Happy Wesak Day!

Ah, after all the weeks of preparing for wesak day, it is now over. Ever since i was born, wesak day has always been an important event in the family, like how christmas is to some families. Not one year have gone by that i didn't do anything on this day. From children sunday school sales in Brickfields, to teen dramas in Bubs, to our very own youth stall. Being the youthful youths as we are, our stall has always been the loudest, noisiest, and funniest(to me) in the past few years, be it funny antics, helium effects on broken male voices, or whatever.

So apart from the newly formed acappella group, this year is not much different. For our acappella performance, we sang five songs. Two buddhist songs, Lion Sleeps Tonight, In the Still of the Night, and our own version of one of the buddhist song. And for our contribution to the wesak fair, we sold lemonade and a game stall.

For many who are not familiar with what we do today other than the usual blessings/prayers..etc, there is also a food fair, where many people/devotees sell food, gifts, drinks, deserts and other things, which are paid using coupons and the proceeds goes to the building fund/other donations. Most of the Buddhist Organizations/Societies/Temples and so on, have been carrying similar event like this for as long as i can remember. It's a celebration for buddhists. One that i hope, in the near future, not only buddhists will celebrate. :)