The male species is in danger

Over the past year I have realised that guys in general are becoming more feminine in the way they dress and behave. While effeminate guys used to be rare and hence tolerable, now I find that they are way too common. For the sake of convenience, I shall now refer to them as "metroboys".

In the past, when you threw a stone, you would hit either a guy or girl. Now, if you threw that same stone, you would hit a PRC, a bangla, a metroboy, and a Top-mat (mat-yoyo Topman style), before you hit a normal unassuming guy or girl. But that's another story.

Today as I was taking the MRT to work, in walked a person in a pink shirt. I knew it was a guy because no girl is that ugly, but the way he dressed, it screamed "I'm so gay and don't you know it. I'm a flaming metroboy and ooh I'm on fire babeh!"

It is making me convinced that women are slowly gaining the advantage over unsuspecting men. Men who do not realise that women are subtly forcing their fashion conventions upon them are slowly moving over to the dark side, and embracing their inner world of rainbows, unicorns and ponies.

So, what kind of guy is a metroboy? He is the kind who can accessorise better than the average girl. The kind who wear sunglasses even at night or in shopping centres. The kind who will not leave home unless their clothes are colour coordinated down to the last detail, and tight fitting in all the right places. The kind who wear bronzer, foundation and eyeliner. The kind who go for boy-zillians, which to me is like the ultimate act of emasculation short of being neutered.

I am not against guys who dress well. I am just against guys who dress well, but in a style of fashion that is more metro than metro. Like skinnies that are tighter than girls' jeans covering a pair of legs waxed so shiny and toned that even girls would kill to have them. Like seriously, what the. You "guys" put both guys and girls to shame, if for different reasons.

I make a stand for guys here. Even as the bastions of masculinity crumble I want to be the last man standing who wears his tacky shirt and berms with pride while the rest of the world is wearing skinny pants so skinny I wonder if their nuts have any space to breathe. I will survive on the same wardrobe till even the Salvation Army won't want it.

Fashion is big money, but I refuse to be held to ransom by shops demanding more and more cash for flimsier pieces of clothing (Topman *cough cough*) just to upkeep standards of fashion that are actually an attempt by women and other metroboys to cash-in on insecure guys.

Guys should save money. If not, where are girls going to find money to spend?

You are the one.

I was out on assignment interviewing people in Yishun and later Clementi, and I finally reached my office at around 5pm. Just when I entered office, my fellow intern friend told me that he had very bad news for me.

"Hey, I heard that the editor has something for you. It's bad."

I was like wondering what the hell it was. I went back to my seat, and just then, my supervisor came over and said "Weili you know what the angle of the story is this Sunday right?"

I was like "No?"

She was like "Oh you mean you didn't know you're working this Sunday? Oops. Sorry to spoil it for you."

I think I heard my heart breaking. I had planned for a relaxing afternoon on Sunday spent sleeping in till 11am.

Just then my editor came over. "Hey I just wanted to see you" he said.

"Yeah, I know I'm the special one this Sunday right."

"Hey, I didn't even get to tell you myself. How come you know that already."

"Probably because I'm awesome."

"Well, same thing. Don't come back without a story."

Two weeks in pictures.

Variety is the spice of life, so I've decided to try my hand at doing a picture story this time. The theme of this picture story is, two weeks in pictures. In other words, a random mishmash that I'm too lazy to give a good theme to.

At a childcare centre to interview the teacher and play with the children. Aww, so cute!

At the roof of Helipad@Central having a few drinks on the company account.

MUSE concert

At the Indoor stadium waiting for MUSE to open their concert. Oooh yeahhh. The sight of a sea of thousands jumping together is truly something to behold. Not to mention the synchronized hypnotic clap-along to Starlight. MUSE fans, we are one!

They played like everything, ranging from Uprising and Undisclosed Desires on their latest album, to classics like Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Time is Running Out, Knights of Cydonia, Plug in Baby, Sunburn, Hysteria and Stockholm Syndrome, and many more songs. It was absolutely crazy and I got a good cardio workout just from jumping like a teenybopper throughout the concert.

At the Singapore Airshow 2010

Big guns in the air, and big guns on the ground. Check out that guy shooting aircraft with his massive anti-aircraft gun.The Apache and F-15 flying together in some synchronised formation. Quite awesome to behold.

Oh my. What are they pointing at?

None other than this, the A-10 Warthog.

Team Rocket blasting off again! Just kidding.