Kai

Bruised all over

I went go-karting yesterday (bright, sunny Saturday morning) and got all bruised. Didn't think go-karting can be this dangerous for a 1st timer. I did 12 laps on a 1.3km high speed track for apprx. 20 minutes but my body feels like it's been working out for 1 week. It's Sunday evening now and I still can't walk normal, my back hurt, my palm is skinning and my hips are destroyed. I've never gotten so bruised practising any other sports. My hips are so badly bruised, it looks like someone beat me up with a rod. Went a little too fast on the track and did the skinning thing a couple of times, almost got myself thrown off the kart while doing the hairpin bends and chicanes. We're only talking about 50kms/h here, I can't imagine how it'll feel if it was any faster (ppl tell me: "you'll feel as if your eye balls will pop out"). Can't wait till this body gets better and get on the fast lane again :). Meantime..all I can do now is sit on the couch and try not to move about.

posted by LittleChina @ 3:17 AM 3 comments

Birth of a Noble Prince

About 2 weeks ago, I celebrated Wesak Day- the best known date on the Buddhist calendar. Wesak is the name of a month in the ancient Indian calendar. In some countries it's known as Buddha day. The temple being in Brickfields (Indian neighbourhood) was very crowded. The "blessing" routine was less then 2 minutes as there were too many waiting to enter the main praying hall. Hundreds of candles was lighted up, each for every donation made. It was a beautiful sight.

a little intro to all who does not know what Wesak Day signifies:
Wesak Day Holds special significance for the millions of Buddhist who comprise a fifth of the world's total population. In thousands of templates across the world Buddhist will pay homage to an Indian Prince who forsook the pleasures of a royal household to bring peace and happiness to mankind. The Buddha was born in 623 B.C on a Wesak full-moon day. The young Prince was named Siddhartha or "the one who brought all good".

I took some photos in the temple:

posted by LittleChina @ 4:11 AM 1 comments