Comments on: cultivating positivity http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2008/03/14/cultivating-positivity/ exciting, informative, snarky, and very likely fabricated tales of life as an american expat in london Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:06:21 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jen http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2008/03/14/cultivating-positivity/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 Jen Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:19:02 +0000 http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2008/03/14/cultivating-positivity/#comment-2059 lyle, that's fantastic news! i was so thoroughly impressed by <a href="http://www.elephantnaturepark.org/" rel="nofollow">lek's elephant sanctuary</a> when we visited in 2006. having seen it in person, it's really wonderful work they are doing on behalf of the beautiful ellies. i'd also encourage you to read <a href="http://www.hedgehogswithoutborders.com/weblog/thailand_index.php" rel="nofollow">jessica and tim's entries</a> - they spent several months at the sanctuary and did a lot of work there. for readers who haven't seen it yet, <a href="http://worldtour.jnoelbell.me.uk/2006/06/01/a-day-with-the-ellies/" rel="nofollow">here's my account</a> of our day at the sanctuary - it was an incredibly moving experience. lyle, that’s fantastic news! i was so thoroughly impressed by lek’s elephant sanctuary when we visited in 2006. having seen it in person, it’s really wonderful work they are doing on behalf of the beautiful ellies. i’d also encourage you to read jessica and tim’s entries – they spent several months at the sanctuary and did a lot of work there.

for readers who haven’t seen it yet, here’s my account of our day at the sanctuary – it was an incredibly moving experience.

]]> By: Lyle in Bangkok http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2008/03/14/cultivating-positivity/comment-page-1/#comment-2057 Lyle in Bangkok Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:55:32 +0000 http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2008/03/14/cultivating-positivity/#comment-2057 Jen, I'll say something else positive that doesn't make up for what you've been through this week, but still... I was delighted to see that your world travels have included Thailand, and just as I started checking our your posts from there, I saw that you'd heard about the pujan and that you'd discovered Lek's elephant sanctuary. I've heard about both and like you, am disgusted and horrified by the former. Many times during my years here I've seen baby elephants paraded through the congested, dirty streets of Bangkok, and I always scold the men trying to sell me fruit to feed the poor abused creatures. Several times I've see tears rolling down the gorgeous ellies' cheeks, and it breaks my heart. I tell the menin Thai, "Elephants should not be in the city! Elephants should be in countryside. Please take this elephant to the country!" and they only look at me like I'm deranged, and they move on to find a gullible tourist who wants to feed and pose with the noble beast. Anyway, this has been a depressing comment so far, but what I'm getting at is...so far I've only volunteered for and donated to Soi Cat & Dog Rescue in Bangkok. I'd heard of Lek but never got my act together to get contacts for her sanctuary. Thanks to you post, I will contact her and donate to her efforts. I will go visit some time later this year, and I will put her contact information and discuss this issue on my blog soon, with a link to your post. My blog has been down for over a year, but stats show that lots of people still visit it, and now that I've started up again, more people will learn of Lek and about how most of today's Thai elephants are treated. It's small, but every little counts, right? So that's something else positive. You can add #6 to your list of five things you've done for a stranger: You've helped strangers/ellies on the other side of the world, and your effort to spread the word via your blog is continuing to help them by sharing the situation with your readers. So rock on! Whew, long comment, that. Jen, I’ll say something else positive that doesn’t make up for what you’ve been through this week, but still…

I was delighted to see that your world travels have included Thailand, and just as I started checking our your posts from there, I saw that you’d heard about the pujan and that you’d discovered Lek’s elephant sanctuary. I’ve heard about both and like you, am disgusted and horrified by the former. Many times during my years here I’ve seen baby elephants paraded through the congested, dirty streets of Bangkok, and I always scold the men trying to sell me fruit to feed the poor abused creatures. Several times I’ve see tears rolling down the gorgeous ellies’ cheeks, and it breaks my heart. I tell the menin Thai, “Elephants should not be in the city! Elephants should be in countryside. Please take this elephant to the country!” and they only look at me like I’m deranged, and they move on to find a gullible tourist who wants to feed and pose with the noble beast.

Anyway, this has been a depressing comment so far, but what I’m getting at is…so far I’ve only volunteered for and donated to Soi Cat & Dog Rescue in Bangkok. I’d heard of Lek but never got my act together to get contacts for her sanctuary.

Thanks to you post, I will contact her and donate to her efforts. I will go visit some time later this year, and I will put her contact information and discuss this issue on my blog soon, with a link to your post. My blog has been down for over a year, but stats show that lots of people still visit it, and now that I’ve started up again, more people will learn of Lek and about how most of today’s Thai elephants are treated.

It’s small, but every little counts, right? So that’s something else positive. You can add #6 to your list of five things you’ve done for a stranger: You’ve helped strangers/ellies on the other side of the world, and your effort to spread the word via your blog is continuing to help them by sharing the situation with your readers.

So rock on! Whew, long comment, that.

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