4th of July

Without much sleep, I got up in time to connect with a group from the university participating in the Rosemead 4th of July parade.  We had a fairly large group, and my friends Eldor and Shakya and I walked carrying the schools banner.  We also had a small Chinese dragon dancing, two cars, a Chinese drum, and lots of students waving flags.  Interestingly, aside from myself, there was only one other American in our contingent.  We really are an international school.  I particularly liked the hat that one of the venerables was wearing--it was a Chinese monastic straw hat with several small American flags attached to it.  The only downside to it all was standing in the sun for so long before actually marching in the parade.  I had sun tan lotion on, but it's almost 9pm and I still have a headache.

I got a big laugh from the UWest t-shirt that had been prepared for me.  It was an XXL sized shirt.  OK, I know I have a few extra pounds on my belly, but that was a bit much.  But it was blue with white lettering, so the shirt with my deep red lower robe on gave me the perfect red, white, and blue ensamble.  Fashion is my life.

In a few minutes, a bunch of us will probably head out to the parking lot to watch fireworks from surrounding communities (the university is up on a hill).  After that, I'm looking forward to getting into bed and sleeping...a lot.

Since I was carrying the banner today, I didn't bring my camera, but I'll add pics taken by others when I get them.

Comments

[Todd Kunioka]

Thanks for participating in the Rosemead parade. I hope you all had fun!

I've got a picture of the University of the West group, just before the parade. Don't know if you're in it. It's posted at www.saveourcommunity.us

[Rinchen Gyatso]

Todd--that was me in your picture right in the middle wearing the blue shirt and beige hat. It looks like I'm looking right at the camera. Thanks for checking out my blog.

[Avitov]

Malaysia- Is it a good destination to learn English?
A fellow press friend of mine yesterday asked me which country, Malaysia or Singapore, is good destination to learn English. I advised her to study in Singapore, where I studied English too five years ago, a safe country that has strict rule of law. Malaysia is a country where an innocent Mongolian woman was shot to death and exploded into pieces by military-use C4 explosive fastened to her body. I will say this sentence to everybody asked me about Malaysia. This will be recalled for the people of Mongolia every time we think of Malaysia.

Malaysia is no longer a destination for Mongolians either to study or travel. I heard a number of Mongolians going Malaysia to study has been decreased a lot since last year when our beloved mother of two was killed in a jungle outside KL.

I have been to Malaysia actually, when I was studying in Singapore. I remember that when I was under passport control at the Singapore-Malaysia border, a Malay passport controller smiled at me and told me "Bat Khaan! Genghis Khan!". He said something to his fellow customs officers in Malaysian and told me "Welcome to Malaysia!". My first impression on the country of Malaysia had this wonderful start. I felt like I was the first Mongolian coming to Malaysia. We will not hear this nice welcoming from a passport controller of Russia now, a country what we believed as "brother in steel friendship" for over 70 years in the past under Soviet ally.

At that time, how can we know that a Mongolian woman will be killed in this country brutally and her entrance record will be deleted from immigration database. Personally, I think these people, Baginda and his family, including the two police officers and Najib Tun Razak in who gave the order, are the most disgusting people on the globe as same as those terrorists who killed thousands of people on September 11, 2001 by using civilian airplane as missiles.

Who authorizes those people to use airplane as missiles? Who authorizes those people to use military explosives to kill an innocent woman?
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” –Edmund Burke-
“NO JUSTICE NO PEACE!”
“NO GETTING OVER IT!!”
“JUSTICE FOR ALTANTUYA SHAARIIBUU!!!”