Chinese class in temple

1/7星期天约11点多，我們去一间由朋友介绍的周末’Dim Sum’ (点心) 自由餐餐館。这间提供較多的食物也較貴一些。我们每次吃自助餐都是吃到很漲，是貪性吗？总觉得要吃夠本，这样才值得。也許並不是，我只覺得每样食物只拿那么一点点，而且也没拿全部每种食物呢…但為什么肚子会这么漲啊？真是有点不明白…

吃到很漲出來后，我们就去Fo Guang Shan temple的新会所，该会所的前身是基督教会。現已换成是佛教会，也不知道是不是意謂着佛教在这里逐漸兴盛了？据统计，美国人民的佛教信仰逐年提升。虽然新会所还未完全装修好，不过有些地方已可开始进行活动，Steve就是去上华文课程。华文课程将分為六次，每星期天两小时一次，学费共US$60，由某教授教導。这班学生一共有六个。負責人很好，知道我是Steve的老婆，他让我进课室當旁听者。哈哈！我跟他们一起学唸拼音bo, po, mo, fo…

有一些义工正在为会所旁的水池做假山，Steve在上课前后都出了不少力…

It was around 11am on 1/7 Sunday, when we went to a restaurant with a ‘Dim Sum’ weekend buffet, which was recommended by a friend. This restaurant served many types of food but was a little expensive. We felt very full after the buffet. Are we greedy? We think it is worth it to pay a fixed price if we eat more food. Perhaps not. I thought I just took a tiny amount of each kind of food; I didn’t even have some types of food…but I wonder why I still got very full? I really don’t understand…

After we were full, we went to the new location of the Fo Guang Shan temple. Previously this building was a church. It is now a Buddhist temple. Does that mean Buddhism is becoming popular here? Statistics showed that Buddhism in the US is increasing every year. Although the temple hasn’t completed renovation, they have already started some activities there. Steve is going to attend the Chinese class. The Chinese class will be in six lessons, two hours every Sunday. The fee is USD60. It is conducted by a professor and the class has 6 students. The person in charge of the class knows Steve, and he was nice enough to let me sit in the class. Haha! I was learning together with them to pronounce Chinese ‘pin yin’ – bo, po, mo, fo…

Some volunteers were working a waterfall for a pond at the side of the temple. Steve helped before and after his class…

2.7.06 2.07pm 晴热