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Long weekend ahead

Practised 3 bhajans yesterday, Jai Jai Janani, Nirmala Kiti Varnavi and Aaya Hu Darbar. Been wanting to bake something. Like bread pudding, a cake, or something. But currently I don't have a good oven. Maybe soon.... Will be away for the weekend. Have a great weekend!!!!

Rakhis

Last Saturday, we had a great Shri Krishna Puja and raksha bandhan ceremony. All was well. At first, we wanted to sell the rakhis at RM1 each, but then it was getting quite complicated and I wasn't keen of collecting money right after puja, so decided to scrap the idea off last minute. I know the Indians have a very creative way of making rakhis. I still don't exactly know how they did it, so someone taught me a very simple way. Here's how : What you need : Assorted colourful threads (I used DMC because their colours are just amazing and the thread is a good thread, colours don't run) Scissors A partner to help you What you do : Cut 2 different coloured thread (depends on how creative you are). I usually make sure the length is about 30 cm. Can be a bit less, but depends on the size of your brother's wrist. Tie a knot at one end and separate the 2 colours. Ask your partner to hold one end and you the other end. Then just twist clock wise, bot

Raksha bandhan

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I had a little free time today and decided to read through all my previous posts. I didn't realise that there are people who had left comments and I didn't reply any of them. Thank you for the comments coz I didn't realise that there are people who read this blog. From reading my old posts, I realise that I have not been posting about Sahaj stuff for almost a year. So, I feel I must get back to it coz it keeps me going, keeps me in. So to start it off, I want to attached a message given to the Malaysian collective from the Mumbai collective. . Happy Raksha Bandhan everyone. Shri Krishna Puja is on this Saturday and the Yuva Shaktis has made 100 rakhis in the previous year. They will be on sale at RM1 each for fund-raising. My first rakhi brother is Errol Johnson. He was from UK, then worked in Malaysia for a while, then Kuwait then in Australia. He got married to a Turkish lady, Nilgun and has a daughter, Sophia (I think). The last time I heard from him was i