... by justin_pilon. Of course, I'll have to inflict it on some of you too.

Here are your rules. (You've seen this one before, this is just a 'recursive' version)

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to justin_pilon's blog (your tagees will post to mine, etc.) once you've posted your three sentences.

The Five Chosen are:

krylyr
avocadovpx
bogwitch64
jenwrites
evangoer

And my three sentences:

"Framing the two door gods and the pair of stone lions assigned to keeping out evil spirits are gilt panels depicting petrified scenes from traditional Chinese court life - dangers, musicians, noblemen in sedan chairs, a game of chequers being played.

When Cho Lon's Fukien congregation established this pagoda well over a century ago, they dedicated it to the Goddess of Mercy, but it's A Pho, the Queen of Heaven, who stands in the centre of the main hall, beyond an altar tiled like a mortuary slab. A pantheon of deities throngs the open courtyard behind her, decked out in sumptuous apparel and attracting a steady traffic of worshippers."

From The Rough Guide to Vietnam, which I still had out by my computer from just before my beach trip.