21st Sep 2003
Do All Tibetan Monks Look Alike?
I realize this is highly unlikely, but I think I saw the Dalai Lama changing trains from the #1 IRT subway to the N/R line at Times Square Saturday night, as I was also doing (though I didn’t notice him showing up later at the Gogol Bordello concert to where I was headed).
Yes, you’d think the Dalai Lama might have a limo or something, but who knows, Mayor Bloomberg takes the subway everday, so we’re told.
At the time, I didn’t think it was the Dalai Lama, I thought it was one of the actors from this Sony commercial, which I had just seen. After getting a pretty good look at him (and the two other Tibetan monks he was walking with), I decided it wasn’t the guy from the commercial and forgot about it. But then I saw on the news tonight that the Dalai Lama was addressing a huge crowd in Central Park today, and seeing his picture on the news, I am fairly sure that’s the guy I saw in the subway.
Or not. Could have just been a bunch of other Tibetan monks in town for the speech. They do seem to go for the same look in terms of outfit, hairstyle and glasses. I know I should be cultured enough to know the Dalai Lama when I see him, but my mind was on Gogol Bordello, so you’ll have to forgive me.
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