A Guide Of What To Do When You Have Nothing To Do

As you can see, I’ve nothing to do other then giving some kid tuition.  Thus, I’ve created a list of things to do if you’re unemployed or bored on weekends and have nothing to do.

Step 1.

Wake up really late.  When I say late, I mean super late like 12pm onwards.  You’ll totally be skipping lunch, but that’s ok since you won’t be doing much vigorous activities for the day.  

Step 2.

 

 

Head for the toilet and spend an extremely long time in there grooming yourself.  First, take off your clothes.  Second, step into the shower.  Third, shampoo your hair and apply hair conditioner after that.  Fourth, soap your body thorougly.  Next, wash off all these products on your body.  [An alternative to steps 2, 3, 4 & 5 would be to soak in a bathtub.]  Sixth, wash your face with facial wash.  Then dry your body with a towel.  Shave, brush your teeth, apply serum on your hair, rub toner onto your face and lastly, moisturise.  Don’t forget to put on your clothes.  Haha.  Now that you’ve wasted loads of time in the bathroom, you can step out of it.

Step 3.

You’re now hungry and have to go out to buy lunch.  You can spray some cologne or perfume if you want to attract some aunties or uncles while you’re out.  Take the longest route to the hawker centre, food court or fastfood outlet of your choice.  You have all the time in the world to squander, so stroll at a leisurely pace and feel the warm rays lightly descend upon your face.  Maybe you could take a detour to the bank to deposit some angpow money or to withdraw money to buy your lunch.

Step 4.

When you’re done with your lunch, head home and turn on your computer.  There are lots of things to do when you have broadband internet access and a computer that has at least windows xp.  For starters, you could log onto msn messenger and do some site-surfing such as spying on people using facebook, checking out blogs and reading news or gossip blogs (fyi, i don’t do that).  After that, you can go on to the hardcore stuff.  Some guys will play DOTA and they could just go on forever.  For me, I watch all sorts of dramas be it Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean or American.  I’m always on the lookout for new shows.  Below, I’ve produced a list of shows that I’m currently watching.

American TV shows

1. Gossip Girl (available online every Tuesday*)

 

 

This is the ultimate guilty pleasure available from the whole bunch of American shows being broadcasted in the US this season.  It is scandalous, the twists are just crazy, the people are hot and the soundtrack is fabulous.  Too bad the episodes are being inconsistently released.  Season 2 episode 18 will only be coming out in March. 

2. Ugly Betty (available online every Friday*)

 

I don’t think she’s ugly at all.  It’s so freaking obvious that her braces and ensemble of clothes are purposely done to make her seem unfashionable.  How could there be anyone who would dress like that?  It’s a really humorous show and I like watching it.

3. Desperate Housewives (available online every Monday*)

 

Ok, I know most people have given up on this show and I’m nearly giving up on it too.  It’s over-dramatic and the last episode was simply BORING.  It was about some unknown neighbourhood fix-it-all man called Eli who had touched all of their lives in some way.  It bored me so much that I didn’t watch it till the end and I had to fast-forward through the parts that I did watch.  Well, I’ll still be watching this series because I have nothing better to do.  Haha.

Korean Drama

 

 

Korean dramas are really lousy these days, so I hardly watch them.  I’m only following the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango called Boys Before Flowers.  It’s available online every Tuesday and Wednesday* with English subtitles. One thing about Korean fansubbers is that they’re really fast, unlike their Japanese counterparts who can take more than a week to release English subtitles.  The Korean fansubbers only take one day to come out with the English subtitles for this show.  However, I find that Boys Before Flowers isn’t a good show at all, but it’s watchable.  The plot is so typical of Asian dramas and I think the lead girl isn’t the least bit pretty.  Watch it only if you’re really bored.

Japanese Dramas

1. Akai Ito

 

 

I normally don’t watch sad dramas, but this is an exception.  I quite like it and I think the leads are compatible, even though it is a rather predictable show.  The guy is kinda silly though.  Haha.  It is about two people who are supposedly fated to be together but have to overcome obstacles before their love can fully blossom.

2. Mei-chan No Shitsuji

 

It’s about a girl in a school for rich girls where each girl has her own personal butler.  It’s an average show and based on a manga as usual.  

3. Hachi-One Diver

 

I really have nothing better to do such that I’m willing to watch this show about a Shoji (Japanese chess) player who failed to become a pro and his journey with a female Shoji champion to beat other expert players.  The lead is the same guy from Akai Ito and he’s only one year older than me.

4. Love Shuffle

 

I only just started watching this show so I can’t really pass a verdict on it since I’ve only seen episode 1.  However, I think it’s a show that I’ll give up on watching even before it reaches the halfway mark.  It’s a drama about some people exchanging partners.   

Taiwanese Drama

My Queen 敗犬女王 (available online every Monday* without English Subtitles)

 

 

There are hardly any Taiwanese dramas airing now.  Furthermore, Taiwanese dramas usually have lame plots and bad acting (nevertheless still better than mediacorp dramas) but there are always a few good ones.  This one is not bad and has Ethan Ruan as the lead.  He’s the guy from Fated To Love You.  It’s about a woman in her early thirties and her romance with a guy 8 years younger than her.  It’s rather hilarious.

{*times are GMT+8}

Step 5.

 

If you’re done with your dramas and still have plenty of time to spare, call up your friends and ask them out.  Organise a mahjong, guitar hero and/or poker session.  Try to plan this a day in advance as most people are working and there are few friends left that are unemployed.  You can also meet your working friends for dinner or shopping.

Step 6.

 

It’s at night and you’re back at home with nothing to do once again.  Turn on your computer and continue watching your dramas.  If you’ve nothing to watch, upload photos on facebook, chat with friends on msn, finish that game on your ps3 or blog like what I’m doing now.  There is an infinite number of ways to idle your time away.

Step 7.

Step into the bathroom again and repeat step 2.  This time don’t apply serum on your hair and don’t rub toner and moisturiser onto your face.  Instead, apply pimple gel onto spots on your face.  Make sure you sleep late so that you can wake up late the next day to carry out your daily ritual.  If it’s still early, read a book or play some stupid handphone game.

Optional Steps

You can organise a cycling, rollerblading, bowling or pool outing.  If you are health concious, you can also include jogging into your daily routine.

ALERT:  I just found out that Coldplay’s coming to Singapore, but guess what?  I can’t go!  Why not?  Because I’ll be bloody f***ing serving NS!!!  I should’ve passed my napfa so that I’ll enlist in April and be able to watch the concert on 23rd March.  Damn this stupid small dot!