三步一拜

Sleep about 2 hours before getting up at 3 am. I was still sleepy when i left home for Kuan Ming San. As usual the road outside is packed with cars lining up.

Meet up with a sweetheart's family at KMS. They have came slightly earlier to queue up. This year we decide to come for the 4 am shift which is the for those without tickets.

We started our journey at 4:44am. This year there are more devotee joining the event, as Vesak day fall during the school holiday. Previous years are normally during the school exam period.

I put on 2 kneeguards, the usual long pant and lightweight Tee for the event. The pace was pretty okay(everyone in row and sequence), until all more "kaki" surge forward after 15 mins leaving me behind! Wah pai! so i increase the stride length and press on. At times, the crowd and route conditions do not allow me to have longer stride, but nevertheless it is definitely better than baby steps forward.

三步一拜 is damaging to the knee! Fortunately i am doing it once year.

Last year it took 1:40hr according to the record, this year it is 1:34 hr. A slight improvement, but can still be better.

Proceed to 浴佛 after the ceremony. Have some light breakfast before send the folks back to Yishun before coming home.