simple life

life in the monastery is indeed such a simple kind of life, it's monks are faced with simple issues but need to be attended to in order to keep a harmonious relationship between and among its members.

during our meeting with the abbot, he made mention about a reminder to his monks to return plastic (tupper wares as in manila's) food containers to the kitchen...

our purchaser was claiming that for two consecutive Wednesdays, he had been buying these stuff for leftover foods but now almost all have disappeared...

so the superior of the house pleaded to his monks not to be hoarding these plastic food containers in their cells. Likewise, coffee cups have been getting so low in number, so he reminded (again) his monks to return them to its hangers in the kitchen...

and for the more trivial one, i had to ask an apology in front of the community members for not informing anybody from the superiors that i threw away the red tea kettles in the morning after i discovered its inside walls completely eroded by rust and i thought that it is going to be hazarduos to our health if we continue using these two kettles for boiling water for coffee and tea during breakfast time and snack time of the day; afterall, as the community's kitchen manager, the general health and welfare of my brothers is my utmost concern. but just the same, i was at fault for not telling anybody from my superiors that i had to get rid of these rusty tea kettles.