The Newbie Missions 1 & 2
To date, I have done the newbie mission twice, both at unusual locations. Though that's not to say I stopped at forcing myself to greet - I went as far as I could go. These occurred in successive days, in the sweaty tropical country of Singapore, a country where the frigid demeanor of the notoriously white-fevered girls grows exponentially with the heat and humidity.
Location I : Postgraduate Medicine Seminar (In which I very nearly got sat down by Chris Hansen)
So I went to a postgrad med seminar ( just to check my options) at the recommendation of my academic mentor. It was a long and involved affair and I'll spare you the details of the seminar and get to the meat of the matter - the newbie mission and and my epic-chris-hansen-why-don't-you-take-a-seat-fail.
So, I go about the place as bravely as I can manage, which is to say, not very brave at all. I'm feeling very self conscious, but I press on nonetheless. I put a smile on my face, even though I'm not feeling the same way inside. The first break comes and I get my chance to mingle. At this point, I'm tired and groggy and I desperately want a nap, but I soldier on anyway, fight down my reservations and say 'hi' (so hardcore) to everyone I meet. Indians, Chinese, Caucasian, the young and the old...
First up was a chinese girl, dressed in skirt, blouse and cardigan. She was rather short, and had a cute little overbite though I wouldn't say she would be beautiful. I manged to get her name, and start a conversation for about 5 minutes, and we talked about the obvious, what each of us were doing there and such - we petered out soon after and I left to mingle. For the next half hour or so, I talked to many other people, though nothing more than getting a name and social niceties.
Now here comes the problem. I found a girl who seemed more receptive to my attentions than others. We manged to strike up a conversation and I even got her laughing along ( do note that that at this point, I could not tell you how I got her approval). I did not get as far as an instant date, or a number close, but got many IOIs? (This is disputed, in hindsight, I had no idea). She was a decent looking thing, with medium length hair and nicely geeky glasses. She was tall, however, almost as tall as I was, but rather skinny - or slender I would say. Needless to say, I was hoping to press on for a date.
Then, during the next talk, the speaker asked for a show of hands : "Anyone here from Secondary School?" (The Singapore Equivalent of Middle School - which meant the cute little thing I was flirting with just so happened to be a under-aged little thing. Alarm bells went off in my head, as if the Luftwaffe were bombing the neural streets.
Abort! ABORT!
At that point, I was too shaken to listen to rest of the talk and effectively out of the game - for the day at least. I did nothing else.
Location II: Local Community Party - Which turned out to be some sort of cosplay event. (In which I threw my game off whilst trying not to laugh my ass off.)
Recovered and recuperated from the previous day's events, I went to a local party at a community center at the invitation of a friend who conveniently didn't bother showing up. The weather was horrible and there was a constant downpour, but I thought, why not? Time to mingle - and continue the Newbie Mission.
What I did not expect was the 'party' to be a cosplay party. For those not into these things, cosplay is the act of wearing costumes to imitate one's favorite movie or cartoon character. Needless to say, this right of expression is easily abused. Imagine a sea of powdery made up faces and people squeezing into costumes several sizes too small for them. Though, it must be noted that Asians, are fastidious about hygiene so it wasn't all bad. In fact, there were even some decent looking girls and guys in the throng, though I can not say if they were cosplayers or staff hired by the community event planners.
First up a chubby girl, though not fat. Fleshy and voluptuous, but not fat - somehow, this one was one of the few who could say "I'm big boned, not fat" and I would believe it. And unlike most Asian girls, this one had quite a rack, and she was not using pads. I know this because she was dressed up as some sort of anime girl stripper thing that let me appreciate her breasts to a great degree. I approached and began the newbie mission, saying "hi" while trying not to leer openly.
I got the 'hi's in and we manged to get a rudiments of a conversation, though it was obvious from the start that she wasn't very much into it. In fact, she was more interested in letting other people take photos of her. The conversation died rather quickly afterwards - especially once I noted with laughter, that her make up had began to run.
Te rest of the event passed by and I talked to as many people as I could, but such is the nature of these events that any person I might find worth talking to would invariably surrounded by twats snapping photos. Not a total loss I did discover a little more about myself and got my resolve a little more reinforced.
I'm not much into cosplay, and while I won't waste time and money on costumes A part of me wouldn't mind if a girl dressed up for bed XD. (But that's getting ahead of myself.) The main thing was that I had gotten used (somewhat) to a crowded environment, as different from a genetics lab as night and day. Now, all I can do is reinforce this point, before it fades.
The Sticking Points
1. Heaven or Hell, Let's Rock - Fearing neither success nor failure, I must reinforce my resolve and take the plunge. If I don't open, I don't close. Simple as that.
2. Subtly Age Check before I go in for the open (and close). Young is fine and dandy, but under-aged is most assuredly not.
3. Do MORE! Quantity is a Quality in itself, and at this point, the best way to improve is to do as many opens as possible.
4. Transition from the Newbie Mission. The Mission is the first step. A good start, but a single step a journey does not make.
5. Get a JOB! HIPPIE!!! Self Explanatory.
Strikefast, out. Peace.
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