It's been busy weekend for Katelyn, yesterday she attended Kindness Concert held by The Star Rage. Fresh from yesterday's event, Katelyn showed no signs of slowing down by attending Buddhist Gem Fellowship's 30th anniversary celebration along side her Sunway University Buddhist Society (SBS) kayana mitras (friends in the Dharma), at SJK(C) Yuk Chai.
I hopped off from the car as I arrived at the school, I saw two lion dancers at the entrance of the hall greeting the guests, they were in position mode. One of the attendants asked me which society I was representing, I said Sunway University Buddhist Society. I looked at the list, it's number 29. "Follow me this way please!" the attendant said.
As guests entered the room, I saw a big screen projector. Quickly, Yee Tang spotted me in an instant and led me to our table. It's been awhile since I had Coke as a cocktail drink. A sip or two won't hurt a little, right? The emcees were in their position to greet the guests, "Welcome to BGF 30th anniversary celebration! Now let us give a warm welcome to our VIPs!"
Remember the lion dances were at the main entrance? With a bang of the drum, the VIPs were escorted by the lion dancers. One of them was Minister in the Prime Minister Department- YB Waytha Moorthy, who is in charged of National Unity and Social Well Being, as well as the person who started BGF, Datuk Seri Prof. Victor Wee.
Once the VIPs were settled in, the lion dancers gave a final performance by pulling the banner of the event. With that. Buddhist Gem Fellowship 30th anniversary is officially begun! A short video was shown on the screen, documenting the journey of Buddhist Gem Fellowship since 1989 till the present year- 2019. A small prayer was conducted before dinner was served.
I had some "culture shock" when dinner was served. Usually the Buddhist events I attended in the past, it's usually vegetarian meals. I didn't know how to react. I got to know that in Theravada Buddhism, it's not necessary to eat vegetarian but the teachings in the Dharma is more or less the same.
Wesak Day is around the corner, so in conjunction with the upcoming celebration, we had performances from BGF juniors who are ranged six to nine-year-olds, it's a really cute performance! Our hearts just melted immediately.
In between dinner, we got to with fellow Buddhist youths from Nalanda. Actually, there were other two universities- Monash University Malaysia Buddhist Society and INTI Buddhist Society, turned out Sunway was the only university to turn up at the event.
Throughout the night, my favourite performance of all was iGemz, a singing group of BGF, spread the teachings of the Dharma through music. Two of my course mates- Mudita and Metta, are in it. It's quite a surprise to see them! We left during the last performance, I sure had a tiring day after attending two-events in a row, but I had the best time!
Thank you BGF for inviting Sunway University Buddhist Society (SBS) to join in the milestone celebration!
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