Monday, May 31, 2010

wesak day

woot! its wesak again! i hearts wesak! hehe

as usual..dis year we went to help out in the temple during this festive season :)

which temple? zeng zeng zeng.....its Mahindara Buddhist Temple



dere you go..a map to guide you there :)



* took those 2 pictures from google..hehe *

anyway...

some pictures taken during wesak eve







this is my lotus candle! err... not exactly mine..it belongs to the whole family :)

was taken before the lighting up ceremony





after the lighting up ceremony! they look gorgeous at night.. guess how many candles were lighted up that night?


guess?


1000?

nope..

2000?

nope...




its 5500!!!


5500 candles lighted up at once...whee..its pweety...





my nephew with his lotus candle





nice?
photo taken at night before we leave the temple..em..around 11smth pm i guess















the statue of the past 24 buddhas.. the flower arrangement were pweety too! they used yellow lilies!!









reclining buddha











the real buddha relics! original wan k..



wesak day!

helped to make milk drink ( aka air bandung) in the temple....

it was kinda fun tho.... had been doing it for few years d..

the process is kinda simple..we collect the milk which were offered to the buddha in the temple...then mix with some special ingredient to make the milk drink...


and...we serve them to all devotees for free!


wana noe the recipe?

1 litre of low fat milk









1 litre of fresh milk








2 tablespoon of rose essence







1 tablespoon of red colouring

1/2 cup of syrup ( boiled with pandan)


last but not least..

lots and lots of love!!!

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jamie serving the drinks :) omg..our face looked tired...






group picture! em..basically the group are my family members!haha



















our ambassador!! haha








after a whole day of hard work.. i was awarded my first reiki treatment! whee..
its suppose to de-stress you using some qi thing... something lidat la..haha
























the last picture :


3 members from the sap-ha-sap-ha gang :)

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