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“In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm. During the Qingming Festival the living descendants pay homage to their ancestors and on Ghost Day, the deceased visit the living.

On the fifteenth day the realms of Heaven and Hell and the realm of the living are open and both Taoists and Buddhists would perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased. Intrinsic to the Ghost Month is ancestor worship, where traditionally the filial piety of descendants extends to their ancestors even after their deaths. Activities during the month would include preparing ritualistic food offerings, burning incense, and burning joss paper, a papier-mache form of material items such as clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visiting spirits of the ancestors. Elaborate meals would be served with empty seats for each of the deceased in the family treating the deceased as if they are still living. Ancestor worship is what distinguishes Qingming Festival from Ghost Festival because the latter includes paying respects to all deceased, including the same and younger generations, while the former only includes older generations. Other festivities may include, buying and releasing miniature paper boats and lanterns on water, which signifies giving directions to the lost ghosts and spirits of the ancestors and other deities.”

Yes Im a chinese and yes i did “celebrate” the ghost day or so to speak. so yeah we normally just burn joss papers, and paper mache of material items. so here are the pics.

Dad starting the fire in the front of the house

A close up on the offerings. Notice the small tit bits?

A zoomed out shot of it

“Hell/Heaven Notes”

Another close up of afterlife currency

And who sez u dont need money int he afterlife?

Damn man… 1,000,000,000,000…… hell/heaven dollars. Somebody struck a lottery man

Started burning at the back of the house

Somebody call 911……

hi how r u

Things have been pretty interesting (which would explain why im to darn lazy to update anything)

First up, been going out very VERY often late at night. Movies la, CCs, lepak, yum cha, or just for dinner. Normally would come back by 2-3am and ill be having classes at 9.30 in the morning haha. Dunno why, but suddenly I have the impulse to just say YES. Its like YES MAN. hahaha…..

Well i do regret feeling sleepy in class, I do admit, I had no regrets coming. We had loads of memorable memories. Near-death-accidents, funny and hilarious jokes, gossips, movies, and just simply mamak talk.

lately its the hungry ghost festival, so my parents kept on reminding me not to come back late. However, I dont feel like a party pooper and ended up lepaking till the wee hours of the morning. In the beginning, nothing happened. Then one day they started making noise and complaining…… Oh well it was fun while it lasted.

Next Ive been going out to the movies.

The Orphan

At first glance I thought this movie would be about paranormal shyt and stuff like that. Fortunately it wasnt. Honestly look at her, and the tagline, Its like a total paranormal ghost or devil or some unworldly being. The story is about a family where the mom was pregnant wif a 9 month old baby. Unfortunately the baby died. Feeling depressed and lost, she went on to adopt a new kid and boy did she picked the wrong girl. So the story focuses on the mom trying to solve the mystery surrounding Esther and how the mom tries to convince her husband that “theres something wrong with Esther”. Along the way Esther pops up and tries to throw her off course and makes her life a living hell.

Up:

1) Its a pixar movie. They never suck. Except a bugs life……

2) its very colourful, funny, interesting, touching, actiony, interesting, sad, nice and etc etc.

GI JOE

Now i expected this movie to totally suck. Man was I so very wrong haha. After transformers, many thought there wont be any other movie that could top it. And along comes GI JOE. Bad guy looks cool, good guys are not that far behind, action scenes were mind blasting, story was ok. There wasnt any draggy part like transformers. After optimus died, the movie sorta died wif him. And it dragged on and on till the last 20 minutes of the movie. In this movie there werent any boring parts and thats good.

Continuing on, results for our exams came out. english passsssss!!! wooohooo. I thought i was going to f*ck it up. Fortunately i didnt. Only 4 people in the whole college passed and fortunately im one of em.

Then theres my maintenance practise exam where they ask us bout crimping. I have never done it. My instructor never thought me and i wrote according to my common sense and i fking passed it. Man….. am i glad. as for now im 1 paper from graduation!!!!!!

Been going to the gym very often. Running, lifting light weights and watching my diet. Did lose a few kgs but…. man its tough. Losing weight is hell.

So i guess thats about it. There are other minor things which happened along the way during the whole month of augusts. Birthday parties, celebrations, stupid college stuff and etc. Oh ill update on that stupid college in a while soon.

U wont believe it. just when u thought my college couldnt get any dumber yet they seem to always prove me otherwise.

So there going to be a carnival at Bukit Jalil. And further details can be found here. ——> http://www.malaysianbabes.net/forum/REAL-One-Malaysia-Fun-Weekend-t31633.html

There will be loads of stuff to see and play.

okay when i was in korea this was an awesome show. so i would recommend it to anyone who can overlook the steep price.

o.0 games haha

This carnival holds over 60 bazaar booths. You can take a walk along the bazaar and shop for items like household ornaments, clothes, bags, accessories, children clothing, and lots more…
All transactions are made using R.E.A.L. Fun Weekend (RFW) carnival coupons only.

The “Jom Makan-Makan” food bazaar offers many tasty treats to quench your culinary appetite. The vast array of food and beverage booths can cater to various taste buds.

Now besides our “Jom Makan-Makan” food bazaar.
Do you have an appetite for MORE food?
Ever to claim to have an iron stomach that can go on & on?
Dare to challenge you & your buddies to:

• Donut Eating Contest

• Hotdog Eating Contest

• Cupcake Decoration Contest

There will be an exhibition area with a variety of booths by companies such as NTV 7, various NGOs, educational games & toys (Saidina, Lego, Jenga), R.E.A.L Education Group, Cambridge English for Life (CEFL), banks, developers and others.

One of the highlights is the “Mini Zoo Exhibit” whereby Zoo Negara is bringing hedgehogs, tortoises, birds and other animals.

okay i admit i did plagiarised part of it from the website but oh well im just here to promote it. so anybody up for it? can just post a comment in here.