JingCi Temple

Today afternoon me and mom went to pay my grandparents a visit in JingCi Temple. We set off after lunch and walked there. I am wearing mom's trainers, the soles are very thin so walking on the ground feels like walking on bare feet. So mom suggested we don't climb the mountain, instead we walked through a 819m long tunnel which is flat and smooth surface. Took us about 10 minutes to finish it, not too bad eh :)

After the tunnel, we kept on walking for another 15 minutes, we saw the temple's yellow wall. Mom has her yearly temple pass so only I have to get ticket. First we went to grands place, mom brought 3 dishes for grands, we lay out on the counter and we light 2 candles and 12 incenses. Since we're not supposed to use fire in that place, so we put it outside while we stay in. I spoke to grands that this time I brought their great grandson to see them. And I explain why hubby isn't with me this time and that he wants to be there but couldn't. I am sure they'll understand. Next time when I see them, we'll take xiaobao with us...

Before we left, I got a bit emotional, it seems all granny's images and the hospital scenes flashed back in my head, I couldn't help...after we said goodbye, we head out and found a place to sit down and rest our feet, we ate our pears.

Then we went to GuanYin Temple and burn a few incense there. The entire temple isn't really big, we walked around for bit and we headed out. I suddenly fancy some mung bean soup (cold ones), so me and mom went looking for it, however we couldn't find it. So we decided to head home. Mom asked me if I wanna take a bus home if I am tired. But I said we can walk back the way we came. Guess I over-estimated myself, the way back seems sooooooooo long. I felt like I was dragging myself and my heavy feet. At last we got to the head of the tunnel, I asked mom what time it was, so that we can count how long it'll take us to finish it. Eventually it took us 10 minutes to get to the other end. Not too bad eh considering we were very tired already. In the tunnel, I just kept looking ahead and my feet seem to carry me through, I just kept on walking non-stop. After we got out, mom said 'how come you walk so fast, I nearly couldn't catch up!' - but after we were out of the tunnel, my heavy feet came back to me, I couldn't walk as fast no more... I was once dragging my heavy body and feet and finished the rest of the route home. We came out of the tunnel at 3:37 pm, got home at 4pm. That 5 storeys of stairs....oh my god, was tiring! But I didn't stop half way through, I just kept telling myself 'home's there, there...there...' Was such a relieve arriving home, I quickly got changed and went to find watermelon in the fridge. Niceeeeee cold melon....soon cool me down!

Finally I got to rest my poor feet on the sofa, ahhhhhhh....... mom went to prepare us dinner. I am sure she's very tired today, we shall go to bed earlier tonight!