How to wake up at 4am on a public holiday
Wow. A worthy title. I hope that by this time tomorrow, I would have the answers to share with you. If not, tomorrow's blog would be "How not to wake up at 4am on a public holiday"!! hahaahaa.
Why on earth am I waking up at 4am? I'm helping to save the earth. No kidding. I've volunteered to be part of an environmental awareness initiative at the Phor Kark See Monastery on Vesak Day: we're trying to educate the public on recycling, using cloth shopping bags instead of plastic bags, etc. My shift is from 6am-11am. (There are events going on through the night from tonight onwards.) So that means I got to get up by 4am. I'm looking forward to it. The odds are stacked against me. I've got three classes to teach today. The 2nd evening class ends at 10pm. By the time I've answered my students questions and packed up, it would be 11pm. Dinner/supper. Midnight or 1am sleep. wake up at 4am. It would be a great challenge. But I plan to attend the talks and workshops at the Monastery during the day on Vesak day so I chose to volunteer for the earliest possible slot. Hope I don't fall asleep during mediation class. If I do, I hope I don't snore too loudly and jeopardise someone else's samadhi.
Still the sun rises everyday for me. Why not I rise earlier on one day for mother earth? ;-)
If you are interested in the events, you can read:
http://kmspks.org/events/vesak/index.htm
Tips: There is a chap doing a talk on yoga at 3pm on Vesak Day. Another gentleman, Richard Chia, is conducting meditation class -- I took a meditation course by him before and he was very good. Talks are free. See you there.
Why on earth am I waking up at 4am? I'm helping to save the earth. No kidding. I've volunteered to be part of an environmental awareness initiative at the Phor Kark See Monastery on Vesak Day: we're trying to educate the public on recycling, using cloth shopping bags instead of plastic bags, etc. My shift is from 6am-11am. (There are events going on through the night from tonight onwards.) So that means I got to get up by 4am. I'm looking forward to it. The odds are stacked against me. I've got three classes to teach today. The 2nd evening class ends at 10pm. By the time I've answered my students questions and packed up, it would be 11pm. Dinner/supper. Midnight or 1am sleep. wake up at 4am. It would be a great challenge. But I plan to attend the talks and workshops at the Monastery during the day on Vesak day so I chose to volunteer for the earliest possible slot. Hope I don't fall asleep during mediation class. If I do, I hope I don't snore too loudly and jeopardise someone else's samadhi.
Still the sun rises everyday for me. Why not I rise earlier on one day for mother earth? ;-)
If you are interested in the events, you can read:
http://kmspks.org/events/vesak/index.htm
Tips: There is a chap doing a talk on yoga at 3pm on Vesak Day. Another gentleman, Richard Chia, is conducting meditation class -- I took a meditation course by him before and he was very good. Talks are free. See you there.
