Back to Square One

Awww, I feel as if its just moments ago that I was excitedly looking foward to the weekend. And within an eye's wink, its the end of the beautiful sunday.

My past weekend was even more packed than the previous ones. On saturday, I went down directly from work to PKS for a 'dry run' for vesak day celebration. I came totally unprepared and was arrowed to guide a group. Initially I thought it was okie, as I was prepared to crap around with my lin chang biao xian, but embarassingly, the other gal from NTU arrowed to guide another grp did her job superbly. Oh well, since i have taken up the responsibility and the role, I think i shld have come prepared for saturday. Lack of professionalism again...

I decided not to go for the weekly sat sittings at CMC as I have an appointment in campus later in the evening. However, the power of spiritual support was too strong to be ignored. With katrine and OWY around, I found myself at geylang again, as I joined in the weekly meditation. It was a good sitting :D Smallbro came to join us later but refused to accompany home :(

I reached home at 9 plus and after washing up, I made my way back to campus. Tok cok + makan with my hall friends, and stayed there overnight. This morning ate Mac bkfast in sch and made my way home in the afternoon, and joined in the vesak celebration at EXPO.

Frankly speaking, I felt like sleeping jus now watching the stage play. I found it long winded, but the kids were super cute and fun. Overall, I think lotsa efforts have been spent and I really appreciate all the hard work. I enjoyed the chantings and buddhist songs most. Well done for the celebration tonight :D

But a thought came to my mind: I wonder how we are going to introduce our friends to buddhism. For instance tonite, we cant possibly bring our friends along with us to the celebration as most likely they will be turned off by the long chantings and 'dull' buddhist songs. Thats probably why its so hard to propagate the Dharma compared with other religion. On the other hand, we cant do away with all these traditional practices as they meant a lot to us and Buddhism in this greatest day of Vesak.

Well the supper tonite with chunkit and smallbro tree was too heavy... but i have to sleep soon. .tmr working again :( Aww back to square one............sian.