We celebrated the 31st Anniversary Celebration of Wat Greensboro Buddhist Center in Greensboro, North Carolina last Sunday, March 19, 2017. Back in the 80s, we had a very small Buddhist community in this area. We fled from our war-torn countries, some immigrated from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. The Thai community was small in the 80s.… Continue reading 31st Anniversary Celebration of Wat Greensboro Buddhist Center
We celebrated 1st Sart Thai Festival at Wat Greensboro on Sunday, September 18, 2016. The temple called it small Sart day, and the big Sart day will be in 2 weeks. Sart day is a Buddhist tradition where it's a memorial day for the dead, it is a time to remember dead relatives and merit… Continue reading 1st Sart Festival (Kanben) or Merit Making Transference at Wat Greensboro
This is our tenth year attending the July 4th celebration at Wat Lao Buddhavong in Catlett Virginia. This year's celebration was held on Saturday, July 2nd, and Sunday, July 3rd. Every year I look forward to the event but this year I was so burnt out from work that I got sick on my vacation. This… Continue reading Wat Lao Buddhavong July 2nd and 3rd, 2016
Sunday, July 17, 2016 was the Buddhist Lent Day at our local temple Wat Greensboro. On the day we also observed Asalha Puja Day, the day of the announcement of the first sermon of the Buddha also known as the Sangha Day. The Buddhist Lent Day is the annual three-month Rains Retreat known in Laos… Continue reading The Buddhist Lent Day 2016
We celebrated a Southeast Asian New Year at our local temple Wat Greensboro last Sunday April 17, 2016. The celebration was later than the actual New Year celebration which was celebrated on April 13 to the 15th in Southeast Asia, it's celebrated for 3 days. Cups of sand were prepared for Jaydee Cide or sand… Continue reading Songkran Festival 2016 at Wat Greensboro
The annual Carolina Balloon Festival in our area was held on October 17th this year and the weather was fairly nice. I spent most of my time stood in food line, lesson learnt to eat before I go or pack a snack. I took this image with my cell phone, now I understood the saying… Continue reading Carolina Balloon Festival
We celebrated a Southeast Asian New Year at our local temple Wat Greensboro last Sunday April 19, 2015. It rained in our area, traveling to the temple was difficult and by the time we got there it amazed us that there's not a drop of rain and the temple is only 1 hour and 30… Continue reading Songkran Festival 2015 at Wat Greensboro
One of the most memorable events I attended was attending Wat Lang or evening temple and Lai Heur Fai Nam or Loy Krathong Festival at our local temple Wat Greensboro. I used to think that Lai Heur Fai Nam and Loy Krathong Festival were the same event, and that Lai Heur Fai Nam is a… Continue reading Evening Temple, Lai Heur Fai Nam and Loy Krathong Festival
Every year our neighborhood transforms into Halloween town, but this year it started to drizzle, then rain so we had less tricker treaters than normal. Lee dressed as a skeleton this year, the handcuffs was a bit confusing to me. She did her own makeup. I don't think the orange rope was a part of… Continue reading Halloween 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o8RyIyexFw We celebrated a Southeast Asian New Year at our local temple Wat Greensboro on Sunday April 13, 2014. We had a good turnout and the weather was exceptionally nice, it was in the 80s. Songkran is one of the biggest events at our temple. It is the time of the year for a new… Continue reading Songkran Festival 2014 at Wat Greensboro
I hope everyone had a good New Year celebration, like every year we went to our local temple Wat Greensboro on New Year’s Day. The service was held in the Buddha room. It's low lighting, so photographing was a challenge. Lee and my oldest sister gave morning alms. We offered meal to Phramaha Somsak after… Continue reading New Year 2014 at Wat Greensboro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRAsGqszC4Y I went to the NC Hmong New Year on Friday, it was cold and I ended up going by myself. It's not as much fun being at an event that I can't understand the language, and had no one to talk to. The good part was that I get to stay as long as… Continue reading NC Hmong New Year 2013-2014
Click here to watch this video on YouTube The Carolina Balloon Fest was last month, and I finally have a chance to post the photos now. This was our first time attending the Balloon Fest, so it's exciting for me. I have never seen so many photographers in one place before, so my images might… Continue reading Carolina Balloon Fest 2013
Our local temple Wat Greensboro held Thot Kathin on Sunday October 27th. It is one of the biggest events at our local temple where Buddhist worshipers offered gifts, foods and yellow ropes to the monks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxggUJXgKHg In order for our temple to Thot Kathin there has to be a minimal of 5 monks and Wat… Continue reading Kathin Ceremony 2013 at Wat Greensboro
It has been too long since I last posted, I do miss blogging and reading my favorite blogs. I can't believe it's the end of October, and this is one of my favorite times of year to photograph night scene. I didn't use a tripod this time, and surprisingly the images came out decent. The… Continue reading Happy Halloween
