Post 596 March 182023
Exercises DAU VIET
Lake Wonder continued
Pictures MEXICO
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POST 596 March
17, 2023 Linda’s Thursday Quotation
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The Lake of Wonder (Part 2) POST 596 March 18, 2023 Charles Phan Hoang
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(continued) I was attracted by the game of assessing
the circumference of this magical lake. From the small beach which was my
starting point, I did not have a full view of the lake, and so I could not
directly estimate how large or how long the lake would be. Moreover, there
was no path or trail circling this intriguing lake. One Saturday morning, I
decided to initiate my game in estimating the size of the Lake. The rule of
this game was simple: Once I had made a decision to execute a process, I had
no right to change it. That day, I chose to walk and use my steps to do the
measurement, since riding a bicycle and using its meter to measure some part
of the lake was not an option. For every 1000 steps (500 metres), I would
make a stop and perform my training with nine times of the breathing-bow; and
for every 2000 steps (one kilometre), I would make another stop and execute a
form. Each time I fail to abide by the rule of the game, the lake will
win.
Usually
this small and deserted beach was very quiet, but when I was about to walk
away, a sound of trotting horses was gradually growing towards my direction.
A few seconds later, I was surrounded by four young fellows on horseback. I
was alone, having only a stick ‘yet-bong’ at hand. They passed me, made a round turn on the
beach, and then galloped away as fast as they had come. I stayed still in a
cloud of dust, surprisingly seeing them sitting on horseback without saddle.
Now, I started dreaming if I could have a horse to go around the lake, or
simply to join them for an adventure.
A second later, the image of the Mount Ba-Vi came back from my memory
in the background of a dozen of Vietnamese mountain folks, young and old, on
horseback without saddle, holding firmly their spear or long stick, and
advancing in single line into the heart of this dark mountain, which was
famous of ferocious tigers. I was then an eleven years-old boy coming from
the city and exploring almost every part of life in high mountains and rain
forests of my own country. The instinct that had been forged in a forgotten
past now suddenly came back to shape up my daring character, when I advanced
into the unknown terrain of the Lake of Wonder. I thought I should not be
hesitant to take part into this game of exploring the lake; in Mexico, there
is no tiger or lion to be afraid of. But one second later, I realized that I
had not taken enough precautionary measure defending against snakes. At the
moment, I am alone in a deserted place of Mexico, unlike in Canada, a country
of snow and maple trees having no venomous snakes.
Although
there was no path or trail around the lake, I was advancing quite well the
first two kilometres. At the stop of my first kilometre, I performed Bai
Di-Xa; the quiet lake seemed to understand my message - I will “go far”. At the
stop of my second kilometre, the lake sent hundreds of birds flying around to
impress me. This flock of birds flied up very high in organized escadrilles
under the cloudy sky. At my great surprise, they suddenly disappeared and
then reappeared in a twinkling of an eye, like in a trick of magical cards,
under a surreal sky. Slowly, I performed Thap-Bat-Dieu (form of Eighteen
Birds) for several times then quietly left the place to continue my way.
I was accounted with more difficulties in my
third kilometre. The landscape became somehow unpredictable. The soil was wet and there was a creek
cutting across the path. The stream was shallow and the rocks in the bottom
seemed to be slippery. I could manage to cross it, but the plan of executing
a quyen in the middle of an unknown creek was not an easy task or a wise
thing to do even at a quite peaceful place. One solution was that I could
make a left turn and walk a bit further up to complete my third kilometre
somewhere along the creek before I have to cross it. This was a good idea but not an honest
solution. An alternative solution suddenly sprang into my mind, suggesting me
to find a very short Quyen which does not involve any leg-kick or any low
movement. Do you know what? There is a very small form that we almost forget
about it, which has only five simple hand movements. It is easy to perform
and very rich in meaning. This form is called ‘Bai Dau-Viet’ or ‘The Five
Accents’ in English. With confidence, I slowly crossed the stream, and,
at half way, I stopped and did this form. While I was busy executing the form
of Five Accents, my stick
‘yet-bong’ slipped out of my hand. I quickly regained it at the cost of being
fallen into the water. I lost! The lake won the first round. My day ended in the evening at a well-known Mexican restaurant El Cielo located in Zona Rosa where I enjoyed the company of my new Mexican colleagues, tasted the ‘Mexican Vodka’ tequila, and discovered that, in Mexican Spanish, the word ‘Si’ does not always mean Yes, but sometimes it could mean… No!
Best
wishes, Charles Phan Hoang |
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