Wesak Day

Wesak dawn has paced in softly.....
Again, for Buddhist to celebrate this very sacred day.Wesak is a day where Buddha borned as a prince, Buddha gained enlightenment, and the day Buddha passed away into Nibana.Wesak day has a great meaning for every Buddhist.

Wesak day is a yearly event for BMSM Kajang.In such a sacred day, we celebrate the day by remember the teaching of the Buddha. Besides that, this is a day for us to transfer our merit to the passed away, and not forget victims of Myanmar Storm and China Earthquake.

Like last year, we had oil lamp donations.But the difference is we had fund raising for the coming 4 storey building.So following is some activities we had done for the wesak eve and wesak day itself.

~YB Lee giving a short opening speech~
~Brick donation stall~
~Building bricks(Complete one will be upload shortly)~

~Performance by kids~
~Public speech by Bro. Sanjay~
~Performance by Ananda class"We are the leaves of one tree"~
~Moment of silence for those victims of disaster in Myanmar and China~
~Bhante leading in oil lamp lighting ceremony~

~Puja and chanting~


~Oil lamp~

~Mini procession~
So basically that's all for the activities.
*More images will be upload soon*

Graduate Lunch

10th May....
Today Sis Khoo brought the SPM graduates of ananda class for a lunch at the Curve,Empress Cafe.To celebrate our hard work after 12 years of study and for our whole new turning point of life.
Besides experienced some special and delicious foods, we had some small discussion together.About our future.....
Like what teacher used to said last time....The world is so big, there are lots for us to learn.Just about the difference in foods .It did remember us about the seven wonders in the world.Besides the "seven",there are still lot of wonders around the world that we dont know......so we must not stop learning
Besides that, we must have a good EQ.Useless for us to study to a high level but get lost in the communication skill.
Graduated from form 5 is another turning point inour life.Follow up is the new challenges,totally different things......A lot of decision to be made ...by ourselves.

So....graduates...all the best !!!!!

*p/s: due to off track in the post, the latest post will be on Wesak day.

April movie sharing session-- Fly Away Home

19th April 2008

In conjunction with April movie sharing session, we had shown the movie "Fly Away Home".

The story is about Amy (Anna Paquin) , a young teenager when she loses her mother to a car accident. Because of it, she moves in with her father (Jeff Daniels). Amy finds her new life absolutely miserable, until she finds abandoned goose eggs from when the developers tore up the forest behind her home. They soon hatch and Amy becomes their "mother" and takes care of them. Winter quickly arrives, and the geese must go south. But who will show them the way? It is up to Amy and her father to make sure that the young geese find their way, and with the assistance of her father's invention, they do just that

This indeed is a touching and inspiring movie.

So we have a short sharing session by Bro. Chook.Back to the point of nature, we as a part of nature really needs to do a lot for the others livng organisms in this world.As shown in the movie,the hunters are killing the geese just for their own desire.

Bro. Chook also mention about carbon-credit.Where people are doing sorts of activities to balanced back the carbon dioxide they make each days.

To adapt to a certain environment and weather, sometimes animals need migrate to other places.For examples are birds, aquatic animals......so,we as a human should protect and reserve the environment for the others so they will not extinct and continue livng.....

Qing Ming Memorial Service

13th April 2008

Today is Qing Ming memorial service that center organised each and every year.This is a yearly event where we tranfer our merit to our passed away parents and relatives.And a moment that we apprectiat what we have now.

After puja, we have nuns to lead us in a chanting.We chant along also cant really follow some part.Then follow up by monks.Chant basically is about the transfer of merit to the departed one and with those around.

There are also some offering made to those departed one.In a basket with fruits,sweet,water,candles,biscuit,tea leaves and flowers

After the chanting, we had dana.

Qing Ming besides a time to miss those passed away, it is also a day to appreciate those still around.