It is noted that when the Tay family, now without the late Mrs. Tay, when having breakfast together, all of have them have a dark coloured cloth pinned to the right sleeve of their clothes respectively. In the context of the Singaporean Chinese funeral when it is not a Christian funeral, it is the mourning pin, which used to be where the immediate family members of the deceased have to wear from the first day of the funeral for either 49 or 100 days. The reason the Tay family all wore it on the right of their respective sleeves is because the deceased is a female, as the left sleeve is for a male.