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So how was Wesak Day for you if you are a Buddhist ? Wesak Day or also known as Vesak is to commemorate events of significance to Buddhists of all traditions which are the birth, enlightenment and the passing away of the Buddha. I woke up quite early to head down the nearest temple with my dad which is the Thai Buddhist Wat Chetawan Temple at Jalan Gasing.

The crowd at this temple is considered a lot especially when it was only about 7.30am. Well, it is still one of the biggest if not the biggest temple around Petaling Jaya. Moreover, parking here is quite convenient. The weather was good too yesterday morning.

The joss sticks had to be removed quite frequently because there were so many of it until there isn’t any space left for others to put their joss sticks there. It was so smoky that it irritates the eyes, well after all it is just once a year.

The main hall where the Buddha is was packed too especially the blessing area. Even when there are notices outside the hall stating that joss sticks aren’t allowed to be brought into the hall, still there were people bringing joss sticks in. There was a man kept on announcing not to bring in but still people couldn’t bother to listen to him. I wonder if they do not understand what he was saying or just simply inconsiderate ?

So donations have been improved in such a way that you could donate some money to exchange for coins and put it in the box provided as shown in the above photo.

In this Wat Chetawan Temple, there is this area where you get to exchange for coins and then going one round ringing the bells. Well it is always nice to ring the bell, the sound of the bell kick starts a beautiful morning.

This lady pointed out to ring the bell and so should everybody who came to this temple. I happened to snapped this and didn’t realized that it looks as though she was pointing at the bell.

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Wesak Day although it is already over. I hope you had a great time visiting temples yesterday to celebrate Vesak. May God bless you always.

Well I am quite a big fan of Marié Digby after I first listened to her acoustic cover version of Rihanna’s “Umbrella”. She is just so talented and gifted that she deserves every bit of success she’s having at the moment. Now GAP presents Marié Digby live in Kuala Lumpur, a really good opportunity to catch her live for the fans here in Malaysia.

Don’t know who Marié Digby is ? Marié Digby is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. She is best known for her acoustic cover version of Rihanna’s number one hit “Umbrella” which was originally posted on YouTube and it was then spread across the Internet. Well I think many have heard of her after her first official single “Say It Again” was aired on radio stations. Her debut album titled Unfold was released on April 8, 2008. Never listened to her songs before ? If you would like to listen to some of her songs then you may listen to it at her official YouTube channel.

Now as stated in the poster she will be in One Utama on the 14th of May 2008 which is a Wednesday at 8pm and the admission is free. The event will be held at the new wing, ground floor, near the GAP outlet. Also, you can get a copy of her album “Unfold” on that day which will be sold there and you stand a chance to get that album autographed by Marié Digby herself. Since it is free, there will be no excuse like “the ticket is too expensive”. This event is brought to you by GAP.