Echoes of a Deranged world

With such an innocent and potentially lame caption, one would think that there wouldn’t be an interesting story to tell. Perhaps it is the connotation that ‘Oh, what in the world can he talk about a bag?’.

  Well, the scenario starts as such….

          My dad’s old friend came over from Switzerland to stay over at my house for the duration of a month and I applaud her perseverance .(you know, putting up with ‘over-compensating’ Malaysian manners…do you want to eat breakfast?brunch?lunch….and so on…is it just me or do chinese families practically eat in every waking minute?). Anyway, she gave me with this sling bag which she bought when she stopped over in

Germany

and in my honest opinion, it’s a delightful little thing with black and white stitching and a simple yet creative ‘airport signs’ design.

          Holding the gift as I would hold a newborn baby, (not that anybody would trust me to actually hold their newborn baby…or worse, holding my own future newborn baby…yeah, you can stop laughing now!) I actually studied it with great detail and in my mind, started to form the situations of which I would put its functions to best use…(you know, like putting stuff in it and carrying it around…).

          Fast forward to Saturday during my youth meeting( Location:

Church

of

Praise

, Objective: Having a rocking good time with God, Purpose of typing this: COME JOIN US AND HAVE A ROCKING GOOD TIME TO!). Well back to the blog, so I was casually strutting into church with this new bag( lets name it Germaine…you know, so not to hurt its feelings or anything) when I noticed that my friends were giving me a ‘look’. Now I have received ‘looks’ before, albeit not so positive ones. One would usually associate ‘looks’ with a compliment such as ‘Hey, that’s a retro looking bag’, or ‘Hey, an 8 out of 10 on the stylo metre’…but no, it’s the curse of being Gary… the ‘looks’ actually meant, ‘Hey, isn’t that a girl’s bag?’ and ‘Hey, eewww’.

          Don’t get me wrong, the youths aren’t meticulous little gremlins who dissect every single foray of fashion and the such…they are actually wonderful people who love God and that’s their main purpose of being there. But being me, they actually have a past time of deriving pleasure from commenting on the way I dress, the way I walk , the way I squat(or incapability of) and finally my lack of proficiency in the Chinese language( Lei Ho Mo?). But I do also feel loved in a kind of ‘no pain, no gain’ circumstance…haha.

          So as Germaine was being insulted as she (yeah, in the English language, items which are given names are referred to as ‘she’) clung unto my side, I started wondering how different were the variations of the taste and preferable characteristic of people were. What I am saying is that Germaine didn’t just draw all negative flack from those around me, there were some good comments thrown into the mix. For example, Pastor Elijah said that I and Germaine made a good pair while Angeline and Mun Siong who were sitting right next to him said that Germaine would only look good with a girl( I remembered having to close Germaine’s ears as to not hurt her feelings).

          This incident clearly goes to show that Pastor Elijah, compared to Angeline and Mun Siong had totally conflicting opinions on the opposite sides of the scale regarding Germaine. The question is however, Which one was right and which one was wrong? The conclusion however is not a simple yes and no, there is no right or wrong in this matter as a subjective question does not indeed have an absolute answer.( For your information, I still think Germaine and I make a good pair).

          In this matter, we can indeed clearly see that preferences, albeit for style, fashion, food and a host of other things are defined by one’s own characteristics as which is determined by upbringing, social interactions and even past experiences.

          Which leads me to wonder…How great is the Lord that He has moulded every single individual on the face of this earth to be as different as the sun is to the moon( for those of you who are going…erm,what?… the sun is that bright shining ball in the sky!). You will never find two individuals who are exactly the same…be it tastes or preferences to physical attributes( Oh man, I don’t look like Tom Cruise at all…sob sob).

          As I leave you to ponder the fact that God is so great that He managed to make you truly ‘unique’ and ‘one-of-a-kind’, I’m happy to inform you that Germaine’s relationship with me is flourishing, I brought her out on our second ‘date’ ( and she carried her weight around,if you know what I mean). I’ll end here(ok,ok, you can stop throwing the rotten tomatoes) with a poem dedicated to Germaine:

          Germaine,oh Germaine, you came all the way from Germany,                                                                On flight 2375, you were destined to be with your darling(that’s me),                                           Never leave me, dear sweet Germaine, my honey bunny,                                                                                          Or I’ll be forced to buy a new bag, preferably one from Jalan Petaling

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