It all started with my sis asking me to attend one of Tzu Chi events. Actually, “ask” might not be the right word. She basically reminded me every week over the period of 3 months to get involved in one of the activities.
Thanks to Kuan Seong, I managed to get two tickets to attend the Tzu Chi Year-End Blessing :) Really appreciate his help to pass the ticket in person to me, and even explained to me on what Tzu Chi is all about.
We went for the event on Sunday, 10am – 12pm at Kallang Theater. I can see that they have put a lot of preparation for the event. There was usher helping us with direction right after we step out from the Stadium MRT.
As you walked in to the Theater, there are people singing and clapping to welcome you. I wasn’t really good with estimation, but the Kallang Theater was 90% full (if not more), so I believe there are around 1000 people in the theater.
The event started at 10.30am. Everything was great, but I did have difficulty understanding in depth as all the ceremony was in Chinese (talk about regret of not learning Chinese properly v_v) luckily, most of the videos shown come with English subtitles, so I can understand 50% of the whole things.
If I understand correctly, the ceremony is similar to AGM. They played back what has happened throughout 2011, and what contribution has Tzu Chi done, globally and locally (Singapore). At the end of the event, we prayed for a better future, as well as given ang pao (red pockets) as our blessings.
After coming out from the ceremony, I was trying to find a donation box, but well, there aren’t any! So the best I can do is to buy something from their bazaar and hope that I helped them in a way.
During one of the Master Cheng Yen’ Videos, she highlighted that 1/3 of the food available in the world was actually gone wasted. I was shocked with the statistic for a while, but then remembering how people / restaurant throw excess food everyday, the statistic started to make sense. Oh what a waste! :( She further continued that the food would have helped to feed all the poor in the world. I promise I will reduce my food wastage to the minimum… not that I leave much of anything… :p
We went to Kallang Leisure Park for lunch (I finally remember to take vegetarian for this che-15!) and then went back home. The MRT was delayed for around 10 mins when we transferred to Paya Lebar. It seems like people are much used to the breakdown now – I didn’t see much fuss anymore. Haha.
No more wasting food!
ED
Thanks to Kuan Seong, I managed to get two tickets to attend the Tzu Chi Year-End Blessing :) Really appreciate his help to pass the ticket in person to me, and even explained to me on what Tzu Chi is all about.
We went for the event on Sunday, 10am – 12pm at Kallang Theater. I can see that they have put a lot of preparation for the event. There was usher helping us with direction right after we step out from the Stadium MRT.
As you walked in to the Theater, there are people singing and clapping to welcome you. I wasn’t really good with estimation, but the Kallang Theater was 90% full (if not more), so I believe there are around 1000 people in the theater.
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| Stunning multimedia! |
If I understand correctly, the ceremony is similar to AGM. They played back what has happened throughout 2011, and what contribution has Tzu Chi done, globally and locally (Singapore). At the end of the event, we prayed for a better future, as well as given ang pao (red pockets) as our blessings.
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| The Blessing Pack - Really appreciate how the volunteers packed every single one with hearts! |
During one of the Master Cheng Yen’ Videos, she highlighted that 1/3 of the food available in the world was actually gone wasted. I was shocked with the statistic for a while, but then remembering how people / restaurant throw excess food everyday, the statistic started to make sense. Oh what a waste! :( She further continued that the food would have helped to feed all the poor in the world. I promise I will reduce my food wastage to the minimum… not that I leave much of anything… :p
We went to Kallang Leisure Park for lunch (I finally remember to take vegetarian for this che-15!) and then went back home. The MRT was delayed for around 10 mins when we transferred to Paya Lebar. It seems like people are much used to the breakdown now – I didn’t see much fuss anymore. Haha.
No more wasting food!
ED
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