{"id":160,"date":"2018-07-27T17:53:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T17:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visakanv.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2024-02-29T16:23:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:23:21","slug":"naughty-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/archives\/2018\/07\/27\/naughty-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Naughty Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Naughty Boy: Under-table Scribblings Of A Recalcitrant Joker<\/strong> is a collection of poems by blogger and entrepreneur Visakan Veerasamy. Visakan is known for selling t-shirts with Hokkien swear words on them, and inciting members of the public to scream at Hong Lim Park.<\/p>\n

“A refreshing, breezy voice that talks about difficult issues in a smart, accessible and nourishing way.”<\/p>\n

“A saccharine-sweet love letter to a childhood in the 90’s, capturing snapshots of the minority experience \u2013 Visakan’s Singapore is at once recognizable, frustrating,\u00a0funny and compelling.”<\/p>\n

“Visakan’s poems are irreverent, indulgent, brimming with the enthusiasm of the annoying-yet-lovable class clown you can’t help but laugh at.”<\/p>\n

“Visakan is probably an outlier and a classic GEP failure case in the government\u2019s eyes.” \u2013 RICE Media<\/p>\n

“This fucking ABNN again. Always trying to get attention, trying to be some sort of public intellectual. A failed attempt.” \u2013 EDMW commenter BuiBui4vaAlone<\/p>\n

“Visakan is easily distracted and can be disruptive when he makes inappropriate remarks during lessons.” \u2013 Mr. Koh, Visa’s Sec 1 Form Teacher<\/p>\n

I’ll announce the release of Naughty Boy on my Substack: visakanv.substack.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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