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Sunday, August 12, 2007

project 355: a boring week ahead

i like deviant. i like different. i like standing out.
in fact, it has become so ingrained in me that i don't really need to try too hard to stand out. i've accustomed myself to naturally do so. the things i say border on controversial. the shit that i put in my body is almost always taboo. everything i do seems to be a more. and there's nothing in me that's a norm.

i think i attribute this 'against-the-grain' way of life to my childhood, having tried too hard to blend in with the rest of the crowd. you know lah, youth and the extreme pressures of the peers. everyday is desperately trying to adjust to a new set of hormones and puberty, trying to gain a steady foothold in this world. there's bound to be casualties along the way and i'm glad to be one of them. i was the definitive nerd back in the days of school. fat, acne-ridden, uber-uncool and possibly quite pale from all the gaming hours spent with my Playstation.

that was then however, and this is now.
the good thing with age is that it tends to come gift-wrapped with hindsight and if one is mature enough, a better perception of things in general. one looks back and realizes that there's no point in playing the game that everybody seems to be working so hard at. not because i suck at playing the game (i suck at it actually), but rather, the ends simply doesn't justify the means. so why hate the playa or even hate the game for that matter? come to think of it, why be the playa when you can be the... game master (insert daunting theme of music)? you can change the rules to the game or you can even play by your own rules. hell you could even overhaul the whole thing and come up with a whole new game to play.

in light of yesterday's post about the plight of an uber-bored gay Singaporean man stuck in the placid little red dot, i intend to try something different. rather than just sit around and rant about how pathetically boring entertainment in Singapore is, i'm going to go against my grain, by going with the grain. in other words, i'm going to try different things that are out of my comfort zone. for this whole week, the posts that i'll be publishing will be centered around the theme of boredom: how Singaporeans kill boredom and plenty of free time, what they do and how they feel about it. stuff of the like.

it's indeed, going to be a Boring Week ahead.

posted at 9:09 pm by the nurse | Permalink |

8 Comments:

hmm. try hooking up some straight guys or what? that'll be challenging enough to keep you occupied.

join dragonboat? or what? hah!
By Veeen, at 11:32 pm

Exactly what are you gonna do? Sex on a trapeze?
By savante, at 10:06 am

Take a dancing class?.. and make love with your dancing partner
Join an AA group of sex addict? ;p.. pick one at a time for a ONS
Take a self defense lesson?.. and practice with the Sifu alone...
open a home tuition for boys?.. err.. teach em' how to be like you..

isn't that sounds boring enuf? ;p
By uncle boy, at 10:37 am

Not exactly boring week whenu have ur blog, plus if ur tired from the game be a observer.

Dont't have to change phase to go with the flow rite? You can always do ur own thing,plus ur moving out soon, life would be much more boring lonely.

If all are not an option, you can always choose to get wasted :P
By Corgant, at 11:45 am

hmmm...
exploration of anti culture establishments?
By poof, at 10:50 pm

you need a holiday !
By Anonymous, at 11:24 pm

i guess tats one of da few similarities between singaporean and malaysians. we're damn straight boring.
i hate bein boring, tats y occasionally(as in a few times a week)i wud try sumthin deviant, like goin to new places or doin new stuff. da last deviant thing i did was to 'ta-pao' KFC and brought it into Mc'D and jus sat there & eat, payin no heed to d many puzzled eyes starin at me. heheh, i know, tats damn lame, but i jus needed to reassure myself tat i'm alive, & not straight(boring).
(^-^)
By Derick Tenh P.S, at 9:34 am

veeen: i'm not a big fan of water. so i'll steer clear of dragon boat.

savante: well you'll see. things that i don't normally do. sex on a trapeze will have to wait for the next time the moscow circus comes to town.

musa: good suggestions. i'll consider them. i'm not that charitable and patient though to teach boys tuition.

brian: getting wasted sounds like a good idea. but that requires money, something which i don't really have a lot of. donations anyone?

gauzzel: heh. i've got one story like that coming right up actually. thanks for the idea.

ash: hell yeah. can your company provide that for me?

tps: sometimes we need to do out-of the-ordinary things to help slap us back into reality. i like that KFC in Macs idea. very novel.
By the nurse, at 6:53 pm