The other day, I was walking down to the internet cafe and found it to be closed as it was not yet 10:00 in the morning on a Sunday. I thought that it might open at 10:00 a.m., so I decided to walk to the temple to get my fortune to pass the time.
When you walk into a Thai temple grounds there are often multiple buildings consisting of living quarters, wats and other buildings, whose purpose I haven't yet identified. In front of the main wat, there are usually piles of shoes at the base of the steps, leading up to the figure of a Buddha with a table of offerings in front of him. The basic procedure seems to be to remove your shoes, walk up the steps and sit in front of the Buddha, waiing deeply towards the ground, presenting your offerings and waiing again. While you are there, you can also find out your fortune for the day by picking up a round wooden container filled with long sticks, each with a number written or taped to them somewhere. You hold the container at the bottom with the stick facing out and shake until on of the sticks falls out. You then read the number on the fallen stick and either give it to the woman/man sitting near by who will hand your your fortune, or in the case of the wat near the house, simply take the fortune that is hanging under the number on the wall that corresponds with your number.
I have done this twice at different wats and I am going to have good luck if I work hard, I shouldn't take the role of a leader as I need the cooperation of others to get things done, if I miss someone, it will be a long time before we are united; and apparently, according to each separate fortune, I am pregnant with a boy and a girl.
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