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Praying at temple

Rest day, I had dim sum with my yee-mah (aunt) and yee-jeung (uncle). Afterwards my aunt took me to a temple to bai-sun (pray). There were numerous statues of deities throughout the temple. I was told to light incense sticks and place them in containers in front of the statues. My mom asked my aunt to get my fortune told, I was given a container of wooden sticks called cheem. Each of the sticks has a number written on them and I shook the container until one of them fell out. I took it to the fortune teller to have him explain it.

I was taking a pictures in the temple when a lady yelled at me and said photos aren’t allowed. My aunt apologized and said ‘he’s american and doesn’t know any better’.

I had lunch with Grandfather, Grandmother, and my other aunt and uncle. Came back to the apartment where I watched them play mahjong for a few hours. Then went out for dinner with yee-mah and yee-cheung.