Okay..so i'm not lonely..i've got people
Haha..i just have to reply with this post..And i haven't posted anything about my Detroit trip anyway. Not that i have loads of photos..just some photos that i stole from my friends on face book, so you guys can see who i hung out with in my week long Detroit break, the people i shared my thoughts, insights, insecurities to within such a short week. And the crazy things we did.
Well, here is the team, in retrospect tho..this was taken when we realised that we were going back to our own lives and routines and it was the last time we would take a photo together as part of the trip. And we were told to pose for it, so i did. Totally unlike me, just in case you were wondering how did i change?! haha..
Just a snapshot we took in the people mover in detroit. It's like a LRT system that winds around the Detroit downtown [downtown only] Public transport just ain popular cos everyone owned a car [it is the city of the automobiles] You had to own a car to go anywhere. Or walk. Or stay in the downtown area. Which isn't awfully exciting.
And here i am caught doing something i would not normally do. Hah..caught down below girls! woohoo! but trust me, it ain't as fun as it looks..Loads of laughs afterwards, but not fun doing it..Oooh..my poor back..being the oldest dude in this bunch is not fun..[kidding of course!] It IS my first human pyramid i did too..so it's fun.
Just a bunch of people hanging out at this fantastic place called the Freeze. It's not your normal fast food. For one, the food is not fast. For another, the food is actually good! like they serve a huge burger for 3 bucks, and a heck of a mango smoothies..You'd think that's nothing, but you gotta think: it was snowing outside and we braved the cold and still drank the mango freeze..If it ain't good..
But a little about the freeze; it's actually a [christian i think] initiative where they actually put teenagers who live in the hood who ain't going to any college, to work [kinda like interns], where they learn the basics of maintaining an establishment, setting inventories and checking them, taking orders and making food, working as cashier, handling customers. It's where they can work and learn instead of pushing drugs or seeking love in the gang..it's a great place to check out, and they have good food for great prices too. Now, where else can you find that?
Now, this is totally different. This is the AUTHENTIC coney island shop that started all the coney dogs around Detroit..it's even considered the food of the state (?) Coney dog is what they call a chilli dog, but remember that their chilli is the sauce type with loads of onions and wadnots and looks more like curry than the chilli we have for chicken rice. Or what we try to pass off as chilli dog in singapore when it's just maggi chilli sauce [nothing like the real deal]
The story is this: there was originally one coney dog store in town, ran by a family. Then there was a big quarrel, and they split. And brought their business with them. Right next door. If that ain't like the chicken rice war we have [or the tau hway war] we have right back in singapore, i've got nothing more to say. Seems like people are the same everywhere.
That's the bunch of people i hang out with during that week of my life, and i love everyone of them.
the lonelyTREE
8:59 PM
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Love is all around
Well, here's to another friend of mine who have gotten attached. Congratulations and good blessings to her! ha..hope to see yet another good testimony of love in my life [even if it has nothing to do with me]All the same, it makes the lonely tree all the more aware of his singularity. Yet it may be something i will not compromise for the sake of companionship at this point of time. Or yet it may reflect on the fact that i am unsure of what companionship will look like, or will ever look like. Anyway, for all you love-hungry people out there, whether you are attached or not, here is a little story that might just give you a little encouragement, or contentment that you have indeed found that someone.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It was said before that long long ago, people were nothing like people right now. They had 2 heads, 2 minds, 4 arms and 4 legs. They did everything efficiently, what one did not know the other would, and even though they argued [almost all the time], they never failed to resolve the argument [sometimes with no other good reason except that they'd have to sleep together without arguing]. They knew everything about their other half; after all, they spent forever talking to each other, living with each other, doing everything together. Nothing was secret between each other, and there was no lying to each other because they knew instantly what each other meant intuitively. Most of all, each other depended on each other for survival. When one was threatened, you can be sure that all 4 arms would fight back together[or all 4 legs will run away together! haha] and when 1 went hungry, both would go hungry. They shared everything they had, for better or worse, through thick and thin. Then one day the gods were jealous of this companionship and sent down a lightning bolt that struck everyone. It was terrible; the rain, lightning storm, and all the pain everyone felt.After the terrible storm, they realised that the pain was reflective of a disasterous tragedy; the lightning bolt that struck everyone also splitted everyone into 2. Now everyone only had 1 head, one mind, one pair of arms and legs. And the terrible storm had occupied their minds and distracted their senses that they did not realise that their other half had ventured away from themselves. They have lost sight of each other, and struggles in their own capabilities to survive and go through life alone. However, deep within, they each soughted to one day find their other half again and reunite with them and be whole again. Do you have 2 heads, 4 arms and 4 legs? Or are you still seeking your other half?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: this obviously is not a christian story. If anything, it is inspired from an episode from 'Xena: the warrior Princess'..And yes, it means that i am watching that show now. [haha]
the lonelyTREE
2:54 PM
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Monday, March 5, 2007
Big Thank you for All!
Ha..it seems like a wierd post, but this will be short.Seems that people have a bad habit of not thanking people around them, or giving words of encouragement, to make their day. And yet when it is offered to them, sometimes they take it like it's the most natural thing to do. I'm guilty.Before i forget, i'm going to email my GSI for doing a great job at class today [rarely so actually..hah..] and of course, a big shout out to all of you who give me attention and love, thanks to you all!I know it's lazy to just make this huge shoutout, but you know who you are, and i'm probably sorry that i did not say it face to face, but if i remember, i'll tell you again just to make sure. Byee!
the lonelyTREE
2:13 PM
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Detroit Stories (I)
Well, i suppose i can talk about Detroit here too. Kinda paints the background to Detroit and let people get to know the city better. It all started with the auto industry boom. It created the city of Detroit, became the driving force behind the economy of the city, creating jobs, attracting talents and people. And later, the Ambassador Bridge was built by a multi billionaire who owns a trucking company, to ensure a route for his trucks to travel by and do their work. Then later the auto industry started to relocate. The main thrust force of the economy was taken away and slowly it started to dwindle. No longer able to maintain the interest of investment groups and elites, people started to filter out of the city. Along with terrible estate agents who predicted that drop of property prices of the residential areas, there was a phenomenon whereby once a Afro-american moved into a district, the white community left the area because of the prediction based on the new neighbour. Whole communities became Afro-american populated, and the white community moved to the suburbs of the city. Legislations were later passed that inner city populations would be subjected to higher taxes. [Note: inner city was populated mostly by Afro Americans] People suddenly realised that they were no longer able to keep up with house rents, and they had no resources to move to other places. The same rich man who owns the Ambassador Bridge also owns the land around the bridge, for the sole purpose of deterring others from taking his monopoly of the bridge away. So the buildings that stood over those lands become an eye sore, and the city has no way of dealing with that. The combination of these resulted in people being evicted out of their homes, unable to stay in their neighbourhood, they moved to the abandoned buildings, or wherever they could find a roof and shelter.
the lonelyTREE
11:55 AM
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Sunday, March 4, 2007
A Kiss
Hi guys,Well, i DID say that this blog i'm gonna tell you peaps out there what my crazy mind goes through sometimes. To set the background, i have been inundated with loads of sappy love story movies and films and books and dramas, plus the fact that i have lead a blissful bachelor's life for quite a while now, there are yearnings within that i guess i can safely address now without sounding desperate. I AM NOT DESPERATE. Just a normal hot-blooded male of the human species who might know just what is good interpersonal interactions.KissingDuring my trip, i slept on the floor of the condominium in my newly bought sleeping bag. And it is not exactly the lap of luxury, so i had several dreams a night. One of which stuck in my mind very much, because of how real it felt and how amazing the sensation was.A kiss.Not that i might know what i'm talking about. In my life i prolly only kissed a handful of women, and one of them being my grandma, so you can guess that i might know nuts about it. But this dream was fantastic. And it was a girl that i know now too. Which makes it all the more strange, cos i definitely did not imagine that she would be in this circumstance [in my dream i mean. I can name a few other girls whom i might have in my dream, but she's just not in the list]"We drew near each other, without knowing why exactly it happened, as it always is in dreams. We had no intention of what was about to happen, but the moment we were caught together in close proximity, the moment i picked up a slight trace of her sweet scent, it was inevitable. Shyly, we drew closer, avoiding eye contact until our sight was filled with the other. We held hands, and for a moment i felt a light weight pushing on my palms, as though she was leaning her weight in, wanting me to take her weight and her burdens unto myself, wanting me to take care of her. We stared into each other's eyes, and took quickened breathes in anticipation of what is to happen. I could feel the softness of her hands, the lightness of her weight, and her scent, light as it was, overwhelmed my senses. The moment was beautiful.When our lips met, it was soft. There was no hurry, no rush. Yet the passion was undeniably strong. It was as though we wanted to pace it so we would never stop. All the while her hands rested on my palm, leaning in more and more. It was a simple kiss, yet unbelievably complex in the way two person could connect so deeply through it. It was the most wonderful feeling i've had for a very long while. And then i woke up. It only lasted 10 seconds of dream time. Bummer.
the lonelyTREE
5:08 PM
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New Blog
Hi guyswonder if i will manage to get this working..Well, this is the other blog, since i remember that someone complained about what i posted in the blog that specifically highlighted the fact that i am christian and want to praise God, and end up writing about myself, so now i have one specific blog where i get to sass about my life, and talk about other stuff. So now you guys have one more page to surf! ain't that fun?Anyway, this is just starting out, but soon i should be able to update some stories that i heard over the detroit spring break trip here, and i'll talk more about spiritual stuff on my other blog! ha..means i wun have to scratch my head and wonder what i can blog about! hah..somehow that made sense to me..Anyway, here it is. Hopefully i wun have to delete this blog after being frustrated over it for yesternight and today..haha..Cheers
the lonelyTREE
12:17 PM
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