good karma returns

I've met with a pleasant surprise today, and i wanna share it here.

last yr, my friend showed me a good book which she got from Borders. i reali hope to get one for myself too, but it's $40. so i thot, maybe i'll jus borrow fr her and make copy, tt save some bucks. it's the same, i jus need the content. so i called up my printer and asked him to zap the book for me - even though i knw it's not right and he is undertaking a risk by doing this.

"actually ...we cant do this..but nv mind la, we will do this for u..."
"oh, thank u!"

after i put down the phone, guilt start to fill me up like an empty glass. if i reali wanna own the book, i shd buy it. it's more than copyright issues... it's abt my integrity. why am i doing it when i knw very well tt i shdn't?? I cannot pass this ... so i make another call again to cancel the trip. "it's ok, i'll get the book."

so today, i took a bus straight to Borders before meeting a friend for dinner. i took the book off the shelf and walk into the queue. "hsss...$40 is not tt ex la. juz do it!" and i waited for my turn to pay.

just when the cashier called for me, a lady customer from another paying counter came up to me and pass me a A4 print-out which says "40%-off coupon" on it.

"take this, some discount for your book". and she passed a copy to the customer behind me too.

har?? wat?! 40% off?? serious ah? not thinking too much, i just pass the print out to the cashier together with my book. after punching in some numbers, the cashier said,"thank you, $23.79 pls"... haha! wow! i'm reali happy lo! thank god! if i hv not decided to come to and buy the book, i wld not hv enjoyed the discount!! how weird is this?

it's certainly more than the monetary savings i'm happy abt. it's a reward for following ur integrity. it's a little spooky.. but, i'm grateful. hehe.. thank you!

and now, paying it forward, here's the coupon if you do hv a book u wanna get fr Borders. happy shopping.

ciao!

We Love You, Jay!!

19th Jan. Jay World Tour Singapore.

My heart is stil miss him since last nite. hehe. He's totally talented, and charming and cute... and his performace, like one of the fans said in a forum, "there's no room for improvement"! He's a natural star. haha..






(first 3 fotos was from xcode on flickr. i took the las one :])

Umm...if there's one thing i can change, i'll sperate those who prefer to sit and watch from those who wanna stand to connect themselves to the show. C'mon, i mean, i'd reali care less if it's Jeff Chang & Symphony Orchestra. We all waited 3 'fool' yrs for the Jay show, man! So if u r a true fan, get up and enjoy urselves! It's not going to kill u rite!? Trust me, this is not as kidish as you may think. and, i also secretly wish tt one day, someone, (if not me :P) can lead the encore. how nice is tt?! I'm sure Jay wil be so touched! i think ours is totally messy las nite, hehe...

and during the show, in his cute black breath-taking sequin cardigan, he said that he'll come back again next yr on his birthday. ahh..... ! i'm going mad already!! yuppie~~!!!