Kek Lok Si, Ayer Itam, Penang, Malaysia
Happy Chinese New Year Everyone!!! I know it’s late, but what the heck, CNY is 15 days long, right? Hope everyone has had a terrific time (and not only getting drunk and gambling till dawn, ahem)…
As for yours truly, and the family here, we had a great time as well. This time, Anu swore not to cook too grand a feast for the Reunion. She even cancelled two dishes at the last minute. We finally ended up with only …13 dishes!?!? For our family of 4 and our 1 niece in Dubai. (Last year it was 11 dishes). And I had only one measly day off (even though I’m working for a Chinese company, …but that’s still better than non-Chinese, who had none!)
Anyway, the CNY photos will have to wait (till I download them). For the time being, here’re some photos of Penang, or more precisely, the Kek Lok Si Temple of Ayer Itam, Penang which I’ve saved in the laptop a long time back, just for times like these, when there’s hardly any time to do anything personal (I’ve not posted on FB for nearly a year now, and Twitter, ummm... since time immemorial), and when photos are still being recovered from the blasted hard disk drive which crashed!
Kek Lok Si means ‘ultimate happiness temple’ in Cantonese / Hokkien
The humongous Goddess Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy at Kek Lok Si (noticed how small Justin & Jayden are?)
A stone lion at Kek Lok Si
Chanting monks
An archway at Kek Lok Si
The pagoda – consisting of a combination of different architectural styles – lower tiers (Chinese), middle tiers (Thai), and upper tiers (Burmese)
A view from the pagoda
A Buddha in the pagoda
Pagoda fish pond, yup, this is a pagoda themed place
Flowers at the temple - to see more views of the Kek Lok Si, check out this post from May 2018
Alright, getting back to work, Gong Xi Fa Cai, Koung Hey Fatt Choy, Keong Hee Huat Cai!
