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[haebin]

yesterday i was in a strange situation. i forget to talk about it yesterday because i was so flashed about vivo city and the concert ticket.
but okay, here is the story.
yesterday morning, when i waited for alecs, i sat on the singapore river, ne? so, i was totally in peace and relaxed and so on ... as suddenly a monk stood next to me. he talked about inner peace and gave me a piece of paper, where i've read several names, the countries and a number.
he talked the whole time about being peaceful and gave me a sticket. than he said ... donation -_-
I really didn't want to give him money because i don't like it to get forced. but damn, he was a monk. and i am pretty sure they KNOW why they are wearing monks clothes :|
So I gave him 10 dollars *sigh*
he actually wanted 20 (!), but i said to him i don't have more money. he wanted to give me a bracelet and 200 dollars for it o___O
so, wtf. i told him the whole time i don't have more money and finally he left. i wasn't really angry about myself. more like, oh god anke, why can't u say *no* when u are really feeling like that?

so, when alecs and we walked through the vivo city mall, we saw a monk again. and we had this conversation.

alecs; do u see him? those guys are really bad people.
me; why?
alecs; because they are giving u things, talking about donation but they are forcing u (and your bad conscience) to pay for it actually. and then they taking this money to get drunk and fucking around with prostitues
me; *sigh*
alecs; what's wrong?
me; i guess i made a monk a little bit happier today -__-
alecs; hach ankiiiiiii
XDDDD

so, for the next time i will say i don't have the money for it!
actually a young guy came at vivo city to me and asked me for donation and this time i sat *NO*! U see, I've learned pretty fast, ne? XDDD

Comments

[gackutolove.livejournal.com]

hmm something similar happened to me. when i was in vegas on the strip with my sister a priest came up to me looking for donations. i donated because i felt bad but then aftwards im wondering why a priest would be there asking for donations? because well the strip is full of casinos bars etc i would think thats like a carnal sin to be there.


but i feel like that would come back to me if someone actually needed the money and i didnt donate ...

[haebin.livejournal.com]

yeah. they are always talking about inner peace and a good conscience. so they know how to get the money, right? it is really annoing.
and of course the monks here are asking especially foreigners and tourists :/

[kazu-hisoka.livejournal.com]

That always happen everytime we go out with my mom. Not anymore but when things ok with us we would occasionally go out and somehow we would come across people asking for donations or trying to get us to buy stuff. I remember there was a day that my mom gave money to several people until later that day someone came up to her and my second oldest sister told the lady we couldn't. I don't think it's wrong to donate but yeah when you can't donate it makes one feel guilty. People always look at your lying too. -___-

[haebin.livejournal.com]

yup, that is right. it is okay to donate but i don't wanna have the feeling to be forced to give money. but i wanna do it by myself. and i don't wanna buy something as a donation *sigh*
now i am going away when i am seeing those people. maybe it isn't nice, but i can't give everyone my money. especially not 200 singapore dollars for a cheap bracelet o.o

[energetic-red.livejournal.com]

Prickelnd. Manche Menschen schrecken wirklich vor nichts zurück. Verkleidet als Mönch? Also ehrlich. Aber das erinnert mich an Paris. Da sind Farbige herum gelaufen und haben dir ein Armband ans Handgelenk gebunden und wollten dann Geld dafür. Bei mir wollte er 5 €, gegeben hab ich ihm 2 €. ^^ Ganz schön dreist und aufdringlich.

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Ne ne, nicht als moench verkleidet. Der typ war ein Monch. das ist ja das schlimme dabei ^^
die wissen halt genau wie es geht. ich weiss jetzt nur fuer mich, dass ich mir nix mehr in die hand druecken lassen.
und so tpen findest du ueberall. wo touristen sind, sind auch so leute, die geld machen wollen ^^
das heftige war ja noch, dass er fuer das armband 200 dollar wollte. wtf, das sind 100 euro O.O

[1stepcl0ser.livejournal.com]

wtf na toll O___O
der gibt das dann für alk und weiber aus? super mönch XDDD

rofl, 'hach ankiiii' XDDD
aber ja, aus solchen situationen lernt man :DD
ich habs auch auf die harte tour gelernt, lol ;)

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Joah ^^
Die typen sind hier echt uebel drauf, lol

rofl
ich musste auch lachen ^^
geht mir nicht anders. ich hab es auch gelernt und laufe jetzt halt einfach weiter oder sag nein. grad bei moenchen. es ist so aergerlich, dass sie grade an dein gewissen appelieren. die wissen halt, wie es geht, verdammt ^^

[isha-chan.livejournal.com]

Sowas ist echt...
Sich als Mönch verkleiden und dann Leute ausnehmen, das geht gar nicht!
But hey, you made Alecs smile \^^/

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Ne ne, Maus. Nicht als Moench verkleiden ;)
Der war ein Moench ^^

Ja, woohoo :D
rofl XD