Good Samaritan - not me

so i was standing at a bus stop in TST at around 3 am. (don't ask me why i was there at 3 am) i had been waiting for the bus for quite a while now and so my feet were getting a bit tired. i saw a taxi pull up about 10 feet back from where i was. a man with crutches was basically stumbling out. in my head, i was thinking that someone should help him out. the only problem was that i was still standing there.
then a group of 20somethings came out of the building there, and one of the girls, who i think is a massage girl, stopped when she saw the man struggling to get onto the curb. she immediately, and i do immediately, went over to help the man out. she told her friends to go on without her, and proceeded to (from what i can see) help this guy get to his flat.
when i was first thinking about someone helping the man, i was just thinking about helping him out of the cab. she took him all the way to where he needed to go.
Immediately was what amazed me. She didn't have to think about it at all, or what her friends were doing. It was something she just had to do.
It wasn't the young guy that goes to church every sunday that helped this man, but a massage girl who works in TST.
at first, i was a little ashamed that i didn't do this, but was relieved to see that despite my disobedience, God's work still got carried out.
He's good like that.

Music

when did it become about more than just the music?? the moment that you wrote lyrics that seems like you give a shit. after looking at a lot of band websites and blogs and myspace and what not, i noticed something that's different from the big bands and one of my favorite hardcore bands from hong kong, king ly chee (kinglychee.com). the big bands talk about themselves, but king ly chee's website is socially aware as well as talking about themselves.
hardcore and punk aren't just about music. if you're in a band and you think it's just about what you sing, then you should sing about different things. hardcore and punk is about speaking against injustice, not just through music but by anyway you can. unfortunately, most people who listen to music either don't read the lyrics or don't understand them. if a song is speaking out about a specific issue, then explain it and encourage your listeners to also voice against it. music isn't always about having fun.
i'm getting tired of band sites where the journals and blogs are only about what the band is doing like shows, recording, and random fun/stupid shit. i think fans would really appreciate to know what their favorite band believes in. and when that happens, i believe that listeners can enjoy the music even more. remember, punk and hardcore is a rebellion movement, not a musical fad. punkers are the originators of "sticking it to the man". but that's not rebelling for rebellion sake. be socially aware, and if the authority is doing something that you don't think is right, say something. how are your listeners gonna speak out with you unless they know what they're rebelling against??

don't just let your music sell because you have good sounding shit, but also let it sell because of what you have to say isn't just bullshit.
as someone said not too long ago, "you're not hardcore unless you live hardcore". yeah, you're not hardcore just because you sound and look hardcore. if you're gonna be a hardcore or punk band, know what you're getting yourselves into.

so same to listeners of punk/hardcore. read lyrics. try to understand what bands are saying. actually, this goes with any style of music. some lyrics may sound deep but are empty, while some lyrics may be simple, but are probably speaking truth that most people just forget. truth becomes cliche when people stop believing in it.

enough for now. ciao yall.

still magical

about half an hour ago, i got back to the hotel from my 2nd ever trip to the "happiest place on earth"
yes kids. at my tender age of 22, i just went to disneyland. it's very interesting going back there after having a taste of the "real world", after my imagination stopped running wild but focused into specfic mediums. today, i went to back to where imagination can do anything. crazy how a man's dream became a reality in 1 year and made this place. no matter if you're easily amused or emo, whether hardcore or romantic, old wanting to be young or young wanting to be old, disneyland is still a really cool place.
there's also a difference between going as a kid with your parents and going with friends. you don't exactly grab your buddy's arm (except maybe girls, yeah that's right) nor cover your eyes in front of them. when you freaky things happen. admit it, you'll get freaked at least once or twice, as some attractions will simply have thing pop out, doesn't matter the content.

overall, it was very very cool. it was good seeing some new attractions and seeing what happened to the attractions that i've been to that no longer exist. it was also fun trying to remember which ones i've done and which i haven't. it was a really good escape from the outside world and have a day simply geared for fun.

here lies JonPoon: relaxed and ready for vegas

PS.. it's so cute when little kids are excited for each of the characters. also equally as cute when they get scared and start crying.

Glass

Staring out that broken glass
Broken pieces of a broken stream
Day by day I try to mend
The rules of life that I aim to bend
Night by night there is no end.

do they not like me?

well. i encountered an interesting phenomenon today. at one point there were only 5 people on my msn list that were online. for some people this may not be such a surprise. but it is for me. most days, i get at least 30 or more people online. many people have laughed at the fact that at any moment while i'm online, there could be up to 60-70 people online, i'm probably talking 1, if any.. i wonder about this myself at times. do i really know this many people? do they know me? i could probably point out and identify each person, though they may not be able to remember who i am.
i think a good number are just friend of friends, and might've lost me from their lists, and i did not delete. and others are probably old accounts of the some of the same people.. so i might not actually know 233 people online.. i know that there are some people that actually use multiple accounts..
oh wow.. as i'm typing this, the online list just went down to 4 for about 30 seconds..
well.. i don't really know what this is leading to.. when i started, i thought i was going somewhere with this.. oh well..
i guess.. your contact list doesn't really show how many people you know.. and that how many people you know is the not the most important, but how much do i know about the people that are closest to me.. just because a person is close, doesn't mean you know them. that all depends on each of us to decide..
one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite bands, The Lovesong (http://www.myspace.com/thelovesong)
"too many friends will lead to no close friends"

oh christmas..

for most people, christmas/advent time is when people get together with their families and friends and all that.. but i don't know why.. i don't usually get into the christmas mood all that quickly, if at all. for most, this is a time of celebration, and perhaps anticipation of the already and not yet. i guess for me, it's more of a time for solitude, or pretty much. i guess i am in anticipation.. but it feels different for me than what i see.
i think that one way that i feel is that of the Israelites at the time, i feel like that there's silence from God, and i'm waiting for the Messiah to come save me.
i'm like one of those shepherds, just sitting there doing my thing, pretty much segregated from the world, just me and my sheep. i just don't see that star yet. i want to see that star. maybe i'm blinding myself from it when it's right in front of me, or it could be other things blinding me. i know that it's there, i just don't see it.
i saw "the nativity story" last week. i like the themes they covered. when i saw the face of one of the shepherds, i wondered how it would've been to have been there, as a shepherd boy, seeing a bright light in the sky, with a loud booming voice, proclaiming the coming of the Messiah. would i follow or just sit there and think it's a dream? it probably would've seemed like such a dream even if i go. just imagine, the Messiah, the Son of the Most High God, in flesh as a small defenseless baby.
the infinite God is restricted to 3 acts: eat, sleep, and poop.
i know that He's in my heart, yet i'm waiting for Him to come and rescue me..
oh how interesting...

Here we go..

well... here we are... another blog/network site for me.. i decided to start this up because i'm tired of just thinking of a single thought at a time, then quickly dismissing them. i know i have a xanga site, but that really only works for readers who are asian or affliated with asians, so i'm here to broaden it out a little. plus, i've pretty much left my xanga site to die, even though i'm titling this site the same as my xanga.. oh well.
i wonder where this journey will take me, because it's definitely been a few years since i've blogged on a regular basis..
so, Here We Go!!!