My 1 Jan 06

I woke up this morning to find my left eye in red. Sub-conciously, I have been rubbing it during my sleep and I found the entire eye swollen. The cornea has become like a piece of jelly, creating folds as i turn my eye ball from side to side. Its jus like a piece of contact lens on my eye ball not worn properly. I was getting quite worried if the cornea flap created during my lasik has given way. Fortunately, the swell went away after i place eye cubes on my eye for abt an hr.

I drove to Mac Ritchie reservoir jus now to take some pics. Met chunkeong (ex nusbs snr) jogging by the reservoir. I wasnt very pleased with myself over there though, shall not elaborate it here.

I proceeded to drive down to Srilankaramaya Temple today. Its crowded with the Sri Lankans, and being the only chinese around made me feel alienated, but i heck care. I wanted to meditate on the 2nd floor but it was occupied. Hence, decided to spend my time taking photos of my van, hehe.

I spent the evening at Siew Ching's wedding (our NUSBSA President). WOW, its the first time i see so many NUSBS seniors, most of whom i have not met before. There were at least 4-5 tables of NUSBS friends. Although i was never in their era and do not know most of them, I could sense the strong bonds and friendships built among them all these years. To my surprise, I learnt that most of them were not from the MCs. It shows how strong the sub-coms and active the members were in the past.

One thing i observed abt these buddhist snrs is that most of them were dressed very casually (i din mean LC but jus not glam and posh). Most do not drive also. It makes me ponder if it is really true that most buddhists do not form the medium-higher or higher class of the society. I guess most probably becos they do NOT see material means and status as top priorities in their life :D

Anyway received a pleasant surprise SMS from my OGL Kenneth that he is already married with a 4mth old baby!!! I must really thank him as he has been a great influence to draw me closer to the Dharma :)