thank you very much!

tim told me this once, and i really believed him. john mayer now sings it, so i guess we all believe the same thing.
“anything other than yes is no, anything other than stay is go, anything less than i love you is.. lying.”

Now that we are over
As the loving kind
We’ll be dreaming ways
To keep the good alive

Only when we want is not
A compromise
Ill be pouring tears
Into your drying eyes

Friends, lovers, or nothing
There can only be one
Friends, lovers, or nothing
We’ll never be the inbetween
So give it up

You whisper “Come on over”
Cause your two drinks in
But in the morning I will say
Good-bye again

Think we’ll never fall into
The jealous game
The streets will flood
With blood of those who felt the same

Friends, lovers, or nothing
You see
There can only be one
Friends, lovers, or nothing
We’ll never an inbetween
So give it up

Friends, lovers, or nothing
We can really only ever be one
Friends, lovers, or nothing
Don’t you know
We’ll never be the inbetween
So give it up

No we’ll never the inbetween
So give it up

work.

i havent really touched this space after i started working. now i understand why my parents dont touch the computer once they come home. they’d just do the household chores (well, my mum.) or watch tv. you’re just so drained once you come home.

the workplace has really been great. my director is a great guy. he’s always pulling his hair out because of small little things but its funny. my two account executives are a couple so its really interesting to see how they work. although its a small workplace, funny gossips do happen. therefore, my colleague/shifu Verdy needs to hold a press conference soon to clear the gossips. but come on verdy, we more or less know what’s happening. we have eyes and we know who walks in and out of the office.
but thats just the outside of my work.

inside of me, i’m lost and a little frustrated. im frustrated because whenever someone asks me what i do, they dont seem to understand what i do. to people our problems can be solved by reading more marketing books and throwing marketing tactics at them. sometimes i feel that a mundane job would get me through life. sometimes i feel very alone when i talk about my work at home and people brush it off.

but im glad i’ve got real good leaders who really show concern for me even when im not part of their cell group. thanks, to you.

of course, here’s one for those who are feeling as crappy as me. where did your emotions go? well….

UH.OHH.

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Jay chou

i reallly wasnt into him until only recently.
jams was driving me back and his stereo started playing this song. i guess he does have very good songs on falling in and out of love. hey! dont ask if i know what he’s singing about. i am chinese. i can make out at least 50% to 60% of it. tsk. besides, the music arrangement is really good. emo jay songs FTW. AND, his videos usually have got eye candy in them. ok, maybe just one video.

anyways, works cool. people are nice. clients, well, its areally an experience working with different clients. its funny how people work. i think im beginning to understand the meaning of what is it like to cannot wait to go to work. david ogilvy once said, “pay your workers well, you will reap your benefits” i totally agree.

on a more serious and spiritual note, poh told us something really cool during lessons. he mentioned about musicians being too familiar with songs that they take it for granted, which actually gives God to ground to work through them during P&W and if God doesnt flow through them during P&W, how then is the congregation going to experience the presence of God. there always will be something special happening even though we keep singing the same songs. its just whether you want to let go and let God or not.

Peace out. here’s a jaychou for everyone.

D-Day

well, tomorrow’s the day i start my career. lots of things i want to do. but there’s only one thing i need to do.

serving in security is becoming a thing i look forward to every end of the sunday. as soon as it ends, i want it to come back again.

for now, its party.

goodbye india.

i’m waiting for my parents to finish their yoga lesson before they bring me out for one last dinner around.
this trip has been an awesome one. i did a lot of firsts here in new delhi. it is the first time i met up with a friend overseas and he brought me around delhi. first time i met my cousin after a period of 8 years, she told me a lot about working abroad and life as an asian in canada. the grass always seems to be greener on the other side because you dont see the sad part of their story.
i think india is rising up and i hope they rise up. some singaporeans i met here told me something very negative about their opinion of india. they told me about the flaws of the way how indians work, and how they hope these people remain that way (indians take their time to do stuff), because if the indians rise up, they will overtake Singapore. its just typical singaporean mentality, the “dont steal my ricebowl mentality”. it disappoints me to see that even when one is given a chance to go abroad, he or she does not want to expand his horizons and break into the city’s social circle. i hope that sickening mentality ends at that generation. i hope my generation will want the world to develop into the next level.
i love india, the food. their curry is the best curry i have ever tried. i am not a curry person, or so i thought. in singapore, the curry is so spicy that it numbs your tongue. but the curry here, although its spicy, you can taste the flavour of the spices. the palek paneer is the sex, its a whole new way to make spinach. i love spinach now.
the people here are friendly, i see people driving beside me and they wave at me, smile at me. the people here should stop making eyes and winking at my cousin though. its rude and awkward. the waiters here provide such lovely service. they are proud of their service and i must say they put their heart and soul into everything they do. one such example is my driver. he’s patient when he drives around the busy streets and he is very polite. he still calls me “sir” even though i tell him to call me andy. i will miss him a lot.
well, now its back to singapore. there are several things waiting for me, but i am looking forward to two most important things. i look forward to seeing you!

am i in danger of becoming less racist?

i hope i am.
now whenever people talk about indians/india and they started saying how dirty it is, how horrible the place is, the first questions that pops in my mind is that of whether they have actually set foot here. i think i’m falling in love with india. its food, i had some spinach mixed with cottage cheese paneer today, AWESOME STUFF. and the Chai, sickeningly nice, i wonder how they do it. thanks jams! it people, my driver is a very diligent worker. he drives us around and he is always safe. he doesnt earn a lot, but he takes pride in what he does. very polite guy.

if ever i want to start my campaign of clothing a child and such, i would start with india. i love india so much that i feel that i want to give back to india. i get annoyed when i start discussing with people about the standards of living here, and they just brush it off. i always feel that what we are given, our talents, we can use it to bless the needy and then the world will be a happier place. i want to go on and impact the world like that. but sometimes its real difficult when the world thinks you wont make a difference.

its really difficult to tell you or explain to you how or why i like this place. its more of an experience for one to jump into.

stand by me

i was watching VH1 last night and this MV appeared. very cool cover of a song.

anyways, india has been awesome. i’ve seen parts of india where it is indeed poor but i also see parts of india where skyscrapers fight to reach the sky. yes, there are certain rude people in india, but indians work diligently. my driver is the most patient man ever, if it were me driving in the streets of delhi, i think i would have already killed a few people.

really looking forward to the next couple of days. tomorrow, i’ll be hanging out with Jams. sunday, my cousin from canada would be flying here for a month.

can’t wait to fly back to singapore too. i’ve got this feeling that something great is going to happen. i know whats about to come, but i just cannot wait to announce to everyone. i’m still in talks with the people.

so, tim if you are reading this, tell me, when are you free for your birthday lunch/dinner with me?

so helpful!

indians are a helpful bunch of people. i think singaporeans have got far more things to learn. we were looking for a local tour agency that would bring us to nepal. we got lost in the maze of buildings and as soon as my mum pulled out her hand written address of the agency, a guy came up to direct us with his limited english. i think a total of seven people help us find out way there.

i am pretty certain that if i see a tourist in singapore lost and has his map out, i wont go over to help him/her. but after experiencing how is it like to be helped, i will want to help these tourists next time too.

i think singaporeans do need to climb out of their walls and stop thinking about india as a backward country. yes, they do have backward towns and people do beg for money. but indians men are gentlemanly, the offer to buy the food for the ladies after the ladies sit down. they ladies are lady-like, come to think of it, i haven’t seen any indian lady smoking.

but i still love singapore. the guy beside me the other day told me Singapore is a great city to live in. the food, the people, everything. come on singaporeans, lets take one step further to make singapore a better place for us and foreigners to live in!

video post!

i still youtube in india. youtube is the bestest ever!

talk about scaling. this “poor tortilla seller” is very good!