The Andrewism Movement

Americans.

2008-04-14T19:47:00.002+08:00

Did I ever wrote here in that I once thought that Americans are the most idiotic people on earth? I still think so.

Let me prove it to you here

Some superstitious idiot planted a shirt of a opposing team in a stadium. You might think that is stupid enough; whats worse is the rest of they guys who pulled the shirt out - after 5 hours and drilling for 2 feet.

still doubtful? check this out (I'm still experimenting on how to post videos)

And you wonder how did Bush became president?

Now you know.

It's an Update!

2008-04-07T01:31:00.003+08:00

One of Andrew's New Year resolution was to blog more often and have better content. However it appears that he forgot about it pretty fast - barely several months after the first day of 2008 he's been blogging even rarely than he did 2007!

You are going to think he's feeling sorry about it.

He's NOT. Hah! It's not like you are reading seriously anyway.

It is actually a good thing. It either means he's having so much fun that he has no time to blog, or he's too busy with work that he couldn't even go online. It is actually a combination of both. And very recently (a week or two ago in exact) He just got back from Bali, Indonesia.

There are a lot of other images. However, he haven't got the time to post 'em all up. Updates of images at his flickR account. More updates and stories to come.

Hopefully.

2008-02-23T02:42:00.002+08:00

http://xkcd.com/387/

human 2.0 - that's probably what god calls women. Men are human 1.0 beta. I guess we can never be at the same level.

sorry for the lack of updates. It's Chinese New Year ya know, and Andrew has a lot in his head; and a hell lot more placed on his shoulder.

Welcoming the year of the RAT

2008-02-06T03:15:00.001+08:00

Andrew did a wallpaper to whoever who wants to add the Chinese New Year feel to their desktop. 1200 x 800 size only because thats his desktop size.

Happy Chinese New Year

Andrewic Lair Revamped.

2008-01-30T00:42:00.000+08:00

In the coming of the Chinese New Year celebration, Andrew Tay did an incredible feat that he thought was impossible -

The cleaning of the Andrewic Lair.

FIY, Andrew Tay is an Illustrator himself and his room is full of paper and the chore of sorting the wanted and the unwanted is hell. And they do not last long, in a matter of days the room will revert itself into a paper disposal plant again.

Andrew is hopeful that it will last, at least until CNY this time around. Or keep it at a presentable state permanently. He is still hopeful.

In the process of sorting out everything and dumping like 20% of the things he own, hidden treasures of past days are found; like things that he will not/unable to do that he was still able during the early college days - and new ways to use them.

Now that everything is clean and tidy, Andrew's room is emptier than ever as everything is sorted in place and papers all over is a thing of the past.

Still a long way towards completing Project Andrewism, though. It is a project of enormous scale and he is the only one working on it.

Anyway, till next time. KN's Birthday post will have to wait (Images are still being collected)

The Confession

2008-01-27T21:32:00.000+08:00

To be frank, Andrew is actually still thinking of what this blog is for. The blog started because he was waiting for Mr. Wayne to call so he could go to gym together with him.

The first post stated that the Andrewism Movement is supposed to be a revolutionary digital journal by the movements of Andrew Tay's fingers. The blog is not rantings about Andrew Tay's life, the blog is about what was in Andrew Tay's eyes (and everything else in his head), as Andrew Tay - hence the third person perspective postings. However, the Andrewic Digital Camera was down and he was unable to capture images of standard quality (and the fact that he is too lazy to transfer/photoshop everything), which explains the lack of images in recent postings. However, things will be changing here.

So, from this post onwards, the blog will be posted in the eyes and ears of Andrew Tay; hopefully with supporting images (from his cell phone's camera, most probably) so you can see what he sees. He is also getting a FlickR so he could share images and artworks over for anyone who is interested enough to read. The layout though, will have to be put on hold because he had no freaking idea ANYTHING about web designing.

this is unedited, but he still looks good, nevertheless.

By the way, Andrew Tay has not be properly introduced, he is a Male in his 20s currently living in PJ, Malaysia. He has curly hair and is kinda short, with very "sharp" eyes. Profession wise, he's an Artist (the one that creates artworks), Designer, Editor (for a Malay Magazine) and Driver (for his colleagues and friends). He is in love with the Flower Power designs and almost everything from the 70's.

Andrew sincerely hopes you enjoy his life as much as he enjoys it himself.

NEXT: The BIRTHDAY: KN edition.

Amp Your Style Up!

2008-01-16T00:31:00.000+08:00

It's 2008. You have graduated from college, you are looking for work. You are looking for new pair of work-wear.

Or you simply want to look cool wearing formal or smart-casual.

You think simply wearing a cheap shirt you got from your dad/brother/reject shop and pair it with your usual Levi's will do the job.

You are Wrong.

To Andrew a man with a badly worn formal-wear is only slightly better the disastrous lala-chais. Heck, if you wear a shirt with a three quarter sleeve and pair it with a jeans you have successfully converted yourself into one. It's true, pair it bad and you will look like shit.

However, it is a very common mistake made by almost everyone Andrew knows, including himself. And it is very easy to wear the wrong things at the wrong time because you are not executives working for Donald Trump. Who would have known what to wear? Who is there to educate you, the promoter working in G2000? Come on, he had no idea as well.

Thank god, though. Because Andrew had the perfect guide to Amp up your Style so you will look cool wearing that suit or shirt. Never again will you think that formal wear is a kind of punishment for the working class - it will be your new fashion statement.

The fashion team in GQ has assembled the perfect guide for the fashion conscious men who wants to look cool.

http://www.gqrules.com/

Because you look so cool in that suit. And the girls love 'em, too.

Gearing towards World Domination

2008-01-07T06:42:00.000+08:00

Well, might be a week late but Happy New Year to whoever manages to stumble upon the Andrewism Movement.

Andrew took a good look back at 2007 - was a great year; he did alot of stuff, knew lots of people ran a magazine, read a book etc. BUT this year -2008; He has vowed to work harder towards his ultimate goal in life - and that would be WORLD DOMINATION.

and he is quite serious about it.

No. He is not talking about the super villain kind of world domination where he enslave the universe with the power of his evil penis or sth. That'd be irrelevant because he does not have a evil penis to start with! Everything starts slow, and there are those small small things to be done before he could move on the next stage of his plans.

1. Blog More
Several unfinished posts has been killed off because Andrew did not finish writing. Well the broken digital camera, laziness, having too much fun and bad time management has contributed to the lack of posting.

2. Live in the correct timezone
He wrote this blog because it is too late to sleep but to early to get started on the day. He needs to correct his timezone or else 2008 will be a torturous year.

3. Read more books
Andrew has never been a fan of literature and his spelling of words are horrendous. However he wishes he would read more, both Mandarin and English, Fiction or not. And some skill books too.

4. Slimmer waistline
Been going to gym but instead of getting slimmer he got slightly buffed, and that makes him look fatter. Andrew needs to eat less and work more.

5. Start Saving
You need money for World Domination, so does he. And keeping coins in the piggy bank does not count.

Will it ever work. We can only know in 2009 I believe. Hopefully civilization can survive until then.

Till next time.

The Malay Host

2007-12-31T01:04:00.000+08:00

Today was a tiring day for Andrew (although the tire was of his own doing). He was in Batu Caves for a photoshooting, of which it is done at the residence of the main guy - the Chef who was commissioned to cook for the job. He was a great Malay gentleman.

Andrew had always liked to enjoy being a guest to a Malay host. They have always been known for their incredible hospitality towards any guests regardless of race and religion. They treat you like a royalty even though they might not have met you ever before. Today was no different.

The chef himself was a cool guy, even for someone his age (and his food setting - great!). It has been quite some years since I have visited a Malay family and this is a very refreshing start, it truly made me feel that we are really living in a harmonious multi-racial country after all.

Some of my friends are not very fond of them, all I can say is that they lack the understanding of a true orang Melayu because as far as I know they are one of the friendliest people in Malaysia. Also to note the fact that the younger, urban breed Malay youngsters who have no respect for their own culture - they mix with their own group and are very hostile towards anyone else, even of their own race.

If thats what you think of the orang Melayu - you probably just met the black sheep of a very big herd of pure whites.

Blanklou in Singapore

2007-12-14T01:08:00.000+08:00

Yes. Andrew is in Singapore for the past... day and will be leaving like the next day.

Which might not be a bad thing for him. Mostly because

He forgot to set roaming options for his mobile
He did not bring over his laptop
He had jobs undone
His aunt did not had broadband (although it is posted in spore it is done old skool - dailup)
No kaki and car to bring him clubbing
No idea where to club
No ciggeretes
Ciggeretes are EXPENSIVE
Everyone is either speaking Mandarin, English or Hokkien. Cantonese is hard to come by
TV shows are dubbed in Mandarin

Its fun though. The last time he was here was like over 5 years ago and he did not had a chance to be running around shopping and checking out chicks. Turns out this place is very organized, too organized for his liking, but he might get used to this place though. It seemed that he likes it.

The only problem would be that everywhere seemed to be a no smoking area. Andrew smokes you know. Not a compulsive one but he might crave for a stick or two sometimes. Might be a good place for him to start quittin.

Andrew wants to go Cafe del mar. Its in Santosa Island and its far away. Anyone wants to bring him there?

Andrewic Idea 0001

2007-12-06T18:32:00.000+08:00

Days aren't treating Andrew very well, it has been bad news daily for the past week, but things are finally getting better.

Too good that it is a bit scary in fact.

During a recent trip home from KL, he encountered five traffic lights - ALL of them were green. Andrew is afraid of being lucky, 'cause every time it does, it means something bad is coming his way.

Anyway, he is very looking for his next paycheck because he is going on a major shopping spree.

Speaking of which, he believes that marketing is EVERYTHING, so much so that you need to know how to sell yourself to be able to be successful. And there are so many jobs out there that requires you to sell yourself very well, and a lot of people working such jobs never notices this. One such industry would be the begging industry.

Andrew would like to propose a revolution in the begging industry to be more creative in their begging strategies apart from that usual begging in the torn clothes and broken mug (they got creative by getting grandmothers to act as if their child dump them in the supermarket selling pens and stuff). It is getting boring and people are not buying these strategies anymore. You guys need to sell yourselves better! Be the top of the industry!

To struggling beggars, Andrew had the best idea that would most probably help you, at least for the month of December - when everyone is getting their bonuses.

Since Christmas is coming, you could always beg in one of these:

a Christmas stocking

And err, get a bigger one with a bigger opening (so its easier for people to put money in). These would work better if you are begging outside a church, with all the Christmas spirit going about. You could always apply this on other celebrations like angpows for Chinese New Year and green packets for Hari Raya. Make sure it is a oversized packet though (so you can store more coins and get more attention).

Better still, get a t-shirt saying "Would love some spare change for Christmas".

And this time, try to invest your earnings - you might get rich begging. Comment me if it works, ya.

Limpeh Shee Penang-lang!

2007-11-30T17:49:00.000+08:00

You know, Andrew do not travel much but somehow it seems here that he is. Truth is the furthest he'd travel normally wouldn't go anywhere beyond the nearest mamak stall. Trust me. His existence is far too important here to be traveling elsewhere.

to the left would be Andrew Tay, Juno to the right.

However, in recent months he has been traveling alot for work, where is latest destination would be the Penang island. By driving a car less than 3 days-old. Neat eh?

Andrew is supposed to post this last week when he is still in Penang. But it seems that he couldn't find a chance to have his laptop with him when he's on wifi hotspots.

Penang is a nice place, Andrew and his colleagues drove around the entire day with a map in-hand - because they have never driven in the city before. The entire place felt kinda like Malacca, only much bigger (and much more things to eat). For the food, we were told of one important teaching: thou shall eat only at street stalls. thou shall not eat at fancy restaurants.

Andrew did not get a chance to be photographing everything he sees partly because he is almost driving all the time, and because his camera his not functioning *sigh* He however manages to capture several images using his mobile, although he is not very proud of them.

Most of the images here are taken at the kek lok si temple. Andrew did not manage to get to much places due to time constrains. He would very much like to visit the toy museum. Lots of Starwars toys in there, and Ultraman too.

Andrew is kinda glad that he's back. All the while in Penang all he speak is Mandarin and Hokkien; and after so many years of speaking Cantonese and English - its kinda wierd speaking the former.

thats all for now.

ps. Penang chicks are cute, even if you rule the lala/ah lians out.

Calling from the Dark Side

2007-11-14T19:18:00.000+08:00

Andrew was in 1utama today for lunch and on his way back felt a deep calling drawing him into a toy store where he saw:

Darth Vader. But as you can see it's a bit different from your standard Darth Vader.

It transforms into the Death Star. It TRANSFORMS!

This is too good not to be overwhelmed. It is going to top his wish-list for Christmas. Anyone willing to get one for him? He is willing to trade his butt for one even!

... maybe not. Still, it's a Man's Dream!

Yes Andrew is a GEEK. *breathes darth vader-style*

The Malaccan Trip II

2007-11-05T17:02:00.000+08:00

Like Andrew previously said. He was in Malacca for a cocktail photo shoot. He was not the photographer thou, photographer would be BoonBoonBoon (or Boon in short, shy guy actually). Andrew is merely the editor a.k.a. the-one-who-runs-around-doing-nothing and MONITORING the work progress.

As you can see, it's a very cocktail-ic night that day.

Did Andrew mention what's the photo shoot for? The images taken are to be used on an upcoming magazine. The premier issue is supposed feature cocktail recipes and a brief introduction into hosting a cocktail party.

contrary to popular beliefs, the orange colored
drink is actually plain simple orange juice meant
to be drank with the green drink.

Anyway, while Malacca is a nice place and all; with all the nice buildings and great people. There is one other thing only few will ever experience, and Andrew experienced it slightly.

One of Boon's assistant had this loud, trembling snore that is sure to scare the shit out of anyone if taken by surprise. It's so powerful that it sounded like the entire Roman Empire had them surrounded. Really! Boon also said that he felt "uncomfortable" in the hotel room over certain things. Actually all of them did, they suspect it might be... you know.

You know, Andrew is getting kinda tired writing as a third person. But he's enjoying it. And next time he might write something about the cocktail house that provided the cocktails, if he feels like it. Otherwise he might just give you the bloody address and you go find them yourself.

Till next time.

The Malaccan Trip

2007-10-26T02:15:00.000+08:00

Andrew was in Malacca the other day.

For work actually, he followed a team of photographers to take photos.

Not these though. These are just the images he took for fun during the morning walks around Jonker's Street.

Our assignment was to take images of 60 different cocktails for his upcoming magazine. Images on the cocktails he will post later. He has yet to do editings on the images.

Malacca was a very fun place to be in, buildings are nice and people are great! Not to mention food! He had so much fun he forgot to take images of the food he ate around =.= Anyway he just wanted to show off some of the images he so basically this will be all.

Till next time.

Prelude of the Andrewism Movement

2007-10-12T21:08:00.000+08:00

Andrewism
Better known as Andrewtayism, it is a movement of the fingers of Andrew Tay on to a keyboard to create a revolutionary digital journal (Blog).

Why revolutionary?

Because Andrew Tay wrote it. Which would be me.