Living Vision And Gay Hideaways

Red Hot Sizzling Gay Scene Two Decades Ago
When I survey the gay scene today, it is a far cry from that of days gone by.

As is characteristic of what Big Brudder has done to Chinatown (it has actually cleaned up and sanitized the whole place to the point that tourists no longer find it authentic), they have clamped down on so many outdoor cruising spots and swept them indoors.

The open beach was one such hot cruising ground.

The thicket of foliage and undergrowth provided natural camouflage and shelter to what laid behind a hotbed of RED HOT nude tanning where voyeurs and exhibitionists alike aggregate in one place to engage in surreptitious sexual activities.

Not to mention the casual passers-by like the joggers (there were no skaters then) and competitive runners and cyclists all joining hands in the foray.

At the other end of the beach, a more secluded and less accessible terminal, the never ceasing hot activites just got bolder and naughtier.

Mind you, this is only in the daytime.

When night falls, it is at the roundabout that all the homosexuals gather, sizing each other up in the dark shadows of the trees and bushes, leading one another into deeper and more desolated tracks for their hot action.

And this happens almost every day.

Cruising spots were not only confined to the beach, some of the parks were also thriving. The fringe areas around one stadium attracted such crowds, police patrols were always on the look-out to clamp down on gay cruising.

I remember clambering over the walls of one swimming complex with one dude where we "did each other in" inside the changing rooms.

Other popular spots included busy streets in the financial and business districts which turn into dark alleys for quickies when the office crowd has gone.

I am not sure if the scene is still as HOT but it has died down so much when I last visited the places.

But I can't be sure.

All the natural wildness has gone. It is so tame now.

In its place, we now have the clubs with only private cubicles and dark mazes lined with mirrors and the saunas and steam baths afford no such privacy for select groups who wanna indulge in sex exclusively among themselves.

Living Vision For The 21st Century
Forget about "Green Buildings".

I think I have heard that same line long ago.

If we truly want "Green Buildings", we should build them near rivers, lakes and reserves.

Like this plot of land I was talking about in an earlier blog.

Tear down those few stinking old apartment blocks and resite them to this place and showcase it as Singapore's first and only public living quarters amidst nature.

One view of the building faces the quiet nature reserves while the other turns towards the city - shops and eateries dotting the entire length of the road.

Around the fringe area (and there is plenty of that), we can build a community library much like the one at the Singapore Botanical Gardens. Some outdoor space for reading too.

In addition to the usual library resources, there would be special collections of nature material on plants and animals.

Nearby we can have another McDonalds modelled after the same one we already have elsewhere, set against a backdrop of natural surroundings.

Guess who some beneficiaries would be besides residents?

The renowned family of schools just across the highway.

How much greener can living get than this?