I’m still getting used to the culture in Thailand, but so far, I think Thai people pray a lot. SIL organized a praying ritual yesterday, and it’s something the office staffs do on annual basis. We had to be there as early as 7.30am, so the poor mommy had to get up at 5am to prepare the bentos.

Made too much for the kids…

My kids did fuss a bit when we woke them up early, especially Isabelle. She didn’t even want to change! But then, she was happy again when I let her wear her favorite dress.

We rushed out of the house as early as possible, so the kids had to take their breakfast in the car. Luckily, we managed to reach there on time, and almost everyone arrived already, except the monks. The children were clueless about what’s going on, but I managed to snap some photos of them playing with each other, and I love it!

Playing… pushing…and laughing…

Oh gosh, mei mei, you see? Mommy’s taking photos of us. LOL!

The kids only managed to “sit through” the first 10 minutes of the praying ritual, and after that, they went out to sapu their bentos and play again. As long as they don’t disturb us, they could do whatever they wanted.

Err…what exactly are they saying huh, mommy?

The monks

After the prayers, we served the monks with some food. This is the first time I saw monks taking non-vegetarian meal.

Makan makan…

There were otak-otak, fish cake and chicken, which are non-vegetarian.

I thought that they will only take vegetarian food but SIL said the real monks will eat whatever we serve or donate. At the same time, we proceeded to the next ritual with a feng shui master, and there were more prayers.

Bai bai outside…

After that, we helped ourselves with the buffer while my kids had their bentos again in the office. Both of them wanted air-conditioning!

Frankly, everyone was quite tired when it’s over, and we headed back home shortly after. All of us headed to our beds for a good afternoon nap. It’s raining cats and dogs anyway, so it’s not a good day for outing…