Thursday 1/5 Andres and Isabelle

 Today was an absolute blast. Not only were the activities fun and super interesting, but it was also Yazzie’s birthday! We started off our day taking a bus from school to the Chung Mei Buddhist Temple in Stafford. The venerable Master Miao Han told us all about the history of the temple and the history of Chung Mei, and how their temples have spread from Taiwan to all 5 continents. We also got a special lesson on Buddhist Ideas on Karma, and Rebirth. We finished off our time in Stafford with a tour of the Temples grounds, we were able to see all the beautiful architecture of the building and the zen gardens surrounding the temple. They had many bunny decorations up to celebrate the coming lunar new year and we got a chance to take some photos with some of the bunnies.

After finishing up at the temple we went on to a delicious chinese dim sum lunch at Oceans Palace. We got to try lots of delicious dishes like stir fried noodles, fried rice, Pork Baos, soup dumplings, turnip cake, and duck. Mr. Zhou and Issak were even more adventurous and tried pigs blood and chicken feet. To no surprise we were all stuffed by the end of the meal, but we found time to make a final stop at the Hong Kong City mall for some light shopping. The mall had many great shops to buy all sorts of Asian food. Lots of us picked up some sweet treats. After another trip on the bus we were back at school to reflect on what we experienced during the day. We were able to squeeze in some time to read Lion City, a book about the history and present time of Singapore.  

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