the brothers and sisters were great! i have to say that i really got close to them and it was very comfortable to be around them, even if they were monks. we could still talk, thou i will always bear in mind to keep my distance :P 

i got really close to my dharma family's sister, but sadly, i forgot her name :( my dharma family of flowery path was also great! though we took 2 days to warm up and on the last day, we were hugging each other and was so sad to leave! we cried tears of laughter and sadness together, had fun together, and shared our sufferings! 

the most memorable times for me was the last day. after lunch, all of us had a little talk, which made many cried, including me. after which, the monks and male lay-friends formed an inner circle, the nuns and female lay-friends formed and out circle, and everyone had their hands either on each other, or held each other's hands, and we started to sing! well, i was too slow to get a picture of that though, and the nuns jokingly laughed at me for being too slow.. haha!!! well, i was the one who called our sister nuns into the circle to join us, for i saw them standing outside, and i wanted them to be with us too! they ran in, very gladly, held our hands, and sang with us. anyone there could have easily felt the love :) i wanted the singing to go on, but well, all good things must come to an end so yeah, it had to end... letting go of the hands and the hugs were not easy, and it was not easy to say goodbye... friends cried, nuns cried, and even the monks cried! imagine the monastics crying as well... it was a very heart-warming scene. i guess it was because we all embraced each other with love from the very 1st day without any discrimination, so on the last day, we all saw attachment to this love, and was unwilling to let it go, especially the girls from the house of compassion, they were the main reason why so many cried... i will say, i'll want to go again next year :)

Our great big family of 5 days :)