Thursday, June 26, 2008
Hot Hot Hot
No, no, not just hot guys, but the temperature...hot!
What gets me isn't the heat. I mean, I've been in hotter places. What is surprising instead is the lengths to which guys here will go to look stylish. I have seen clothes here that would be far more appropriate in a cooler climate, things you would be likely to see in DC in the fall rather than near the equator in the summer. I'm talking things like fleece vests, light sweaters and jackets, and layers..oh my, I can't even imagine wearing another layer.
But oh, they look good doing it.
I know people like to call me a rice queen but I know some people who go far beyond me in those terms. I'm not sure they could hamdle being here with so many metrosexual guys...so many people here take great care with their appearance but they can't all be gay. A few of my friends might have trouble telling the difference and would hurt their neck by turning their head so much to look at everyone around them.
But still...fleece vests?
Pretty much wrapped up my work today. Still one person I may talk to Friday but much of that day will be spent consolidating my notes from this trip, particularly from this week's very productive meetings. Today I sent a few hours at a local university, in part related to my research project and in part related to some other things (good things) that I'm not quite ready to discuss in the blog because there are still a couple that don't know about those good things, but need to. I'll just leave that little hint there and then move on.
Last night I visited with my friend Allan who is volunteering as a youth group leader for a Buddhist prayer group. It was quite interesting to see him not only as a teacher but also as a spiritual man, I side of him Ive known about but never observed. I went out to his home (and in that part of town, I saw no other white boys on the bus, train, or street...interesting) and met his parents and the kids in his group and we were there for a couple hours. Then we headed to McDonald's (open 24 hours...and they deliver) an met up with some of his really good friends, a few of whom I've met before but one who was new to me. We had a really good conversation and before I knew it, it was almost 1:30am and my happy ass neededto get back to the hotel.
I'd had dinner with Allan earlier in the week, then met up with one of his friends later, but we haven't had a whole lot of time this week. He has a major event going on at work that takes up some of his evenings and he has been kind enough to let me tag along during his "regular" life so we can send time together, and that's cool because I get to see things I have not seen before. It's kind of like running around Bangkok with Raberd a couple years ago on an MTV gig. A neat way tospend some time in a foreign land.
What gets me isn't the heat. I mean, I've been in hotter places. What is surprising instead is the lengths to which guys here will go to look stylish. I have seen clothes here that would be far more appropriate in a cooler climate, things you would be likely to see in DC in the fall rather than near the equator in the summer. I'm talking things like fleece vests, light sweaters and jackets, and layers..oh my, I can't even imagine wearing another layer.
But oh, they look good doing it.
I know people like to call me a rice queen but I know some people who go far beyond me in those terms. I'm not sure they could hamdle being here with so many metrosexual guys...so many people here take great care with their appearance but they can't all be gay. A few of my friends might have trouble telling the difference and would hurt their neck by turning their head so much to look at everyone around them.
But still...fleece vests?
Pretty much wrapped up my work today. Still one person I may talk to Friday but much of that day will be spent consolidating my notes from this trip, particularly from this week's very productive meetings. Today I sent a few hours at a local university, in part related to my research project and in part related to some other things (good things) that I'm not quite ready to discuss in the blog because there are still a couple that don't know about those good things, but need to. I'll just leave that little hint there and then move on.
Last night I visited with my friend Allan who is volunteering as a youth group leader for a Buddhist prayer group. It was quite interesting to see him not only as a teacher but also as a spiritual man, I side of him Ive known about but never observed. I went out to his home (and in that part of town, I saw no other white boys on the bus, train, or street...interesting) and met his parents and the kids in his group and we were there for a couple hours. Then we headed to McDonald's (open 24 hours...and they deliver) an met up with some of his really good friends, a few of whom I've met before but one who was new to me. We had a really good conversation and before I knew it, it was almost 1:30am and my happy ass neededto get back to the hotel.
I'd had dinner with Allan earlier in the week, then met up with one of his friends later, but we haven't had a whole lot of time this week. He has a major event going on at work that takes up some of his evenings and he has been kind enough to let me tag along during his "regular" life so we can send time together, and that's cool because I get to see things I have not seen before. It's kind of like running around Bangkok with Raberd a couple years ago on an MTV gig. A neat way tospend some time in a foreign land.
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Alex: I saw some shirts that looked like layers but were actually one piece. A lady at Bugis Market told me "looks nice but only one layer, too hot lah." She got that right.
Savante: hahaha Me and another guy had that exact conversation at a bar the other night.
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Savante: hahaha Me and another guy had that exact conversation at a bar the other night.
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