Tri by the Tree (Bodhi Walk)

Taking a pic with sumanTri by the Tree?
Wondering why was tree pulling his ears, some monkey business?


This morning, I made my way to the Bodhi Walk and met the NTUBS ppl at the city hall station control. I decided to join them in flashing the posters while waiting for Francis. Teddy was practically sticking the poster on his body, ahha.

The Bodhi Walk was enjoyable, esp spending time to talk cok with the BS juniors and some NTU friends. Ajhan Brahm did the Bodhi walk too, together with Bhante side by side. I really respect Bhante for his heart and effort put in for Singapore Buddhist Library. I have heard he made much more contributions in bringing in the English Theravadan Buddhism in Singapore. Perhaps without him and his effort, we wouldnt get the chance to learn the Dharma comfortably in english and benefitted much from it.

This morning, a 92 yr old man went missing after the Bodhi Walk. David, me, sumantri, gillian, francis, yuhan and a few others were frantically looking for him after being 'activated' to do so. We split up to search for him, and i actually went inside the Esplanade shopping to look for him. The guard found me suspicious and I asked him help me keep a look out. After which, I saw an old man wearing the BL t shirt with a golden pendant hanging in front of him when i went futher down the route to search.

Me : Uncle, u got lost ah?
He : Eh.....
Me : Oh, i was told to come and look for you
He : No... i am also looking for the missing old man...

Walaos, i was embarrassed momentarily. We later learnt that the old man may have gone home by himself, but we werent sure. Nobody could confirm and nobody bothered to find out later. But I salute Francis for his boldness to go round asking the old man " Uncle issit u who got lost, uncle issit u?" haha...

Well, all the respective TIs went on separate ways for their lunch. When NUSBS, i saw NTUBS still busy taking photographs. I decided not to join NUSBS for lunch, but not becos i Pai Chi them as wat OWY said. Firstly, I dun have the spending power to eat on snacks like You Tiao Do Hua, I have to spend carefully on the right meals. Secondly, I no longer have that strong sense of belonging to the society anymore.

Throughout the past 4 yrs, we have had several such typical buddhist events. In the earlier days, the most commonly seen faces that constitute to 'NUSBS' were that of Jinyang, Rf, Kim, Lorraine, Yaoyang, later followed by Yeeling, OCC, Suk, Hadi, David, Chin Koon, Sihui etc. In the later yrs, NUSBS were mainly made up of faces from Fengying, Nale, Eunice, Lynnette etc. And now we have the faces you can find in the above pic. I believe 2 yrs later, i may jus meet a bunch of youngsters on the streets, bearing the "NUSBS" title on their t shirt but all will be strangers and unfamiliar faces to me. What used to be under the charge of my frens and myself, will soon be under the hands of ppl we no longer know. Thats life, passing of the baton, impermanence.

After working for 2 weeks, i found myself really making good use of my weekends. Weekends used to be spent on lazying around in front of my PC or on my bed at home, but now my weekends are fully utilized. Yday was the most packed day for me, from morning 7 plus till 10 plus at nite. I will be meeting another fren for supper later, becos we wanna maximise our weekends catching up with each other :D

Smalltree, hope the you tiao doesn give u any 'impact' ah....