Sunday, November 12, 2006
Kusu Island (Part 2)
Anyways, the crowd going to Kusu is NOTHING like what it used to be. With the increasing differentiation between Taoism and Buddhism (and the great numbers of mixed people labeled as Buddhist) as well as the younger generation probably not even considering a trip to Kusu as something they want to do, the sunday crowd has dwindled greatly. I'd say maybe 20% of what it used to be 10 years ago but perhaps it's cos most people went during the first 9 days of the month.
Whilst there, we could see the storm clouds gathering on Mainland, but Kusu was sunny as ever.
After having tea there and walking round the island, we figured it was time to go back to mainland. Upon disembarking, we encountered someone giving out pamphlets for the Buddhist "舍利" event. I had half a mind to ask the person what they felt was their relevance there during the Kusu Pilgrimage.. but um.. I didn't. My friend said :"go go go!" but walked away. Boo. Hahah!!
Oh. And O'Brien's does not have crispy bacon on the menu anymore.
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Anyways, the crowd going to Kusu is NOTHING like what it used to be. With the increasing differentiation between Taoism and Buddhism (and the great numbers of mixed people labeled as Buddhist) as well as the younger generation probably not even considering a trip to Kusu as something they want to do, the sunday crowd has dwindled greatly. I'd say maybe 20% of what it used to be 10 years ago but perhaps it's cos most people went during the first 9 days of the month.
Whilst there, we could see the storm clouds gathering on Mainland, but Kusu was sunny as ever.
After having tea there and walking round the island, we figured it was time to go back to mainland. Upon disembarking, we encountered someone giving out pamphlets for the Buddhist "舍利" event. I had half a mind to ask the person what they felt was their relevance there during the Kusu Pilgrimage.. but um.. I didn't. My friend said :"go go go!" but walked away. Boo. Hahah!!
Oh. And O'Brien's does not have crispy bacon on the menu anymore.
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