Meterosexual

I had a great laugh when a gal friend described me as 'Meterosexual' yesterday. Thats neither a positive nor negative gesture from me, but it made me wonder in what way am I still so 'meeeeterosexual' to her. Take a look at this pic which i took recently, and u must have disagreed with her.

I was staring hard into the mirror looking at myself, while i was having my haircut done at the barber. Yeah, having haircut at the barber is one good evidence to support against calling me a meterosexual. But tats not the pt I was trying to bring out. As i seldom look at myself in the mirror for long, the 15 min of haircutting gave me the chance to take a good look at myself - wow, i am really aging super fast. I have to admit i look v much like an uncle, no longer a youth or youngster.

I remembered when i was in yr1 staying in pgp, the nickname given to me was "Pretty Boy". Spotting a thick crop of reddish coloured hair, I definitely have more colourful and trendier clothes. And putting on my ear studs/ring was like an everyday affair. None of my neighbours could correctly guess that I was from engineering faculty. Law, Bizad and Arts were the most common choices.

Over the yrs in NUS, my dress-code has toned down tremendously to plain-coloured round neck tshirts, but my hair remained 'unblack' most of the time, even until now. Ear studs/rings are jus very occasional wear - wearing for the sake of not wasting them, hahaha. I wudnt say I was very well dressed or trendy in the past (in fact i hav nv regarded myself as a trendy person), but i see no pt in putting much efforts in dressing up, as long as one look NEAT it shld be enough = clean and non-creasy clothings + neatly trimmed (for short hair) or nicely styled/combed (long hair). I seriously cannot stand ppl with long messy uncombed hair - gross!

Of cos i argued back to my friend that I am not 'FIT' enough to be considered a meterosexual, as I do not spend a lot of money buying nice clothings ( i jus wear U2 and Bossini these days, hahaha), and I dun visit hair saloons which cost ($30-60) for a freaking hair cut (i only spend $8-9 at the barber, hahaha). Jus dun get tricked by my brown hair + occasional ear studs. And she readily counter argued back that the definition of 'meterosexual' shld not limit to only outlooks, but the character. She is right - I am generally unlike the typical guy who is perceived as rational, unfeeling and emotionless. In fact i am quite the opposite.

But as I grow older, I guess my confidence no longer comes my outlooks but from my internal strength. Its the substance that counts, yeah? So cocky man..