To be Fair

老牛 Old Cow

He is Monk Semana Lak's good friend. His real name is Lekkanong and his ancestry could be traced back to Vietnam. Together with Monk Semana Lak and other fellow monks, they helped build Sisa Asoke. During those days, he and Semana Lak made a great duo in delivering impactful daily Budhism lectures. While Semana Lak assumed the gentle and compassionate tone, he was the fiesty and authoritative one. The villagers used to call the duo "Speakers of the Two Powerful Knives"

Anyway about 15 years ago, he decided to ditch his monkhood and got married. But then the young wife ran away. Then he remarried the 2nd time. Then the 2nd wife died. He is now a widower with one beautiful eldest daughter and 2 younger boys, and constantly looking around in the village and next villages and next villages .....for a 3rd wife. Villagers teased him that he is 老牛吃嫩草. (Old Cow eating tender grass)

He hardly speaks English and yet he is a persistent with his barracks of questions to me the visitor from "Ma-lai-sia". Using Thai of course, and using his friend Semana Lak as the translator...

First the flattery ....
" You smile very good... "
" I learn English a lot from you... "
" You very happy ..."

Then expressing interest about Malaysia...
" In Malai-sia you have vegetarian ? "
" In Malai-sia you have tom yam ?"
" In Malai-sia you have etc etc ... ?"

Moving closer to personal questions
" How many boyfriends you have ? "
" Why you keep short hair ? "
" Why you like to wear black ? "

Then the strangest question.....
" Would you want to do good this life and reborn a man in your next life ?"

So I tried my very best to dodge him whenever I see him around. But he is the best pal of Semana Lak and Buddha says judge no one .... Amitabha....be good be kind ...

posted by Vegie @ 3:01 PM