I always wanted to explore my kids to experience seeing things that is going to extinct in this coming generation or should I say in this coming modern society. During my younger days, my Ah Ma always bring us to the Chinese temple whenever there are some festive celebration at temple tol watch the Chinese Opera show at the temple. The opera show is either in Hokkien or in Cantonese.

Weeks back during the Nine Goddess Emperor celebration, I brought my kids for prayers at the famous temple in Ampang. After we picked them up from school, we head on to Ampang straight. It was drizzling. Thank God it only drizzle and not heavy rain. It was a massive jam at the temple in Ampang but we still managed to get a parking at the hall compound.

I didn’t managed to bring the kids into the temple because it is just too crowded. I brought the kids to see the Chinese opera show while waiting for Dearie Suki who are praying in the temple. My kids are complaining to me that the temple is just too smokey and crowded. With one woman holding two naughty kids, it is just so challenging to get them out from there and head on to the opera stage.

This is the first time my kids watching a Chinese opera show. Le-Ann and Ee-Thern kept telling me that this is a Chinese puppet show. Both of them seems interested on the show and quietly stand in front of the stage for a good 1 hour without a single word of complaining that they wanted to go back home.  Hahahaha…

Le-Ann enjoying her maltose candy and holding her favourite Ang Ku Kueh. While waiting for Dearie Suki, I brought the kids to walk around the temple. It is just like a pasar malam at the night market and there all are kinds of things selling over at the temple.

Bought 2 pairs of the Red Ku for prayers at the altar. Le-Ann helped me to choose 2 pairs with a nice wording on it.

This picture brings back my childhood memory. My Dad used to buy this little Chinese dolls make from flour dough. But now, it is hardly seen in any where except at this temple. But it is so different now. They make the modern type of dolls based on the cartoon character shown on the TV like Doraemon,Naruto, Winnie The Pooh, Barney,… etc. During my time, they used to do the Monkey God, Chu Pak Kai ( pig ), the Chinese Fairies, … etc.. Everything is just so different now.

I don’t know what you call this in Cantonese but in Hokkien we called it “Mua Lau & Lau Hui” biscuit.  It is not cheap and each packet cost RM4. Bought 2 packets back home but  three of them finished it off in the car when we are on our way back home.

I was telling Dearie Suki it is a no joke to bring the kids there because I spend almost RM100 for buying food and stuffs that my kids wanted. But it is more on food like candies, biscuits, kueh, and stuffs for prayers.  Hahaha… didn’t know there are so many things to  buy at the temple.