The City That Never Sleeps
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posted : July 5, 2010
Unlike Chua Mui Hoong who keeps relocating, I handle mine in various ways actually. Chua Mui Hoong has taken over Sumiko Tan in today's editor's column. At least till September I guess. Anyway, she was just writing about how she has moved how 12 times over the span of 20 years. Yes, she combats her innate restlessness not by job hopping or by changing boyfriends but by moving houses. The entire scanning property classified sections ads, making appointments to view apartments, meeting agents, dreaming of how to do up houses, negotiating prices, bidding, securing deals, packing your life into cardboard boxes, labeling boxes if you are an organised mover and if you not, every box is called 'things', getting contractors, renovators, painters. All of it. Getting accustomed to the place, settling down in the place. All of it takes about 18 months. 1.5 years till the mover lust within surfaces again and she begins looking around for another place to call home.
For me, I'm not at the age to know if have that psychological disorder or should I say syndrome to keep moving. I don't even know if I have that much patience. But maybe the excitement and thrill of a new place and adventure that awaits would be all it takes to follow her footsteps. But, right now I engage in a few things to combat the lust within. The lust of needing a change constantly. And as much as we are all wired to hate change, there is a part of us that needs change. Needs things around us to be continuously evolving. Offering us new perspectives on life. I, for one, needs to be continuously engaged if not I get bored. I can't sit through more than 2 commercial breaks without flipping the channel to find something else to entertain me while the same commercials get aired and bore me. Or there is always the net to entertain me while I watch the google box. I need to be constantly multitasking otherwise I feel as though I'm moving through life too slowly, crawling actually. Which in my opinion, is a complete waste of time. Even at work, I have the same problem. I can't sit through my given task without music, checking updates, planning activities etc. I know this multitasking itself will weigh me down in say 20 years. When age catches up on me, my energy for multitasking will take a plunge. But for now, my innate restless comes with acquiring latest technological gadgets. At least, it has been that for the past 3 to 4 years. Unlike fashion which comes and goes, style which is constantly evolving, singers who keep producing albums, movies which are released every week, technology is the only thing that keeps wowing me. Coz it gets updated and there is such a thing as old. Music becomes ever green, fashion comes back after 10, 20 years when but not technology. The old stuff get thrown out once something new is released into the market. And I love the whole searching for new gadgets to splurge on, checking out reviews, comparing products across different resellers island wide, bargaining, acquiring the item and then getting bored of them only to sell them back again and eye something new all over again. I love that thrill and excitement which isn't quite the same when I acquire a new pair of shoes or that perfect bag I've always wanted. Technology is a very guy thing. But I can't remember when I fell so in love with it. When my thirst to be able to make decisions on the electronic gadgets I must own became so insatiable. It could be when the norm was actually for a guy to know all of the stuff and how girls should just be good at cooking, sewing, gardening. Female department they call it. I love attending every IT fair, PC show, Comex etc even though it's almost the same products every quarter. And even if I'm not going to purchase anything. I just like to keep myself abreast to all the gadgets available. And I love being able to make decisions for others. To advise people on IT merchandise. Haha. Maybe I should seek a career in that line. I constantly need to be updated on mobile phones. cameras. digital and dslr. laptops. speakers. ipods. everything. I love the going to Sim Lim to collect price lists even though the print is so goddamn small. I love reading online forums to see user recommendations on products and then make my decision. Then of coz finding the cheapest way to own the product. It has been 1.5 years with E63. I bought it for 400 dollars without contract. I'm getting bored with it ready. With my Sony wx1 it's been 6 months. But I'm pretty sure once I get my dslr it would be collecting dust though I parted with another 400 dollars just for the sweep panorama feature. My 150 dollar creative earphones. Upgrade from my Sony 80 dollar one which is collecting dust. Technology. But I cannot foresee myself not being a victim of the vicious bug in the near future. It's the only thing that keeps getting better over time. Like wine and friendships. And of coz my second lust comes in the form of books. I cannot leave a bookstore without a purchase which often is a self-help book. The joy of finding a good book to read is ecstasy for me. I forsee in about 10, 15 years time, my restless will come in the name of investments. Gold or properties or both. We'll see. It's healthy lusts I indulge in to get over with my restlessness. So, aal izz well. |
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