perceptions.

i encountered a little incident today at sarojini. its this place where people sell clothes and stuff, a place more for commoners. well, there were still beautiful people there. i realized indians are not afraid to have their photos taken, they POSE for you. no kidding.

so anyway, i was about to climb into the car, this kid from behind screamed at me, i got startled and tried to make a hasty entry into the car. the kid caught up with me, said something i coudnt quite figure out and reached out for my chest. i was holding on to my D200 and a bottle of pepsi, he touched my camera, i thought he was about to snatch my D200 away from me. my hands were already drawn, about to knock the teeth out of the kid. then he grabbed my pepsi and ran off, feeling as if he found gold at the end of a rainbow.

naturally, i was pissed, how could he snatch my drink and run off. thoughts were running through my mind like a train speeding towards the next station (well, if its any train thats speeding, dont think of the MRT please, it demeans the word “speed”). but then i began to sympathize the kid, no one wants to start out begging on the street. and to have to snatch someone else’s bottle of pepsi to taste how is it like, its really quite heart wrenching. im always going to enjoy my coke next time, because people out there have not tasted how is it like.

it just makes me want to get better in my finances even quicker, i have this notion that money i earn is to be used for the less fortunate. let us bring the world closer… the how God intended it to be.

D-Day H-hour

(the below entry is going to be read by quite a number of people, so, i might have to introduce the who’s who in my life. haha.)

Hi guys!

i’ve officially touched down in new delhi. travelling alone the first is really an experience. i sat beside and engineer, who happened to work as an engineer in Caterpillar Singapore. he’s an indian too, so he sorta reminded me of Jamshed, a very close indian friend of mine i met in church. he flying down to new delhi for a meeting this month so i’m meeting him! jams, my mum says the i.t village is very near our place, so dinner… at my house? heehee.
so, anyways, i touched down the airport and my parents was there to pick me up. they had this special pass which allowed them all the way to the check in counter.
anyways, i spent my first day going around the “i.t village” of the Delhi. real eye opener. i managed to catch a protest! my first protest. i took a photo of it but i havent really got down to seeing it yet. the driver (yes! i got my own chauffeur!) then brought us to Ambience Shopping mall, its somewhere around the outskirts of Delhi. i was floored by what they saw. First store i saw, BMW SHOWROOM, then EDHARDY, then ALDO, then UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON , BODY SHOP, ADIDAS… and SO MUCH MORE. people should stop thinking about india as a backward country! i can safely say their fashion trend is way ahea than Singaporeans. no kidding.
dinner was awesome. i had authentic briyani. REAL AUTHENTIC briyani the rice was fluffy, fragrant, nice. the chicken was fantastubulous, and they even gave us local mints to eat. it tasted like hacks candy but it really soothed a tummy that was fighting a battle with the curry warriors. their Chai is is For The Win. Apparently, they boil the tea together with fresh milk. sickeningly good.
im really floored by the people here. whenever i am in jams, and i turnmy head out to see the neighbouring car beside me, they would smile and wave, one even gave me the thumbs up signal (for my hair, i hope, haha)! Singaporeans usually give you the, “you siao ah?!” face. come on people, we may be a cosmopolitan state, lets learn from others and learn to be like our indian compatriates.

loves,
Andy

one.

there was a period of time the radio kept airing this song. i got so tired of it, but i chanced upon this today and all i have to say is. M.J blige’s vocals are A W E S O M E. she reminds me of princess leia of star wars in this video though, i wonder why.

i think legends like U2 are always breaking barriers. MJ blige was always considered an r&b artiste and before they collaborated, there wasnt such thing as rock and R&B coming together. power.

i choose…

not to accuse anyone.

happy birthday.

i find it really weird that people want to be at the highest of the hills but they tend to forget that in order to scale up that hill, they need to really lower themselves and start from the bottom.
what use is it when someone start scaling a 10,000m hill at 9,999m?
if one cannot walk though the sudden gusts of wind when going uphill, what makes him sure he can withstand the high altitude, low oxygen and constant winds right above the top of the hill. the reason why God make us start from the very lowest level in whatever we do is because when we start climbing and start facing challenges, we can slowly get accustom to it and then continue scaling the hill.
the natural reaction for someone who encounters a challenge is to look for the easiest solution, like not coming for cell group meetings because there’s an awkward situation between him and his members (in any case, i think such people are childish).
my feathers are not ruffled by the way how people react because i do that sometimes too, and i know its how we are tuned. but our fleshy carnal nature wants to be at a comfortable position, therefore, we always find the easiest way out of a sticky solution. we go into hiding and not respond to the calls of others, thinking that by doing so, the problem will disappear. it wont. i call upon everyone of you to get up, take the right solution and not the easy way out.

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oh yes,
happy birthday to you. since its your birthday and you asked for it, here you go!

this video doesnt do justice to my blog. i blogged about this song before. therefore, my current muse.

dig this old song. mayer just blows your mind with his songs and skills. he is an ok singer, but coupled with his emotions and skills, POOOM.

numbers.

as of wednesday, today, the 8th of july 2009,

17 days to the big day.
5 days to getting my curve (so my personal assistant wont have to work tirelessly anymore.)
3 days to my brother’s graduation ceremony. (think we’ll go celebrate after that!)
1 day to another working day.

curve or bold?

bold

or curve?

i like it, its nice. slim. and business like. i can update my tweets, surf the net while waiting for people who are really late when it comes to meeting me, etc etc. just that the curve’s an older version, a tad slower and less stylish looking.

but maybe i want to do games too. how?

the champions… ah ah ah ahhhh…

how to celebrate

1) hoist the trophy.


2) give them a smirk

3) take a photo!

“.. the city of angels..”

a good leader always will be one whom you look up to, and even though she/he isn’t really placed above you anymore, you’re very sure you can approach her for anything and everything. from issues with the family, concern over friends, to well, just about anything in the world.

a good leader doesnt need to communicate with you much to find out how you’re doing. by looking at you she knows if you’ve been growing well or not.

today, is the first time in so many months, that i actually listened to the sermon and wrote down notes. today, i got challenged to bring myself one step further. today, i saw myself five years ago, and i liked it, and i want it back.

thanks for being there jiaying. real glad being there tonight. i miss the guys. thanks for giving me a chance to play in the cell again.

OMG. I MISS MAXWELL FOOD.
i think the robin’s blue egg colour is becoming very popular this season. i’ve been seeing a lot of the color appearing, on leanne marshall’s site and many others.. its a VERY nice color. if you dont know how it looks, just go google tiffany and co. of course, tiffany and co copyrighted their color. yes, big companies actually copyright their colour. prudential, coke, pepsi. still, praise God for tints and shades! haha.
see what i mean. i hope topman here ships it in. they dont bring in enough nice stuff.

while i’m at it…

silly me!

only i can think of this..
” if you are defacating, and you hear sh*tty music like ________________ (insert horrible band name here. your choices are Jonas brothers, Jonas brothers, and Jonas brothers), would you be constipated, or would you defacate even more?”
geez, i spend half the day laughing at myself in front of my computer while my colleague beside me thought i went mad. i asked him the same question in the lift.
his expression was priceless.