Awesome Johor

A woman eating a lollipop

*Sweet* in JB

October 26, 2012

It was truly a sweet moment. I looked around and lollipops were everywhere. “Photo Op!!” A short while earlier, the temple Sifu, Wee Ah Moi, was in trance as the young disciple of Guan Yin, Siang Chai Yah. She was…

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Dancers performing a ritual dance

Awesome Johor Send Off for the Emperor

October 26, 2012

Nine has always been my number… In Johor, the Emperor who came to the temple this year was brother number Nine, You Bi Da Dao Xing Jun. He is the ninth star of the Big Dipper and one of the…

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A woman in front of an altar

Nine Emperors in Johor Bahru

October 18, 2012

Words come easily to describe the Nine Emperor Gods Festival at Sam Siang Keng temple in Johor Bahru. It is a place of gentle kindness and warm hospitality. It is above all a feminine place, where the Goddess of Mercy…

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