an old man i met

it's friday again! been having ip(individual practice) since monday, except for tues when i took an off day. can't remember what for though. this week feels 4 times shorter than last week when we had ocs rehearsal for half a day everyday. maybe time really flies when you're enjoying it!

on my way home just now i met some 60+ y.o. blind man somewhere near amk hub. he was sounded as cheerful as his bright orange t-shirt, and he asked me if i could bring him to the bus stop on the opposite side of the road. so i said ok, and we walked, and it was nice to hear him laugh and even the silence felt cheerful too. i told him my grandma was also 60+ and she goes in and out of the hospital and he went 'aiyoo aiyooo aiyoo ko lian dai tsk tsk tsk aiyoo yoo ko lian ah aiyoo aiyo tsk tsk tsk'(aiyo poor thing tsk tsk) then i said it's ok she's fighting fit now and then he stopped saying the same 3 phrases.

anyway halfway through the journey to the other side of the road, i wondered to myself, could he be a feigning blind, and maybe when we reached the other side of the road he'll ask me for some money? my dad always told me not to give beggars(especially indian males[no offence]) money when they ask for it cause they'll just buy stout with it. and some of my nasty(or maybe sincerely helpful, depending on how you look at it) insist on bringing people, asking for money to take the mrt, to the mrt and buying the ticket for them, just to make sure that the money they give them won't be spent on any vices.

well for every nike shirt or gibson guitar we buy, we're paying more than we ought to, and mr. nike's just sitting in his own Just-Do-It sweatshop shaking his Nike Air-clad feet collecting cash. i think the only people who shouldn't mind this are the people who are paying to set themselves apart, for they're paying the exorbitant price for its sake. for the rest of us, if we could just insist on getting that 5% discount(it could be from $2.50 to $10), or buy it from queensway instead of buying it from the boutique, the amount of money we save can easily be given to these people for a drink, a meal, or just one less worry for the next day.

so why do we worry about that 1900-5-dollar phone call being part of the next headlines charity scam, and in doing so let the needy people take the brunt of this pound foolishness?

which reminds me, i haven't bought a new shirt (except for the 3 plain white t-shirts for the band) or pants since the start of 2007.. hahah but i'm not that charitable. i spent most of the money i spend on musical instruments.

anyway for the benefit of the integrity of the old man, he didn't ask me for money. i shouldn't have thought of him that way.


david out


p/s: check out plainsunset's new hit! they played it at this year's baybeats.. the first picture that comes to my mind is the merlion lol
River Song(video)
River Song(mp3 just let the website load. the song will be the first one to be played)