Monday, June 25, 2007

Senior Student Kenshu 2007 ended yesterday and all the preparations for it has finally ended. No more walking down the horrendous loooooooonng stretch of road at Changi Beach Park.

Kenshu was fun i guess. Somehow, i don't have the feeling i am in a Kenshu. Perhaps it is the place(at Aloha Changi no less) or the atmosphere or simply the flexibility. When you gather 60 plus people who are around your age, things are so much easier. There are more common topics to talk about and information can be passed down easily cause there is the advantage of common lingo or common understanding or maybe common thinking. Furthermore, due to the age of the participants(from 17 to 19), the degree of maturity is there and hence, there is a high degree of flexibility. You are free to come and leave anytime during the Kenshu cause we understand that you have other programmes elsewhere and we appreciate your effort in making your way down.
Besides, the programs are not so tightly packed this time round and free time are aplenty. It is through these free times that people start to talk to each other and bonds are created or strengthen and i guess this is something important.

So, to me, the whole Kenshu was simply a time to just get away from the routine, gather friends and sit down and look at our current life and practice. Discuss and spot the mistakes together, learn how to correct it, treat our practice with a more serious attitude and start practising correctly, not just practise to our convenience. Than move on afresh and strive towards 2009.

Now it is time to look forward to the Junior Student Kenshu 2007, our temple and ultimately 2009.





On a side note, i visited the Traffic Police HQ today for a sharing session and it was truly a great learning trip. The police officer emphasize safety a lot and advise us on ways to avoid accidents. In fact, he is trying to convince us not to do anything that will get ourself into accidents cause he always want us to think that the person you just knocked down in a hurry to get to somewhere might be the one closest to you. Besides that, he also soften the image of the Traffic Police and really, if you do not speed too much and keep to the rules, you probably won't meet them at all.

Throughout the sharing session, he showed us clips on accidents on the road and i can't help but notice that most of them involve a motorcycle. In fact, motorcyclists and pillion riders make up 55% of deaths due to accident on the roads. So, a motorcycle is really, really very dangerous. Not that i have a thing against motorcyclists but really, i would prefer to ride in a car than on a motorcycle anytime.