Sorting through my old photos yesterday, I unearthed these gems:
This is me at 12 trying to debunk Asian stereotypes. Back then, I thought I was really cool and couldn't figure out why I was targeted by the school bullies.
Here I am again, dressed in the Malaysian school uniform but unable to shed my outer geek.
This was my room at boarding school in Singapore. You can tell I wasn't very organized by the post-its on my desk.
It's true what they say about boarding school -- that it's a hotbed of homoeroticism. We had a tradition of stripping birthday boys so it wasn't uncommon to see a guy running around in his underpants, screaming at his friends.
This was when I thought fisherman hats were awesome.
I don't know the two guys on the right but from left to right: Wind (she'd be upset if I used her real name because she thinks she's being stalked(!)), Chuan Yaw, Lip Yoong and Johnson. The latter three were my roommates in boarding school.
My group of friends in junior college after a lecture.
Feeding the Beckham frenzy that's sweeping the US, here's a photo of David B. when he visited my school in Singapore.
This is me at 12 trying to debunk Asian stereotypes. Back then, I thought I was really cool and couldn't figure out why I was targeted by the school bullies.
Here I am again, dressed in the Malaysian school uniform but unable to shed my outer geek.
This was my room at boarding school in Singapore. You can tell I wasn't very organized by the post-its on my desk.
It's true what they say about boarding school -- that it's a hotbed of homoeroticism. We had a tradition of stripping birthday boys so it wasn't uncommon to see a guy running around in his underpants, screaming at his friends.
This was when I thought fisherman hats were awesome.
I don't know the two guys on the right but from left to right: Wind (she'd be upset if I used her real name because she thinks she's being stalked(!)), Chuan Yaw, Lip Yoong and Johnson. The latter three were my roommates in boarding school.
My group of friends in junior college after a lecture.
Feeding the Beckham frenzy that's sweeping the US, here's a photo of David B. when he visited my school in Singapore.
5 comments:
omg...geek! you may as well have played in the band.
hey, i wasn't THAT geeky and all i can say is at least i grew out of it which is more than some of us can say ;)
Wow, there are not many people brave enough to acknowledge they lived through the awkwardness that is adolescence, much less post pictures of that era on the internet. I salute you.
Seriously though, fishing hats are only to be worn by overweight dorm dudes to accessorize with their unkempt beards and pot-themed T-shirts. You should know better even then; maybe the rules are different in Asia.
That is so awesome--you are brave to show those early photos! I must agree with Brian, you looked like you should have been coming home from band practice. :)
Cool that you saw Becks! He's all the rage in my home of LA!
jercotmes >> in hindsight, the hat was a lapse of judgement but i think they were also quite popular in singapore, even among the thin, sober high school kids so i won't take all the blame ;)
wind >> where got?
dave >> whatevs. at least i'm really really cool now.
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