A pLaCe fOr ThE hOmElEsS sOuLs...: September 2007

Yeah I was spending Merdeka in the FGS Temple in Jenjarom last Friday .... Hell it was a pretty hectic day. Woke up at 0600 hour and got home at 0030 hour yeah MIDNIGHT lolxx .... In fact very tiring as i only had 3 hours of sleep the night before .... lolxx

Reach FGS at 0830 hour ... and no it does not take 2 hours and 30 minutes to drive to Jenjarom from my place but i was tagging along in my aunts car with another 4 aunties which she had to pick up from scattered areas such as KEPONG ...

All i could say from that entire day spent in the temple was .... I NEVER HAD MEDITATE FOR FREAKING 5 HOURS IN MY ENTIRE LIFE ... yes ... u didnt read it wrongly it was 5 hours not including the morning session of prayers from 0930 hour till 1230 hour and then we had lunch and another meditation from 1400 hour till 2000 hour .....

I wonder how the sifu could take it ... well i was pretty NOT into this and lolxxx SLEPT for 30 minutes in the MAIN SHRINE in front of the BIG BUDDHA statue with all 25 sifu looking at me lolxxx ..... sorry la i didnt wanna do that oso really cant help it ba ..... 3 hours of sleep and they meditate so long and so slow pace it sounded exactly like a LULLABY singing me to sleep lolxx .....

Then after the meditation session we went all the way to KLANG to hunt for dinner and we had to wait for a freaking hour before we got our food .... i dont knoe if we re jus unlucky or wat but on the way home we got caught in the freaking jam for a freaking hour because there was a procession in front of us ..... haizz ..... so dao mei ....

All in all I did enjoy myself very much it was pretty much an EYE OPENING for me .... will i ever go to FGS again?? .... well i ll have to THINK TWICE the next time lolxx ... enjoy the pics below .... cchungww out !!

Main Shrine (yeah and i sleep in here lolxxxx )

Look how many ppl "kua tan" in the temple ... mind you this was only one of the many rooms lolxx

I wonder if i install one of these bells in my house will it be able to wake my bro up?

Was walking around the temple in one of the art exhibition by a Japanese artist but this one caught my eye as it reminded me of my bro ... instead of reading he s sleeping and eating both in the room =P

So cute the clogs jus reminds me of Amsterdam

Then its off to the kitchen for a tour ... This is the largest amount of food i ve seen prepared by so many people .... this was just one of the places where they temporarily stock the food to be placed on the Guan Yin table outside the main shrine

Love the fine art

So professionally done everything was well organised

Bian tang for lunch =)

See how many ppl are preparing the "Bian tang" for 1000 ++ people

Then its off for a wander around the gardens of FGS

After the morning prayer there s a ceremony where the monks carry a bowl in a row of 25 and walk in between the people ... and this people will place their donations in the bowl

This is just part of the crowd

The main sifu in the temple

Then it was off to lunch and i was sitting beside this Malaysian artist wor .... i dun even knoe him till my aunt told me he was a singer ... the best part was .... he seem to know my aunt sumhow gods knoes wat they were toking in mandarin and then it was ended with an "O mi tou fou"

This 2 pretty gals were the sort of escort for the people who were to bring the 25 sifu s food

The procession leading into the hall to serve the sifu

Sifu s were also presented with loads of gifts

This is the youth group (xing nian tuan) look wat are they wearing the gals are wearing those 6 inch clogs worn by olden days people .... wonder how many times they had to practice in order to avoid falling while walking around in that