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Just a quick update; although we had a few bumps, the site upgrade is well on it's way. We will be moving away from Squarespace in the very near future. Keep praying and think about supporting us in other ways as well. I just got back from a trip to New York where I was able to meet with the chief editor of Beacon- Leema Thomas and Zimblymallu who was kind enough to come all the way from New Jersey for my niece's dedication. If there are any Dippu.com readers out there, be sure to email us with contact info and we can arrange for a small meet up when the time comes. Right after Zimbly left, I realized that I hadn't gotten a picture with him. Oh well, we'll always find time, I suppose. We had a great time of worship at Bethel International Church in Elmont, NY. The people there are sincere and very welcoming, God bless them. Also, I learned something new about our very own Zimblymallu- he is the treasurer for PYFA New Jersey. Woah! We have a celebrity in our midst! Please keep praying for our site move:

 Pray that-

 All financial needs are handled.

Everything is done perfectly for the Glory of God.

 And for renewed vision for this year.

Scroll down for some posts that we've done in the past few days, I think you'll appreciate what we have up. And we in turn appreciate the readers who still come by and check on us once in a while. I think our site's biggest advertiser is my dad who happens to tell everyone he knows about dippu.com. Thanks Pops!

 Peace

all the jesusfreaks who also own an iShuffle can now represent, while listening to their favorite christian music.

while gizmodo, boing boing and lockergnome all got the scoop from moco loco, i heard it from jake.he never tells me about his sources. i never ask. the internet is full of shady places and dangerous characters. some things you dont want to know.

moco loco did get me the scoop on Scott Wilson, the designer.

unfortunately, this is another one of those obscenely mallu pente centric paragraphs that seem to come out of my hindbrain every now and then. which is why this post has also been tagged with more than one category. you know how we have this whole prohibition act on jewellery. or as some people would say. "back in the day we would never wear jewellery, but now everybody is compromising with the world"

would wearing an iBelieve constitute jewellery wearing? i don't have one, otherwise i could tell you what happened when i went to church wearing it. yeah, i go to an old school church. but not old school enough for a thambar.

at the moment, an iShuffle undoubtedly makes you look cooler, but will the iBelieve do it? when form meets function, where does it leave the appachen pastor with his "you shalt not have hair bands on your wrists because it is a bracelet and an abomination to the Lord. and to me, and your parents and the church."?

moreover, if you notice, the point of the designer is to use a cultural icon to focus attention on the brand. what could be more subversive than to change it into an expression of your faith?  the idea is so elegant, i wonder if it is an intellectual fairy tale.

We here at Dippu, would like to announce a youth retreat geared toward high school and college age youth. Deeper Walk will bring together youth of the Northwest, for a weekend of worship, teaching, and fellowship. It's going to be held in Vancouver, BC on November 11, 12, and 13. It's a WPC youth event in association with SAC.

What do we plan to do here? This is a brand new event that's starting this year. It's a time of refreshing and equipping for youth. Benita Joy is the organiser for this whole event, and if you would like more information regarding this, please contact her through her website. We'll post more about this here as we get more news, but just wanted to give you all a heads up to start planning for attending this.

thanks,
dippuTeam

Only if you really wanted to, of course. Ashish has started writing on his personal blog again so I encourage all of you to go visit it sometime soon. I have also started blogging again on my old abode, Daycruise.net. Both of us missed the personal freedoms we had on our own blogs. When one runs a combined blog, it's not the same. Not saying we don't enjoy it, we just want to do more freestyle blogging as they call it. Dippu.com will continue to bring you news, opinions, and just about anything relating to you the reader. That's a pretty darn subjective statement isn't it? I know a lot of people have been visiting us the last two weeks. I hope you look around the site, like what you see, and come back more often.

I'm not much of a rap fan. I used to listen to it a lot back in the day, but now I'm all about anything but rap. But I just saw this video by Nick Cannon, which appears to be just what the rap scene needs. It is Nick Cannon's story-- of his mother's choice to run out of the abortion clinic. She was there to abort him. He thanks her for keeping him.. It is a stirring song-- and I hope you enjoy it too. We need to support more songs like this.

Watch the video here.

I'm not sure if you live on the West Coast or not but this should interest you. The Western Pentecostal Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon on July 7th through the 10th. If you are tired to the East Coast conferences, this should be a huge relief. This is truly a time to commune with God and meet in fellowship with fellow believers. The conference has evolved from a meeting in a house more than a decade and a half ago to a growing community of Christian believers on the west coast of North America. In addition to a great all around conference, we have also planned a talent show. If you are younger than thirty, you are welcome to sign up to perform for the show.

Visit the WPC Portland website here.

Be sure to check back at dippu.com for updates.

If you are interested in performing at the talent show, Email me at decruzp@gmail.com.

Here are some sweet pics....(they're not big enough to download but they're funny)

Anyway-- we happen to be back. We're still working on those features we promised you, but we need feedback people! So send us a word on what you would like to see with this site. Please dont send us a smart-aleck email that says "more updates!" We know! We're working on that part! Anyways-- take a look at Bobby's blog as he happens to be updating it a lot more than us these days-- drop him a nice word for his attempt at humor-- the poor kid trys.. Just kidding, Bobby, keep up the good work!

Check out the funny stuff here. Oh, and another thing-- 10 feet? Really, Bobby? Ten feet? Wow.

Due to my new found fame, many people have been clamoring to see a glimpse of me. They want to know who the real DayCruz is. But you know, the funny thing is- someone asked me what the best way to get hits on your website is. They assumed that I would know since dippu.com is so dang popular now. Apparently, the answer to that question is one word: Aishwarya. Since my two Aishwarya posts this past weeks our hits have been consistently high. A look at the refferals shows us that many people came to this site through searching for "Aishwarya + Oprah" on Google. So the key? Put up more pictures of Aishwarya Rai. And try to write Aishwarya's name as much as possible.


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Aishwarya Rai.


Perhaps we'll turn into an all Aishwarya Rai website. What do you think?

Bobby and I in the beginning- pretty calm and collected. Interested in each other's opinions.... And this is how the debate ended- pretty sad actually....


So kids, what did DeCruz learn today? Bobby doesn't like it when people make fun of his kundi!

Just wanted to let you readers know that we've updated our admin blog with some neat stuff. On the admin blog, you'll find some neat site link pics that you can use on your website or weblog to link back to dippu.com. The source code to do so is also included; all you have to do is follow the directions. We've also included a neat desktop background that you can download and use on your desktop. Take a look and give us feedback on these new offerrings at dippu.com. Commenting is the key to our improval

We're changing how you think,

dippuTeam

Here's myself and Daycruz...don't ask what daycruz is doing though, cause his finger has somehow started searching for...

I commented last night on a discussion about the new Pope of the Roman Catholic church. You know, being a Protestant, I could care less who the Catholics pick as their leader, although I have tremendous respect for this man. He seems to have clear convictions and he stand by them. Well, at Sepia Mutiny, the folks there seem to have a very different opinion. A lot of the visitors there are quite angry about the new pope's comments on other religions. To read them, go directly to the post at the Mutiny.  I don't understand why it should offend you so much when someone else believes your religion is wrong. It doesn't make any sense to me. Some are resorting to calling him a Nazi, which is just simply foolish. The man was involved in Hitler Youth when joining was compulsory. His father was very anti-Nazi. So that kind of talk isn't really helping the debate. In my opinion, the guy seems pretty reasonable- even if he looks a bit like Hannibal Lector (or Anthony Hopkins, take your pick).




Does this man remind you of someone?

"Helllooooo Clariceeee.."

here he is eating a burrito and talking on the phone:

I hereby dedicate dippu.com to DIPENDRA SHAKYA who apparently owned this domain a long time ago. Go check out his website for a good read, I hope Dipendra checks out dippu.com to see how wonderful this site is. Thank you, Dipendra, for leaving such a legacy- I vow right here that I shall follow your message and "DO IT, DO IT RIGHT, DO IT RIGHT NOW." If you don't know what I'm talking about-- check out the dude's website below-

Dipendra

ok people...since no one has emailed in any funny pics, I'll be the first. This pic is from the wedding I attended in Oklahoma City. (From left to right, Beni, Bobby, Kevin, me, and Kelly)

Just wanted to let you all know that we have now created a photoBlog section, as well as a GuestBook. We thought about posting pics from people's blogs onto the photoBlog section, but we realise that's really old news. So we're asking you all to email in your pictures, with a small caption explaining it. Another thing is that we've created a GuestBook section. We would like all our readers to sign it, and tell us a little about yourself. This site is still evolving, so always be on the lookout for All Things New.