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Earth Day !!

What have you contributed ? I HAVE

Been 2 years since i am drunk
Been 3 years i have not ate sharkfins
Been missing in total 6 months of work due to sick leave + weird leave + emergency leave
Been 4.5 years since i last smoke
Been 10 years i have not killed a plant intentionally

Been 31 years that i have help earth reproduce CO2…..good on me…i think i’ll get myself an ice cream

HAPPY EARTH DAY ALL !!

I won First placing for this category….

Bet the world did not know there’s an amulet competition.

Well…there have !! and is extremely huge and lucrative in Thailand

Stay tune we’re about to begin……………………….

Our little escapade to Bangkok is closer than we (well, i actually) can comprehend. The beautiful Temples that’s rich in history, the magnificent culture that spreads more than a few century old. Kings and Wars, Beauties and Food, things that you expect in an exotic fairy tales, unfolding before us. The few days we’ll be photographing millions of essence that could, and would justify the majestic Thailand.

Before we can do any of that, firstly we need to be there. However !!! a few items that we must prepare ourselves when you’re trampling on foreign land is that you’re the damn foreigner !! Food, customary customs and bizzare heritages is really just DAILIES.

I have gotten hype up with KY & Dree about the fried grasshoppers or the locust/scorpions. I really must try those. I have a point to prove !! that I !! a chinese have the sole rights to eat anything that have 2 or more legs, with back or head facing the sun are edible. Edible it is…to you maybe but some pictures here might put you really off food…BRING ON THE DAMN IVs !!!!

FRIED Centipede ? these buggers aren’t your toilet escapees…they are in fact…the mother of all centipedes !!

Scorpions i can tolerate..after all i used to have them as pets before i make them have a deadly fatal battle with my pet goldfish ! Due to the nature of scorpion’s poison, i given the goldfish a slight advantage…i let goldie choose the battle ground…..scorpio got in…sunk like a lead…and never move since ! goldfish 1 - 0 scorpio

i want so much to believed these are boiled craps with special THAI sauce. !!! but i fear they are not….it looks like bug..huge ass bugs that gives FEARFACTOR a run for the money…..what the fucks are these ?

Grub…ever since i was running events in Kuching, Malaysia i wanted to taste these delicious grubs. or tree worms. But the thai version seems to have everything Enlarged !….was there a 3rd Atom Bomb that drop near Bangkok that never made it to the news during world war II?

Cicada, locust, grasshopper or wutever..it doesn’t make any difference anymore….

It kinda makes u wonder if chinese really would go the extra mile to test their culinary skills. As much as to have Humans parts as delicacies. Say for example if so by weird chance all dead humans were REcycled into foods, which part you think you’ll enjoy?

If it’s a matter of life and death that i have to chew/munch or anyhow taste human in order to save human population/defend earth from aliens/make asteroids derail < -- put own....i'll choose to try the tongue....i kinda like it when is attached to ducks/chicken/pigs/goats/fishes.....

This dish will probably test my EVERYTHING! it will clearly test whether my skin will jump out from my head or my intestines will marathon away to report the authority !! This might just be my limit…might…i’ll just might take 1…..maybe…a very distance maybe……………………………………………………………..

but one species on earth can rest assured…they can continue to populate the earth and never fear of TERENCE ever making them into any menu !!! they are of course !!

My limit is cow=Beef……..yes….i will choose death over Sirloin or T-bones or Kobe Beef……

* Pictures stolen without permission from www.funatiq.com* !!

Dear People of Thailand,

for a couple of days only, God and gang will be there, accept them with open arms stashed with USD 100 notes for their picking. Bring out the best food, best drinks Let’s parttyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

nobody but carrefour knows, maybe is the price increase ? or maybe this teddy knows too much. or he was caught as undercover bear in Tesco. Whatever the reason, this teddy was hung for everyone to see….CRIME DOES NOT PAY..tell ur 2 year old children this.

By the way…if u want to see more of this bear and his accomplice is in carrefour subang jaya

here’s something closer to home. Our own Wat ThaiCelern Kedah.

He’s Phra Ku Samok Sang, grand disciple of LP Kaew Wat Sampaimaikein

Phra Ku at Cheras LP Kaew Temple

Some of Phra Ku newspaper clippings

Phra Ku in Hot boiling oil during a festive event in Wat Thaicelern

Phra Ku’s Tankrut with the same katha as LP Kaew’s Tankrut. Apparently was used to bullet test and it did not went tru..power power

The Contrasting Faces of Chinese Buddhism today

From: http://bbs3.news.163.com/bbs/photo/43627730.html
A very powerful article in Chinese showing the 2 completely different sides of Buddhism in China.

Dabeisi, the only monastery in China today with no Donation Box. The Sangha there uphold the Vinaya strictly, eating only one meal a day & do not touch money.

Shaolin temple. Used to be the ancient founding site of Chan Buddhism & Shaolin Kungfu, now it has turned into the main tourist attraction in Henan, China and the pillar of Dengfeng county’s economy. Or to put it in a better way, it’s the Head Office of the Shaolin Corporation.

Ven Miaoxiang, abbot of Dabeisi.

Yongxin, CEO of the Shaolin Corporation.

The Sangha of Dabeisi on their morning Pindapata alms round.

The Kungfu performers of Shaolin striking a pose for the camera.

Accepting only food from laypeople, begging for no more than 7 households.

CEO Yongxin appearing on a TV show with one of their young performers showing off his acrobatic skills.

Preaching to the devotees during their Dhutanga travels.

Yongxin signing autographs for his fans.

Camping out in the open at night. The monks of Dabeisi are not allowed to stay in laypeople’s houses or hotels during their Dhutanga travels.

Shaolin performers taking part in the Miss International Tourism pageant and posing with the 87 contestants.

Travelling around only on foot.

Travelling only in the most luxurious European car.

Doing all the chores and building works by themselves.

The Shaolin Corporation employs cleaners and security guards to do the work for them.

One of the Dabeisi monks meditating on the roadside.

A Shaolin employee surfing the net. Notice the webcam.

Free joss sticks at Dabeisi.

Giant joss sticks on sale in Shaolin. Prices range from 6,000 - 100,000 RMB.

An august Dharma assembly at Dabeisi.

An auction sale of mobile numbers blessed by Shaolin monks. This person won the bid with 82,000 RMB.

For the rest you have to read the original article.
The Dhammapada says:
“One who wears the stainless robe, who’s yet not free from stain,
without restraint and truthfulness, he is unfit for the stainless robe.
But one who is self-cleansed of stain, in moral conduct firmly set,
having restraint and truthfulness, he is fit for the stainless robe.”
I have the deepest reverence for the Sangha of Dabeisi. As for the Shaolin Corporation.. you guys can draw your own conclusions. Actually Shaolin does not just represent itself, but the vast majority of commercial Buddhism in modern China. Everything about the religion becomes a way to earn money. But Shaolin has the edge compared to other commercial temples due to its unique army of famous Kungfu performers. Dabeisi monastery represents the small minority of adherents here and there, who remain true to the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism, quietly practicing faraway from the money, the cities and the crowds. These are the real renunciates, Sangha that we look up to. As long as they are around, there is still hope for the religion.

Taken & translated by http://waynedhamma.blogspot.com/ Thanks wayne i went to the original forum but i can’t read chinese