Summer Meditation!

This summer I went to a meditation center for 10 days. I had a good time but it was hard. There were so many rules.

No Killing (not even an animal!)
No Stealing
No Lying
No Alcohol
No Dinner
No Speaking (This is called Noble Silence)
No Exercise
No Tobacco
No Sunbathing
No Outside Contacts (This means no letters, phone calls or visitors)
No Electronic Device (This means no cell phones, portable games or cameras)
No Music (This means no iPods, radios or Musical instruments)
No Reading and Writing (This means no books or notebooks)


There were so many rules. I tried to keep them all but I couldn`t. I broke one of the rules! I broke the rule "No Killing". I killed some ants.


The ants in Thailand are very strong and bite very hard. Many of them bit me and I jumped up and down. I didn@t want to but I stepped on some ants by mistake. Sorry ants....




Everyday I was so busy.

THE TIMETABLE

4:00 am Wake-up bell
4:30-6:30 am Meditate
6:30-8:00 am Breakfast break
8:00-9:00 am Meditate
9:00-11:00 am Meditate 11:00-12:00 Lunch break
12noon-1:00 pm Rest and interviews with the teacher
1:00-2:30 pm Meditate
2:30-3:30 pm Meditate
3:30-5:00 pm Meditate 5:00-6:00 pm Tea break
6:00-7:00 pm Meditate
7:00-8:15 pm Watch a video about meditation
8:15-9:00 pm Meditate
9:00 pm Go to Bed

My Summer Was Good!!! BAD VIDEO MBK

I had a very nice summer vacation. I was very active but I could also take a good rest.

First, My wife and I went to London!

London is very interesting. We took so many photos!

But London is very expensive. Three nights in a hotel cost 222 Pounds (43,286 Yen).

The world's most expensive cities in 2008
1 London
2 Oslo
3 Dublin
4 Copenhagen
5 New York
6 Zurich
7 Geneva
8 Tokyo



London was also very dirty.

On the train many people throw their old papers everywhere.




The streets are also dirty.



The toilets were very dirty. We went to a KFC in London. We couldn't use the toilets because they were so dirty!






We could only stay in London for 3 nights and then we went to Ireland.

My parents live in Ireland.

The town where they live is called Killamery.


My parents live in the white house. We stayed there for three weeks. My wife met so many of my cousins, aunts, uncles, friends.....

My wife, Aye Mar, cooked Myanmar food for my mother, my aunt and my friends. They had never tried Myanmar food before. They were very happy!


Next we went to Bangkok. We stayed at a nice hotel. The Twin Towers Hotel.
It was only 1900 Bhat( 5,936 Yen) a night. And it is close to MBK. MBK is a great shopping center. We love it so much!



At MBK you can get real Thai food very cheaply. One dish costs around 100 Yen! There are so many choices. Wonderful!


My Wife`s friend from Myanmar came to Bangkok to meet us. We had a good time together. We stayed in bangkok for 10 days. Really I think this is a little too long. I was getting tired of Bangkok after one week.


Next we went to Phisanulok. This is a city in Thailand. It takes 6 hours by bus to get there. We went there to go to a meditation center. We did meditation for 10 days. It was very hard but I became very relaxed and happy.


In the end I think my summer holiday was very nice. I was very active but I could also fully relax.