The Dalai Lama~

Is such an amusing fellow. He makes people break out into laughter with all his antics and his "cute", according to Juanita, facial expressions. The Dalai Lama came to UW as part of his 5 day Seeds of Compassion tour of Seattle, to receive an honorary degree and to address students of UW. I was fortunate enough to get a ticket to place myself in the Hec Edmunson Pavilion for this historic and once in a lifetime opportunity event. The Dalai Lama basically talked about compassion and peace in the world, with an ultimate vision of demilitarizing the entire world. He then answered questions pertaining to compassion in a controlled Q&A session, and no questions that are related to the situation in Tibet or the upcoming Beijing Olympics are allowed. While the Dalai Lama was speaking inside the pavilion, chinese demonstrators gathered outside in what seemed to be a protest?? They urged people to support the Beijing Olympics and tried to convince that historically, Tibet has always been part of China so cut the chit chat. And then there was this plane circling around the UW campus which had a flag saying "Dalai, Ur smile charms, ur actions harm."

There are many people who revere and respect the Dalai Lama, but there are many who are against him too. Nevertheless, his presence has brought some life and controversy to the people in Seattle, and it was an interesting but rather disappointing experience (cos i wanna hear him talk abt the happenings in China and Tibet).