Mom already prepared the offerings of daily requisites for the temples earlier.
On the way , the bus driver went to collect others devotees a long the road. In the bus the organizer distributed mineral water and the potato bun.....so soft...and nice for my breakfast..
When the sky went a bit brighter.....Goodness ! I'm worry...will it be raining? Hope not so, because it will be my beautiful day....my off day...and I'm having one day tour to seven temples! Please......Exposed to Thai culture....in Northern part of West Malaysia.
The first temple that we reached was WAT SRI MAHAPO, Baling Kedah. Tel : 019-5939582, 4705114. Then we were invited to take the porridge chicken ...my......my.....very delicious with the special soya sauce.
Then we went to do some donation....well ! This was the tradition...clipped the money on the lidi (soft stick) which beautifully decorated and pierced on the small banana tree. Well like this one....
Then we started to do the Pamsukula ceremony ( a small ceremony to offer monk's robe). The chief monk accepted it. The devotees started to offer the items that brought by themself. See...they had the water pouring ceremony while transfered merits. Everyone also use fingers to slightly hold each other blouse until completed the ceremony.
This building is still under construction. The time we wanted to leave this temple. Wow ! Heavy raining...run ...run...run...we run up to the bus......There were 7 buses for these trips....
Waiting for a while...then started our journey to the second temple. Ooops ! Rain stop ! The second temple we went was WAT CARUK PADANG, Sik, Kedah. Tel: 04 - 4693519
We were invited to take biscuits and coffee. See !
Well ! The ceremony not yet started, so I walked around. I saw a small hut which some of them prayed for the sampan (a very small old boat). At last I read for the old papers sticked on the wall. oh...actually, this sampan, more than 200 years ..was found in this area. The sampan had been adopted by this temple.
Then I went to the back and saw a few things build with glass bottle. Well ! In Hatyai, South Thailand..also had this kind of creative art....
We went into the temple to listen to short dhamma from the chief monk. Then began the robe offerings and other items. Later, the chief monks blessing us with Thai style....showering us with the chanting blessing water.....
Then we quickly left and moved to the third temple. WAT CHONG CHARERN SUDDHAWARD,Kampung Chong, 08200 Sik, Kedah. Tel: 04 - 4694251, 019 - 4950199 Well ! A beautiful temple....good scenery from the front view.
In this temple, we took lunch. We took package rice with red syrup drink.
After the lunch meal, we started the ceremony. Almost the same for every temples.
We went the fourth temple, WAT THAT CHAREON, Kampung begia, sik, Kedah. Tel : 04 - 4647224, 012 - 5847938. They invited to take the green beans soup. Wow ! very nice soup.....
This was the bus we took. Here, the school bus mostly will be use as a tour bus in Weekends or school holidays.
By the time we wanted to leave the temples..well ! we came to know 2 women fainted. One of them did not take the High Blood Pressure pils (Need to know very well for own health status)...another one not sure. well ! They were sent to the hospital.
We moved to the fifth temple, that was WAT KURA,Wat Kampung Kura, Mukim Jenari, Sik, Kedah. Tel : 04 - 7520497 We were invited to take the fried Mee Hoon in the dining hall. Very nice Fried Mee Hoon with the small Chilli Padi !
The surrounding of the temples look like these....Wow ! so creative.....Tortises holding the light round the fence of the temple....cute one......
Then we moved to the sixth temples, WAT BUKIT PERAK, Pendang, Kedah. tel : 019 - 4319394 It looks like very nice temple from outside. Wow ! With the Thai songs....really looks like we are in Thailand. The surrounding of temples also very nice. we were invited to have Loh Mee (noodles) and Fried rice. Somehow I just can only taste a bit of them....stomach full already....
Meanwhile very good to hear the two women who were fainted just now, already in the good condition.
After the ceremony, we went to the seventh temple, and the last for the ne day tour temple. The temple was WAT OLAK MADU, Sidam kiri, Padang Serai. They invited us to take the pork porridge when we reached. Well ! I just took a bit. It was because already very full in stomach.
Have a look for this temple scenery................
We went into the temple hall...Wow ! this one is a bit special. There were many beautiful wall paintings about the story of Buddha. The chief monk is very good at speaking Hokkien. We did the last offering in this temple.
Then we left the temples and we reached home at about 8.30 pm. A very nice trip. Mom and I love that. It's hard to get chance to do good deeds. Yesterday we went for so many temples.....we got 7 chances to be practising good deeds.....Happy days ! Sadhu ! Sadhu ! and Sadhu !
