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All Khun Yay's belongings were arranged in an orderly fashion, whether large or small. Things were always arranged in neat lines. Even when she walked by a clothesline of rugs, she would take a moment rearranging them in such a way that the rugs' edges were parallel. Everything that Khun Yay used, would be organized and maintained to the best of her ability. Behind Khun Yay's kuti, there was a downpipe drain- ing rainwater into a large earthenware water butt. The water butt was covered with an aluminium lid. The lid was supposed to be flat but because of age it sagged in the middle and a puddle would collect in the dip. Khun Yay would wipe it dry every time she walked by.1 Khun Yay never overlooked these small matters. Nevertheless, Khun Yay's penchant for orderliness didn't stop at personal matters. She taught the volunteers to train themselves in self-discipline by not overlooking the importance of having shoes removed at the pavilion steps arranged neatly, to have brooms and brushes put in a rack and even hanging out washing neatly, irrespec- tive of whether it were rags hung out to dry. She once explained to Luang Phaw Dattajeuvo that: "Our temple still has room for improvement in its tidiness. When the congregations come to our temple, especially on Sundays they should come across the maximum of positive impressions to take back home with them. Most of the monks here are newly ordained and consequently are still training themselves. They don't have much to teach the congregation. However, a good im- pression can still be made on the congregation if the temple is clean, shaded, luxuriant - without 1. Standing water in a hot climate attracts mosquito larvae, algae and other unhygienic things.