Monday, May 07, 2007

In other news:

Its hard waking up to a dream state. Have I ever felt awake? Have I ever truly felt awake?

My research paper is losing its dime and dazzle, and my supervisor no longer looks like an Intergalactic rebel leader. Having school on a top of a hill is not much fun anymore too. Curses to the lack of bulldozers in the 18th century.

My hair is falling out in hand-fulls too. It no longer worries me. There are more important things at hand. Like why I can't get the damn fruitflies out of my fridge. (Doesn't it just make me look like a dodgy, rotting, disgusting old hag living in a dump of a decomposing heap? Muahahahha!)

In other pleasant news:

I went to the Vesak celebrations with a bunch of absolutely divine rishis yesterday. It was beautiful. I had to bring my camera without batteries tho, so you'll definitely get to see beautiful pictures of the bathing of Buddha, the 3 towering Triple Gem Buddhas, the amazing firework displays, the 5-Lions dance, the sutra chantings, and the endless vegetarian foodstalls, I'm sure! 'Tis hard remembering the things you're supposed to when you haven't woken up, lah.

I've never seen a bigger Vesak celebration in an Asian country. Strange... But it was nice how they turned the entire usually up-market, posh, poser-paradise area into one huge, celestial temple! I wish you all could have seen it! There were guides on hand, everywhere, to provide clueless folk with knowledge about Buddha's life (if they still couldn't get it from the story boards all around), about the symbolism of the things that were there and going on. There were Christians, Hindus and other party folk participating in the rituals, offering joss sticks, etc. It was such a fun way to learn about Buddha's life and it would be great if there were more such celebrations around the world, of the different religions so that anal-retentive arse wipes could become a little more than toilet paper.

Alas my most decent post to date and I have to end thus for the bell that tolls... the school bell, that is.

black llucii at 12:42:00 pm