A Walk with Buddha

May 19 - It's wesak day ! I always like wesak day as I think i'm able to find peace on this day. Though I'm a buddhist but I have not been to any of the dharma classes or even know a lot about buddhism. I respect this religion and i do believe Buddha does exist. That's all I can say.

Today, I joined Bee to attend the procession at Maha Vihara Buddhist Temple in Brickfields. It was my time joining the procession since the last time i did was during my time in KT. The procession started at 7pm. We were walking from the temple and went straight down to Dataran Merdeka before making a turn back to the temple. It sounded near but it wasn't. It took us 3 hours to walk while holding the lotus candles which cost us RM5 each. There was also a stranger just gave us some christsanthemum while wished us Happy Wesak Day during the walk. Though it was tiring but I find it meaningful. As i walked, i prayed that we will live in harmony. Both Bee and I also chatted a lot. Basically, we were catching up with each other since the last time i saw her was a month ago. The theme for this year's wesak celebration is “Creating a Harmonious Society with Compassion and Equality”. Hope this theme is achievable. I have been reading daily news on what happen to people in this world. So many natural disasters....few years back was Tsunami and lately Cyclone in Myanmar and the more recent was the earthquake that hit Sichuan. So many lives were taken in such a short period. not hundreds but thousands. It's sad that we can't do much but watch. I have given out some donations in terms of cash through my company's donation drive. Though not much but I hope it will at least help those who have survived.

Before joining Bee for the procession, Jeff asked me for lunch and joined him for the movie "The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian". It was my first time watching Narnia as i missed out the previous episode. It was worth watching though =).

Just dipped my tiring legs with Lavendar Salt which was given to me by Bee. She bought it from Prague when she was in Germany for holidays. Pampering myself is something I always wanted to do. hehe...

Fon