Buddha's Birthday

I went to the celebration for Vesak Day at South Bank last Sunday. This is quite belated but I've been too lazy to update my blog. I didn't think this celebration would be very "wow" but I went since Steph wanted some friends to accompany her. In the end, we had fun and I met a new, cute friend although he might have been a little left out since we three tend to get a little crazy when we're together. I saw some Asian teens doing street dance and that was really cool. You could tell that they had been practising for this since it wasn't some impromptu thing. It was fun to watch them enjoy their dance and that made you enjoy it better. Some moves were awesome like the break dancing performed by some of the guys. This group went on non-stop for 30 minutes and I really enjoyed the entire performance. Mil and I shared a popiah since we were so excited when we saw them. There was a guy who was making the skins right at the spot. It's a pity the filing wasn't authentic. It was full of lettuce and some vegetarian stuff. No turnips in sight!! I bought a packet of kueh for $2 as well and it was pretty good. Definitely cheaper than the ones I got at the Malaysian night last year and the glutinous rice Mil and Steph bought for dinner was yummy. The friend who was there with us seemed quite quiet. He didn't talk much and it was hard to get to know him like that. Anyway, it wasn't too important. I was there to have fun and check out how the Buddhists in Brisbane celebrated Vesak Day.


See my new specs and shorter fringe??

The new friend...

Managed to catch a dragon dance, martial arts display and lion dance at the stadium. The organisers were really rude though and it spoilt the whole experience. This was quite awful as they were mostly Chinese. How embarrassing to see other Chinese behaving so horribly.

Some tribal group playing musical instruments although we thought they looked more like Red Indians and were quite out-of-place at this Buddhist festival.

A calligraphy display drawn by the man in this picture. The word is supposed to be "long" or dragon but personally, the guy could have been drawing some rubbish and we wouldn't have know the difference. There was a lady explaining that the Chinese people thought that they were the descendants of dragons and that only the emperor in those days was allowed to wear yellow since it was considered the colour of royalty. It's all very "cheat ang-moh" stuff but perhaps it was good to have someone explain this concept to them.