Hi 老师,
Have read thru the previous post ..have 疑问 and require the expertise of 老师 help. Hope you able to reply when you are free to this extremely long msg.
Celebrate birthday
Qs:
1) So it will be better don't celebrate bday at all? For elderly and ourselves? My mum always feel that one shldnt celebrating bday shd be 清清
2) U said to celebrate English bday..and celebrate only their 农历 if person no longer around. My mum will cook sumptous meal to pray during ancestor 忌日。So will also need to pray on ancestors 农历生日？
3）My mum will cook our ancestor some of their favourite food to pray,chicken pork dishes etc. But it might be quite tough for her to buy and cook and clean the kitchen as she is getting older. U tink are we able to change to buying some fruits and 斋菜？ Will the ancestors blame us？"Pua Bei" and ask for approval?
4) If giving bday present or ang pow to eldery or niece and nephews,is this consider as celebrating bday?
5) Actually can we eat 满月，喜饼。。
放生
1）If we pay and ask the temple to 放生 instead of we personally be at the exact 现场，is it same 布施效果？
2）Is there a minimum quantity to 放? And to 放 fishes and crabs will be more gong de right?
3) 放生 is better to be for person who are vegetarian? Bcos My 大伯母 say cannot anyhow 放生，You are encouraging pp to catch the fishes or birds and then u let them free again? And also she say if we 放生鱼，以后就不可以吃鱼。放生鸟，以后就不可以吃鸟蛋。放生螃蟹，以后就不可以吃螃蟹。是真的吗？
We are not vegan. but we do eat 素during 1,15th lunar month and guan yin 诞。 For me previously, i only probably eat 素 1,15 and b4 I go pray temple to pray guan yin. but now i decide to have more days of 素 like during some breakfast and lunch..while dinner might be 荤。Yesterday i ate lunch 素,my sis in law ask me if is a special day that why i eat 素. It will be quite diffcult to eat 素 when pp ard you are not vegan.
4) I just learned from my mum few yrs back my da ge throw away the 2 金龙鱼inside the dustin bin
. will this affect his children? can we do anything for him? Anyway he dont have any 信仰now.
Hello Kitty
I have the complete set of Hello Kitty bought from Macdonalds many many years ago, is Hello kitty in pair 夫妻档in diff wedding costumes. I tot of display in a glass cabinet when i move to my new flat next yr. But after reading 老师解说，老师should i give away since can only kept in boxes and not able to display out? I am also thking of to sell away and make use of some of the money and donate a portion to temple. Which is better?
Others
1) Can 老师 advice me what shd i do when i ist step into my new BTO flat. I koe buy pineapple. And must choose a 吉利日子.Can we see fm the chinese calendar or must ask the feng shui master to choose for us? Nw i stay with my parents. i believe we will need to 安床 again？
2 拜观音菩萨，should we buy 莲花或者菊花？Normally i buy 一朵菊花和点三支香。
3) 拜注神娘娘 - I called two temples on the flower,but diff ans: 七色花但不要白色（碎花，拜完可拿回家沐浴）。 另一间庙说五色花，什么颜色都可以包括白色，一朵朵或碎花可以。So I will like to ask 老师shd i follow the ans from ist or 2nd temple? 七色花means seven stalks of flower? And any type of flower right?
4) When we go temple and pray and 算不算做善事？
5) Butter cheese and milk ,are these considered as 素？If we buy 素stall selling eggs,which means using the same cooking utensils cook eggs,do we consider eating 素?
6) 烧还债金有用吗？
7） If we go bangkok 施棺，u mean we dont need to paste the names on the coffin? We just burn the receipt in front of 神明？If we go bangkok,we will go this temple and donate,tink is THB500. Then we will glue onplace they ask us to do. But dont tink that is a real coffin. So if this is ok? In singapore seerms no temple have 施棺.
8) Rember1 of the post 老师 mentioned must greet all 神明 one by one. If we do not koe the correct name to 称呼，can we say 众神明菩萨佛祖ok?
9) 粽子 before or during 端午节，if 粽子are made by my mother,can we give to my sisters,brother? Or shd they 意思意思给钱？我家婆也有包会给我娘家一些，我也该意思意思给钱？Like exchange dumplings during festivals. sometime if my frds go malacca,i will ask them ask them buy back some nonya dumplings for me,and I will give some to my sisters brothers and Mother in law hse,that means i am wrong all this while so next time,if i want to give my MIL,can I 意思意思collecct from my husband if I were to give them dumplings.but my husband side not Pantang type.
Sorry this is really very long post with qs,老师. Look forward to 老师reply.
感恩
