 pesos.
It's a solar panled auto [ __ ] tint blah blah blah.
Never used it or one like it, but I got one now. Brand new in the box.
That's it there.
Kind of stoked about Maybe I did use one. I don't know. The last time I was playing around with a plasma cutter there a couple years ago back back in Canada for shits and giggles. I might have I might have used one. I can't remember.
But, uh, yeah, we got motorcycles parked where I want to be working.
So, she's pretty busy over here right now.
I did There's a water manifold over there with styrofoam on it. And you can see the one line gets uh buried there. Well, I buried it today.
Saw people from tripping over it. And that's just extra water we got right now.
And you can see the lights over there.
That's where everything's going on.
They're singing away there. Here she comes. What's going on there?
>> Yo, what's up?
>> What's up? You want to go in the house?
>> No.
>> Okay. I got the keys if you do. So, >> you want to go there?
>> I'm I'm going to go for a little walk over there.
>> Over there?
>> Yeah. Is it okay?
>> Huh? You got all your relatives here?
>> Yeah.
There's Kate doing her thing thing.
>> Oh, I'm just talking to my camera.
>> Where's my mom?
>> Your mom's around here somewhere. Are you okay?
>> Yeah.
>> What are you drinking?
>> Coffee.
>> Coffee. Is it hot?
>> You like sugar in it or >> it's okay. Enjoy it.
>> I'm the one who's making it.
>> Right. Right. You going to go for a race? Show them who's faster with your long legs?
>> No.
>> No. Enjoy your coffee. Like, oh my god.
I cannot I >> Sorry. Sorry.
>> It's okay. The the flashing >> I know. I can't turn it off though.
>> I can like every time I cannot wait to see my uncle.
>> Is your uncle here or not the one you're hoping for?
>> Joel. Joel?
>> No. Like my father's side.
>> Okay. Oh, is he coming?
>> I don't know though.
>> Right. Keep You know what he looks like?
>> Yeah.
>> Keep looking for him. He might be here.
>> Yeah, maybe.
>> Okay. I hope so. Sigh.
I want to go inside.
>> Oh, I got the key.
>> It's okay. Okay.
>> I think Sai's father's somewhere on the mountain over here.
So, uh, she'll get to see her uncle on her father's side, which is a rarity.
So, that's good for her. She should know both sides of her family.
So, I got the lucky les machine over here.
Busy busy. You don't want the house key?
No.
>> Okay. Probably don't need to have it locked up, but I just do.
>> No, I got it locked.
>> But I'll give you the key. You want the key?
>> I mean, no.
>> Okay. Okay. Okay.
>> Car's open, I think. Go check it out.
>> You going to go sit in there and drink coffee and pretend she's driving.
>> Hey, all the kids are uh playing games.
Got to like it. If this wasn't going on, it'd be pretty quiet over here. Hey. All right.
>> Happy, happy, happy.
>> Look at all the motorcycles.
>> It's a biker world.
>> Yeah.
>> You guys playing kick the can?
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Where's the can? Who's got the >> Who's Who's got the can, man?
>> You guys got to get the can.
>> So, yeah. You can see city lights down below there. They're not city lights.
They're village lights.
I can hear the odd cricket chirping.
See the moon way up there above the wires.
You hear a motorcycle coming from far away.
But this is it, man. Province life when somebody dies.
I don't want to blind everybody with my uh camera light. Hey. Hey.
Normally all this activity wouldn't be going on here. She would be quiet.
>> Quiet. Quiet. Quiet. But this is all because of the funeral.
It is. It is. It is.
All right.
Hello. Hello. Hello. Don't want to blind everybody.
>> Hey.
>> Good evening.
>> Good evening.
All right. Hey. Hey. Hey.
Wow. Bunch of people again. Another good turnout.
>> I'm not going to barge through here, though.
Look at the rooftop guy.
Car car.
Yeah. Busy, busy, busy.
Lots of people. Looks good.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
Wow.
Wow. All right. Sorry.
>> Yeah. I didn't want to barge right through the crowd there and don't know what everyone's doing. Just reminiscing maybe.
Something like that.
I do make the odd appearance.
I'll go see Killer B over there. Give her some support.
Wonder if Kate's in the car there pretending she's driving.
Yeah, I hope she does get to see her uncle on her father's side. Just she's got her brother she knows of but doesn't know.
Just I can't imagine the confusion confusion for the poor little girl, you know, being cur curious. She tells me she doesn't want to make me mad. I said I won't get mad. Why would I get matches? I don't know. I encourage it, but it's just too bad.
>> Typical irresponsible dad, you know.
>> Hey, bro.
>> Hey.
>> Hey.
>> Hey. Good evening. Yeah. This is a sleepy corner in the hammock.
>> Hey.
>> Hey.
Your vlogs. Blogs.
>> I blog a little bit. Yeah, I do. I do. I do. I do. Just seeing what's going on over here from a different angle. So, what what's your name?
>> I'm Lass.
>> Lass.
>> Lucky Lucky Lass in the Phil >> Lucky Lucky Lass.
>> Lucky Lass in the Philippines on YouTube.
>> What are you from?
>> Canada originally.
>> Canada.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Right on.
Yeah. Oh boy.
Busy, busy, busy.
>> Hello. Hello. Hello.
>> As you can see, it's a full house over here. Hey, >> be comfortable. It's okay. I can see Beverly way over there.
>> That's uh over there.
But I'm going to go back around the other way. There's Jer getting cups.
>> Sneak by you there, buddy.
>> I am I am dance. I am dance.
>> Dance.
>> Yes, I am dance.
>> Oh, you dancers. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Dance.
>> Dancing's cool. It's fun. So, you get all the the ladies if you can dance.
So, this goes on every day for a week plus, man.
Honest to God's truth.
And I'm not much of a night crawler since my accident, you know. I uh you've all heard me cry before.
But I don't get out at night much anymore. Uh historical traditionally since my accident.
I'm in bed now.
>> That kind of winded me.
>> And uh yeah, this is what they're all going to do. I'm just going to keep visiting and tell stories and reminisce until Tuesday where I guess we all go down the funeral home. Unreal, eh?
Absolutely. So, thank God he's resting in peace. The heat's off the family.
No more diapers, no more prescriptions.
Just got to return the oxygen bottles at her, not at at our leisure, but like within the month.
I got car registration coming up.
I got uh till the 22nd for my visa.
Life is good. They'll be back to work here.
I guess it's still seven days away for them.
And because [ __ ] it's killing me, man.
Where all the bikes are laying down in the chapel over there or parked.
>> I want to lay some metal down there.
>> Hey, hey, >> hello. Hello. Hello. Look at all these freaking dogs.
>> But, uh, we got bikes coming and going 24/7, >> and I'm just not into trying to level some ground out here with my bricks to do a lay down to I want to make my little A-frame for my lean to for my roof. Hey. Hey. Hi. Hi.
>> Hey.
>> Hey. Hey you guys.
>> Hey you.
>> I can't hear you kicking the can.
>> Hey. What's up?
>> What's up my friend?
>> Hey my friend.
>> All right. Hey.
>> What's your phone?
>> Hey.
>> What's your phone?
>> My phone. Yeah. Yeah. My channel.
Okay. I'm going to uh I'm going to say goodbye.
>> The gang. This is the gang.
>> What's your name?
>> What's your name?
>> What's your name?
>> I'm Les. Lucky Less.
>> Kuya Lester.
>> Kuya Lester. Yeah. Right.
All right.
>> What's your page? Your Facebook?
>> Uh, my Facebook is uh I don't know, but YouTube. Lucky Less.
>> Lucky Less.
>> Lucky Less in the Philippines.
>> Lucky Less.
>> All right. There you go. Peace out you guys. Thanks. Bye-bye.
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