Having decided not to go to MINES for the second day of Amma’s visit to Malaysia, I went again since Then wanted to give it another try. I was hoping the this time we will get an earlier slot to meet her. This time I reached MINES at 6.15pm and surprisingly found that there were much less crowd in the ground floor shoplots. There were no buses as well in the parking areas. Managed to enter the hall early. The crowd was about 1000 people only. While waiting for Amma to arrive, some video clip on Amma were screened. Quite interesting. I enjoyed the scene were she danced with the kids.
The crowd were constantly reminded to be seated since token will be given out to those seated only. The tokens will be given out during the bhajan session.
At about 7.45pm, Amma entered the hall. There were some welcoming dance by three girls at the hall entrance, then Amma walked in. The crowd lined up along the the central pathway and extended their hands to touch her. I managed to touch her hand as well.
This was followed by speech, garlanding of Amma by a VIP, and then Amma’s darshan (speech). It was translated by one of the follower. The content of the darshan was quite similar to the day before. More crowd were coming in and I guess crowd is about 2000 people.
At 9.00pm or so, the bhajan started. Since I was seated a bit front near Zone A, it was enjoyable seeing and listening to the songs. And this time, the lyrics of the songs were shown on the screen as well, unlike the first day. I got token “K2” this time. Tried asking another token for Then, but not successful 🙂 Immediately called Then to inform her. It was very cold so I went out for a while. I saw that the crowd did not even reach Zone C yet, meaning its about 2/3 of yesterday’s crowd. The token being handed out there was “W” series. I took two tokens for a friend.
The bhajan was followed by a short meditation session. Met Siva and Selian. Talked to them for a while. Then said she will reach the hall only at about 10.30pm. So I had another 1 hour to kill. I just walked in and walked out of the hall for a few times, observing the crowd and trying to warm myself up.
The hugging started at 10.45pm, and it moved quite fast, reaching token “D4” by 11.00pm. Then arrived with her friend’s family. I pass my token to her and left, too tired to stay on. As I left, token “Z” were being handed out.
Reached home, had burgers (!) for dinner, fed Remo (he seemed angry for being neglected last two days 🙄 ) and cleared some mails. Was thinking of getting forty winks, when Then called. Her turn was coming soon. So I rushed back to the hall at 2.00am. She was waiting outside the hall by the time I reached the MINES. Reached home at 2.45am and managed to see Christiano Ronaldo score a super header goal 😆 (Man Utd won 2-0).
Even though I did not get to hug Amma, I had the pleasure to meet such a person and touch her hand. Good enough for me. As for what Then felt, wait till she blogs about it.
I felt that this time the crowd was much less and the organisers had easier time handling the crowd.