My slow decent into Celibacy... cont.

Anyways, the following day I woke up at 5 am(mandatory), went to the contemplation room where we had to do our morning exercises. We then prepared for another 50 minutes of meditation. I am proud to say that my legs did cramp up but I didn't move that much, and my thoughts were a lot clearer. had an awesome lunch. It was like general Tso's tofu. [delicious]. Then I worked in the garden and boy did those mosquitoes/bugs love my blood.

I'm irresistible to both humans and insects.

After that we finished gardening, we had to attend Sunday service. Heading into the hall, I was feeling really good, quite monkish. I noticed that there were more people present which was exciting. Especially this one girl who had a multi-ethnic look to her. I was feeling even happier, because I was going to talk to her. We did another round of mediation, chanting(a lot of chanting), and then had a water/tea break. This was my chance to speak with the girl. She got up from her cushion, and I waited about 15 seconds before following her. As I opened the door to approach her she was heading back in. (UGh! that sucked) Suddenly I wasn't so thirsty. So i went to use the bathroom, checked myself in the mirror and went back to the service.

Chen Wen is a nice guy, but a Preacher of the Buddhist way...not so good. The biggest problem that I had with his message is that every subject was about what I brought up with him on our hike. I should have been credited for the message. Not only was his "lecture" ripped off from me, but it was also contradicting( At least I had Jillian to look at). I made up my mind then that I probably would not be returning. One more round of meditation (I started falling asleep by then). Then the bell rang and we were off to do as we pleased.

I got out of my cushion bowed at everyone, and headed outside for the post service cookie/tea break. Jillian was in front of me, and I got a good look at her body. Well in the face she looked young, but her body was pushing 30. I don't know what has been up with me lately and being attracted to older looking women. Anyways, even though I am attracted to a decent sized derriere, my big-bottomed girl Jillian was a stretch. My interest was lost.

Anyways, a lot went down hill from there. This Monastery wasn't what I expected. I started noticing the various cult-like ways, and disorder. Too many people who do not seem qualified are put in high positions. But before I would jump to conclusion I decided to do some research.

I located the old cute wise asian man, his name escapes me at the moment. I bombarded him with questions. It turns out that the Odious woman Buffy, who I took a quick dislike to takes over when Chen Wen isn't around. I have no idea why they would do that, she didn't seem to know her head from her toe. But whatever, I wasn't staying around another day anyways, so I wasn't going to let it get to me.

I left around 5:20 that evening, had a very pleasant talk with the cab driver, and left for Jersey.


I completely forgot about the reason for my title. Not only was it because Buddhist are sadly celibate, but because on my way to the place of Holiness, I met 2 girls. That Saturday afternoon making my way to the Monastery, I was lighting up my pipe on the Platform( ...I know Buddhist don't smoke). A tall, blonde with a short bob approached me. She was wearing black boots, black shorts, a white short sleeved shirt with some pretty cool eclectic jewelry.

Long story short. We shared a cigarette, i got her number, and later on im gonna tap that...jk. But she was cool, She's my age, attends FIT, and has a southern accent.


Next, when I was returning to Jersey, I came across a distressed girl. She kinda looked like corrina bailey rae( i totally destroyed her name). Anyways, she missed her train so she as upset. I turned to her and told her that I liked her hair. We hit it off after that. Turns out that shes 23 year old photographer from LA. We took pictures together, exchanged numbers and now that was my trip.

It was a pretty cool experience. I cant do long term commitments, so i probably couldn't live at the monastery for more than a few days.

Every time you change your surroundings, you create opportunities for yourself. If you sit at home all day, you lower your chances to experience a lot. So get off your seat, and do what you want, because you are younger than you think, fully capable and opportunites are everywhere, so go find 'em.