Boredom
I am grumbling. I am bored. Where are all the interesting people? Where they all hiding? Are there interesting people in Singapore for that matter?
I should really cultivate a group. Some kind of elite group that meets often. For drinks, for meals, for games. I don't want to meet any more Singaporean drones. Fuck them. Otherwise, I keep meeting the same people who say the same things. Cars, gadgets, and other branded goods. Materialism. Time to re-evaluate close friends, friends, aquaintances. Time to spring clean. I shall have to initiate things and not be so laid back.
Call it the Roundtable, call it the Evil Gathering, whatever.
Addendum
Of course nothing will ever come to pass because I have never liked elitism. Then again, stupid and boring people are grating.
"One - You lock the target
Two - You bait the line
Three- You slowly spread the net
And four - You catch the man"
'Headhunter' Front 242
13 comments:
* horror *
Will I get cleaned out soon?
Good heavens! Of course not!
One does feel quite alone when there aren't any kindered spirits to interract with. I hope you find them soon.
Yeah I can definitely feel your pain sometimes Chuang Shyue Chou. Around here it's all football(American) and sports (which I don't mind in small doses). I guess that's why we all converse online here. Still, there's nothing like actually hanging out with those you like. Anyhow, thanks for the encouragement with the Illustration Fridays. Today I just sent something in. Some neat stuff posted there!
i hven't even complain or commit suicide yet leh.. me more bored than u... been a lone ranger in KL every weekdays.. eat alone.. sleep alone.. walk alone.. watch tv alone..
>.<
Shyue Chou,
There was one a while back. Or at least, people in the BBS tried to create one. That was sad. That kind of killed every desire to be elitist I've had since.
Not sure where I'm going with this, but if you want to meet up, I'm back 14 December.
Yes, I think there was a bunch who wanted to stop admitting new people in our BBS days because of the fear of the erosion of their 'power'?!? Strange but group dynamics and power structures do exist even in an online grouping. I was against it and was vocal about it and I guess they weren't very happy with me.
Sure, we should meet up. It's been a decade since we met. I think Brian just fled the country. I am still in contact with Colin, Wilson (who I will be seeing for dinner tomorrow), Poon, Willie and Brian. Oh yes, I see Elton gaming here and there. RPGs, tabletop miniatures and cards.
Poon is in contact with Chester. I had Jasminn's email address somewhere but she is incommunicado. I haven't seen her since 1996.
Let me see if I can get Brian. Then, there will be the three of us? I doubt if Colin or Wilson remember who you were. I will ask them tomorrow? Let me know what you think.
Marc Tan. I haven't kept in contact with Marc Tan. He's still with the government. His contact details can be found on the government directory.
Leon. I saw Leon once sometime earlier this year when I stopped by Serene Centre after my IPPT test at Maju Camp. Again, I haven't kept in contact with him.
Chris Ng Wai Chung? I have seen him here and there but I wasn't able to recognise him some years ago until someone pointed him out.
Steven Lim? I don't know what happened to him and his tribe of Gollums.
Clara Chow? Well, I didn't know her. You can still reach her via her Straits Times email. You see her articles regularly.
Melissa Lim? Dunno. I lost touch with her about six years ago.
All of the above characters are 'reach-able' if you should want to find them.
I still hang out with Colin, Wilson, Brian, Willie (when he's back), Poon (when Brian and I hang around)these days. Otherwise...
As for the others, I can't speak for them. For the last few years, I have been preoccupied with gaming. I was with a large group of about 40 people. Today, we have focused and so, there are less.
Alicia, why are you a lone ranger in KL every week day? Where's tonto, your faithful Indian? And your horse?
What about work colleagues? Don't you guys hang out after work? Go out for dinner? Go shopping?
Is it the nature of your work? Long hours and no life?
Steve, yes, the sports people. I remember those when I was staying in Northern California in the eighties. It was quite something to see a whole bunch of guys crowding around a TV set with beer. As for conversations, well...
I think you understand my frustrations. When I first started work some years back, I would go out to pubs with my colleagues after work, albeit not very frequently. Those are the kind of drones that I guess I was ranting about. And the talk in lounges, pubs, bars, well, they are deadly boring.
Some weeks back, I went with some people to a lounge in a hotel. The company were so dead brain-dead that I wanted to flee but I guess I remained polite. In my younger days, I would not have.
Life doesn't just consist of drinking session after drinking session... surely, people can transcend the normality of .. I don't know.
V, I think you hit the nail on the head. 'kindered spirits' is a very apt term.
I am just somewhat frustrated as you realise. Anyway, I am pretty okay with solitude. And I enjoy it.
The modal type of evening-to-late night networking at academic conferences is groups of profs and eager-to-join-the-game grad students drinking beer after beer at the (sports) bar(s).
And I dislike drinking.
Brian touches down on the 12th at midnight, and should be free to meet up at some point...
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