Seeing you guys sharing experience, really got feel something?

I feel I'm very "blunt" la dont have all these feeling wan, maybe frequency too different..

Probably a good thing.

I always follow my hubby when they go pray pray, i try to keep an open mind but i'm more towards an agnostic, altho i maintain my stance that there are things that cannot be explained. I just go with an open mind and respectful manner.

Well if you leave any food exposed to the air for long period of time.. it also won't taste that nice as the fresh ones.

Oxidization happens also.

Nacht, can you explain abit how the reincarnation cycle works? Like how do they get out from Hell after good behavour (parole?) and who determines where they go, the hell judges? And if so who determines if they are to be reborn into which family - if they happen to be good behaviour and get redeem to be born as humans again.

Do they get to choose?

Is it like bribery or just paying for hostel?

I always wondered who makes these effigies? They are very well made and very detailed. Our local craftsmen?

I can translate for u, I'm Penang Hokkien but speaks fluent cantonese due to working in KL.

Yook Wong Tai Taei - 玉皇大帝 / Jade Emperor

Theen Kong - 天宫 / Sky god

Taei Chue Kong - 地主公 / Datuk kong

Guan Taei - 关帝 / Lord Guan

Koon Yam - 观音 / Guanyin

*miu = 庙 / temple

This post has been edited by audreyreiko: Sep 21 2017, 10:21 AM

Don't think chang-er is a deity rite...

I like the fact that you have an explanation to these, which makes it bit more believable and logical to my "agnostic" mind, on point number 2, does that mean that no babies or children are meant to die as a child and if they do it is due to unforseen circumstances?

Recently so many cases of abandoned babies or abused children that died... as a mum to 2 young children it really really makes me sad and emotional...

Came across a facebook post today with video, showing a sintua ceremony in KL for jiu huang yeh gone very wrong.

Apparently they were "steaming" the sifu in a big metal tong with fire underneath? (Can't tell based just on video and a video does not explain what is going on) - according to the caption the sifu has passed away due to the accident.

Wonder if you know about this case @nacht

Edit: Read up more of the comments in the thread, it seems the sifu had a heart attack during the middle of the ceremony, and when they carry him out of the steamer, a while later he passed away on the spot.

This post has been edited by audreyreiko: Oct 24 2017, 10:54 AM

I guess they do that to garner more devotees and attention?

That is not how the news articles portrayed unfortunately, and it is giving sintua religion a bad light.

RIP to the guy but there are a lot of ridicules from all cultural communities on this incident.

Recently saw a chinese drama - 三生三世十里桃花 (English: Eternal Love) This talks about the love for 3 lives that the main characters have, but the setting is based on Chinese Folk religion, quite fascinating to see actually, mainly on heavenly deities like the heavenly tribe who are actually dragons, and there is the 9-tails fox tribe who are foxes and the phoenix tribe, and how they work their way up the heavenly hierarchy to become celestial beings. There's also loose mentioning of 佛祖，三清，太上老君，灵宝天尊 and various dragon deities that govern the 4 seas and 5 plains.

They also talk about how when a celestial being is cast to earth as mortals, they are either living a punishment or here to experience life n death (this echos the chinese folk believe of how someone is an incarnation of certain celestial being) and the example of 1 day in heaven is the equivalent of 1 year in mortal life so that could explain why when we talk about the heavenly or hell deities they are always in ancient chinese costume to them it is just like a few days and they can live up to tens of thousands of their heavenly years.

Although I know it is fiction, but they explained the storyline so well like it really happens that way up there. Worth watching to my point of view.

This post has been edited by audreyreiko: Dec 12 2017, 11:15 AM

I think this is the one: Wong Loo Sen See

This is too cute!

No wonder it looks familiar

It was from last year!! I thought kenapa Deja-Vu..

edit: typo

This post has been edited by audreyreiko: Aug 16 2018, 11:02 AM

Personal attack much? Also stereotyping people based on height and what they like, what makes you so different from TS from what you described?

What he post here is nothing much related to what was in the news, to me still good reference and knowledge.

/Inb4thismustbenatchsupporter
/Inb4youmustbeoneofthem

Just a reminder, this is serious kopitiam, and who do you think you are?

Joined: April 2019, created a dupe just to say this? Pffffft

It feels like a 5 year old child pointing at me with a plastic sword.

This post has been edited by audreyreiko: May 2 2019, 03:03 PM