Steven Lim

Do you know who is Steven Lim? For those who do not know who the hell is him, he is a Singaporean, whom many should have heard about him appearing at Orchard Road, approaching passer-bys to try his service - eye brown plucker (but he prefer to call himself a professional eye brown stylist).

He has also been made famous when he was one of the contestant in the Singapore Idol, dancing and stripping down to his banana yellowish swimming trunk in front of the judges, and of cos, he was booted out. It was this show which gotten him the attention from the media. Though much of the negative side, but, yes, he is still someone which the media has noticed. Steven Lim has made several appearances on air, has been a blogger himself (http://www.stevenlim.net), but most importantly, his self directed YouTube video clips which either piss or shock, or amuses the curious viewers.

I have been watching his video clips, read his blogs and I empathize him much. Majority of his clips were about music videos, sending messages thru his clips, and probably only thru YouTube, he is "free" to say what he wants to without any constraints. But nevertheless, I feel a strong sense of violence in him. I am afraid he may become another potential time bomb whom you can never predict what he will do next to prove his disagreement and displeasure he has of this world.

Many thought he is insane. Many thought he is a loser, Many feels he is hilarious. I feel he is sending a message. He needs help. Many of his videos portrays himself dancing, from wearing tee to stripping to just his shorts, else right from the start, he is only wearing his brief, dancing wildly. And I guess, nobody with the right frame of mind, dignity and ego or pride, will ever dance like that and video tape it down to show the whole world but he did. And is still doing. Besides the fact that he shows viewers he can move vigorously with his limbs, I mean dancing, he also prove that he is not mute, I mean he can sing, I mean he can produce sound (noise?) from his vocal cord.

Many of his videos, though he has a little intro of what he will be videoing, many times, I feel the unassuming in his tone, his lack of confidence, and nervousness, unrest thoughts and excitement.

So what is the aftermath after viewing his clips? I see frustration and distress thru his quirk dance moves and out of tune singing. He feels as if he hates his body, he hates his life, he hates hates hates. He hates this world which seems only accept the good and perfect ppl, the lucky ones, or the fortunate ones. He seems to hate the fact that he has been looked down upon, mocked at, jerked, or been seen a disgrace and not been understand. He seems to hate why ppl are so judgmental towards him. He desperately want feel accepted.

From his Biodata, there isnt one job he could hold more than a year, the most is 7 mths working as a sales coordinator. I personally feel that he is lost in this fast paced country where one needs to compete most of the time else, accomplish something in life in order to increase social status. And he personally accomplished nothing constructive at his age and he really do not know how to help himself out from this path he has already taken.

With his exposure to the media, openly wore only his briefs and broadcasting it through YouTube or wearing banana color swimming trunks thru national tv, he has already kill himself a visible route to a possible success in the corporate field. I guess many employers may seriously consider the fact of his history and what can he do for the company. The fact that he has become a public figure through his weird gimmicks, any employers who come across his YouTube videos, will they dare hire him without sparing a second thought? And so where is his sense of belonging? Here, in the blogging and internet world, where he seems free to say and do whatever he wants and feel likes.

And have you read his self made stories of what inspector Steven and Inspector Xiaxue catching criminals etc..I seriously do not know what he is trying to say in the whole story and all I know he is just trying to write something erotic and something that he can only do to verge his frastrations and anger (maybe desire?) towards Xiaxue. And probably sending out the message of a feeling of injustice inflicted on him. He is always trying to send out a distress call if you can feel it.

Why would someone sabortage his own life to this extend? Was it what he chose to? To portray himself as a character named Steven Lim, whom is out there to represent the many other "Steven Lims" there are in every corner of the world? So what is so unique about this Steven Lim anyway since he is just one of the many thousand similar ones we have not come across.

On a serious thought, he does need to seek professional help. Someone who really cares for him should tie him up and drag him to a shrink and understand why he is doing all this. But then again, is getting a proper job, fliming something more proper and decent, which are deem acceptable by the majority in this society means we are in the right track? And what he is doing is just wasting his time away?