Things that made me happy today...
15 May 2012, Bangkok
1. I safely crossed many huge roads and am still in one piece. I understand perfectly well now why the Chinese have a saying that roads are like tigers' mouths. At the major roads, although the pedestrian green lights were on, and the cars perpendicular to me have stopped, but somehow there are still many cars coming from many other directions. Every time I have to cross the roads, I think of YY and wish she was around to hand my hand and guide me across. ( Yy, if u are reading this, you'll know how much I miss you) But oh well, now when I cross a major road, there's a few steps that I perform: I take a deep breath, chant a mantra under my breath, grit my teeth and walk across looking calm, trying to ignore the cars that seem to be coming dangerously close to me. So far, it worked perfectly.
2. Meeting a Thai pediatrician at the entrance of a temple. She was attracted to my orange Mani wristband and thought it was the one distributed in Thailand during the King's birthday celebrations. She started talking to me for some time in Thai before she realise I was giving her a blank look. When she found out that I was a foreigner, she v enthusiastically brought me into the temple and introduced the temple and some Thai culture to me before planning a whole day's itinerary in Bangkok for me. I'm very touched, unfortunately, I have limited time and money in Bangkok this time, will have to leave the itinerary for the next trip.
3. Seeing many Thais making food offerings to the monks in the marketplace early in the morning and having a chance to do so myself. And then going to a Wat and do a short meditation with the monks and a few laypeople who looked like they came by before heading to work. It's v encouraging to see people trying to include Buddhist practices in their daily life.
4. Finding a Thai vegetarian eating place where I had a v yummy, hearty and healthy local lunch.
5. Visiting the Golden Mount temple and finding a Buddha statue there that I really like a lot and felt a sense of calm when I was sitting with that Buddha statue. Also hang 2 bells at the top of the chedi which contains the Buddha's relics. One was to wish for the continuation of the 100 Million Mani Retreat in Singapore annually to benefit all sentient beings and the other is to wish for the well-being of my family. Hope both bells will resonate loud and clear in the wind and send my aspirations to all the protectors and devas in Thailand.
6. Fellow tourists who helped me take my photos at various places, putting in effort to help me find the right angle for the best shot and sharing with me some spots where I can take very artistic photos. Nice people are really everywhere.
7. Watching a group of people from all ages, male and female exercising to the tunes of hip music like "nobody nobody but you", "Starry starry night" etc in a local park and really enjoying themselves. Their joy is so infectious that I find myself immersed in their simple pleasure too.
I am a happy girl today. :)
1. I safely crossed many huge roads and am still in one piece. I understand perfectly well now why the Chinese have a saying that roads are like tigers' mouths. At the major roads, although the pedestrian green lights were on, and the cars perpendicular to me have stopped, but somehow there are still many cars coming from many other directions. Every time I have to cross the roads, I think of YY and wish she was around to hand my hand and guide me across. ( Yy, if u are reading this, you'll know how much I miss you) But oh well, now when I cross a major road, there's a few steps that I perform: I take a deep breath, chant a mantra under my breath, grit my teeth and walk across looking calm, trying to ignore the cars that seem to be coming dangerously close to me. So far, it worked perfectly.
2. Meeting a Thai pediatrician at the entrance of a temple. She was attracted to my orange Mani wristband and thought it was the one distributed in Thailand during the King's birthday celebrations. She started talking to me for some time in Thai before she realise I was giving her a blank look. When she found out that I was a foreigner, she v enthusiastically brought me into the temple and introduced the temple and some Thai culture to me before planning a whole day's itinerary in Bangkok for me. I'm very touched, unfortunately, I have limited time and money in Bangkok this time, will have to leave the itinerary for the next trip.
3. Seeing many Thais making food offerings to the monks in the marketplace early in the morning and having a chance to do so myself. And then going to a Wat and do a short meditation with the monks and a few laypeople who looked like they came by before heading to work. It's v encouraging to see people trying to include Buddhist practices in their daily life.
4. Finding a Thai vegetarian eating place where I had a v yummy, hearty and healthy local lunch.
5. Visiting the Golden Mount temple and finding a Buddha statue there that I really like a lot and felt a sense of calm when I was sitting with that Buddha statue. Also hang 2 bells at the top of the chedi which contains the Buddha's relics. One was to wish for the continuation of the 100 Million Mani Retreat in Singapore annually to benefit all sentient beings and the other is to wish for the well-being of my family. Hope both bells will resonate loud and clear in the wind and send my aspirations to all the protectors and devas in Thailand.
6. Fellow tourists who helped me take my photos at various places, putting in effort to help me find the right angle for the best shot and sharing with me some spots where I can take very artistic photos. Nice people are really everywhere.
7. Watching a group of people from all ages, male and female exercising to the tunes of hip music like "nobody nobody but you", "Starry starry night" etc in a local park and really enjoying themselves. Their joy is so infectious that I find myself immersed in their simple pleasure too.
I am a happy girl today. :)
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