Cognitive Dissonance

I was taking notes during Anais' intro and Kelsie's sharing, the real practice on note-taking for minutes but I got tired after a while. Slept only 4 hours last evening and haiz... I usually wake up on Sunday feeling sad that Monday is drawing near.

Anyway, came home and had dinner at home for the first time in 2 weeks, not that I'm particular with such things but my Mum is, I confess that very often, I believe I'm smarter than my parents. So I was telling my brother the sermon by Ps James and some of the ideas that I couldn't agree with. I guess I would not put myself up on the target board by being too explicit here.

My brother shared with me about the 'Cognitive Dissonance Theory' and defined me as simply trying to convince many to buy my point of view. Well, don't they do it at the parliament? at the pulpit? in the courtroom? I wonder if I'm experiencing quarter-life crisis (I admit I'm a late-bloomer lol)

So I was reading this article on the New Paper about male social escorts earning big bucks. It reminded me of ホスト (Host), the male-form of cabaret in the red-light districts in Japan. I was scouted a few times along Shibuya, Ikebukuro (those were the days) but I never felt the need to try. Partly because the guys enter while they're still in high-school. And it has a lot to do with hierarchy and hard-drinking, but most of all, I guess I had enough money (back then, those were the days sob*).

Haiz... I reckon I could have earned enough to break my bond if I managed to be listed among the Top 5 (Hosts in a Big Name Club) each month in one full year. As for the one in Singapore, it seems like it is mostly about spending time with Tai Tais.

I was asking myself, if I am mature enough and know the line, it is indeed a lucrative business. It is not easy to just interact with Tai Tais (trust me, I have tried before), since such Tai Tais aren't silly and would probably talk about Aware (lol), the global financial crisis, their travels, the negligence from their husbands. And nothing half-hearted will go unnoticed, so the best social escorts have to be sincere and care for the client. The 'women love bad boys' theory doesn't always work.

There was a Japanese drama serial 夜王～YAOH which talked about competition and struggles in the industry. I could remember that they see themselves as noble creatures and their role was to provide happiness to the ladies. Well, depends on how we define happiness.

I wouldn't mind moon-lighting as a social escort (main draw is the big bucks) but since it is not allowed for a civil servant, I wouldn't do it (just to make it in clear).