How to Stuff a Wild Bikini or Buddhists Monks Get Cocky

Miss Bikini World 2006 is coming to Taiwan. Pictured at left is the 2005 winner, Christiane Biazioli of Brazil and two of her sponsors from Spalding NBA. According to the site the contestants will be arriving August 14th and the finals will be held on the 26th. Initial reports in both the Chinese and English papers have put one of the venues as being in Puli, which is in central Taiwan and about an hour away from Taichung by scooter. However, the reports were a little premature because of difficulty of getting a firm commitment from the desired location's tenants - the Chung Tai Chan Buddhist Monastery. Nantou County commissioner, Lee Chao Ching, suggested an alternative - hold the bikini portion at nearby Sun Moon Lake and let the Monastery host a more appropriate segment, like Apres Beach or Business and Finance.

A day or two later, Master WeiJue of the monastery ( substantiated only by a newspaper clipping Mr. Bean showed me briefly), basically said, "Bring it on! Buddhist values of non-attachment of repudiation of desire are more than strong enough to combat a non-stop, full-body assault of the glorification of glistening, sensual, saffron-scented, fully-developed vixens that couldn't even make one robe out of all their bikinis put together. You! Boy! Green tea immediately. And make it cold."

While waiting for verification of the actual dates and venues, I would like to encourage Taichung area residents to go here and wax poetic - or better yet, persuasive. Again, as always, all errors in content or translation are solely the responsibility of The China Post.