Showing posts with label Tzu Chi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tzu Chi. Show all posts

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Recycling, Vegetarianism

I joined Tzu Chi approximately 3 months ago after the divorce, with the hope of getting new acquaintances and hopefully be a better person. Well, three months have passed, and I'm still the same but I've gathered enough courage to participate in a couple of their activities despite being linguistically handicapped. You see, I can't speak their lingo - Mandarin, but some are able to speak English. Ya la, I'm a "banana man" - yellow on the outside, white on the inside... in short, a Chinese who speaks only English.

Their latest activity was the recycling and vegetarianism campaign held on the eve of Wesak Day. I was stationed in one of the locations in town. I was there with my colleague at about 6 p.m. Here are some photos:

The seniors arrived early to set up the station
Briefing. The ones in grey are generally juniors.
The recycle boxes. Later more boxes were brought in.
Promoting vegetarianism
Our stuff had to be hidden from public view. 
It looks neat too.
The public buying some organic stuff
A member of the public pledging to be a vegan
for a certain duration.
A prayer before you leave
Time to clean up the mess
So, am I a vegan? The answer is NO (not yet) - it's good to be 100% vegan but I just wonder what would happen if there are just too many animals on this planet because all of us have become vegetarians? But I will definitely consume lesser meat from now on, for health reasons too.

Perhaps one day in the future, I'll not eat anymore meat.