Thursday, April 21, 2005

body image

Today we are going to do some brainstorming. Body image, an important issue for all women. It has become a crucial thing for every women nowadays. They are soo concern about how they look and how other people protrays them.

So, let me ask you all people, what is the best body image or rather body figure in this world? Is it the number measurement of 36,24,36 (36 of breast size , 24 inches of waist size and 36 inches of bum size) that determine the most popular and common goal figure of every women? Or the weight that determines the body figure such as 45 kg, or 50 kg or 100 lbs?

To be honest to u, I have this problem since i am young (4 -5 years old). I am always the chubby one. I ate alot and i drank lotsa milk. I am always being teased by friends and relatives calling me the "fat" one, tor pui (fat in hokkien) ah fat , etc etc.
I remembered my brother always teased me saying that i will never get married one, no one will marry you because u r soo fat, Unless u married to "too bak ko" (man selling pork in market)
SO, since i was young, i never behave like a gal, i dressed like a guy, play with guys and talked like guys and i even cut my hair very short.
I have this thought that there is no one will like me as who i am, i better behave like a guy. Least i get some attention.
My sister is the opposite, she is slim, and very umm "siu chia" (lady like) . She even know how to act "politely" by crossing her legs when taking pictures.
I used to envy my sister as whhy she always get soo many attention.
When i grew up ( say abt teenager that time), I started to have feelings for boys, is hard that time.. because i am chubby and no one will like me. I always kept all the ffeelings to myself.
Whereas my sister, walauuuu..u can say lotsa "hor sin" (lalat, flies = boys) aftering her.
SOo, i told myself i will never get married and grow old alone as a spinster. :))
hahahaahah
Mana taaauuuu.. (who knowsss) this chubby, tor pui managed to get married and nnow had a son.

Oh well, the bottom line of the story here is, beauty is not based on only the body image or figure.
Love is not only based solely on how u look, they also based on how u behave and how passionate u are.
Kit neverr "hiam" (got any problem) with my weight.. but of coz i have to exercise and loose the weight for the sake of my health.. not for the sake of the beauty!

Women nowadays are very crucial with their image,and how the guys will look at them. Well, if the guy is sincere and true abt you and love u and care abt you, he will and able to see through you.. ur inside and love you from inside out.
THat will be the guy u can spend the rest of ur life with.... coz he managed to see through u inside.

I am not saying that we women should be overweight or no make up or no need wear nice clothings to look good.
Well, i am just saying, we women have curves, shapes and sizes. Is how GOD created us.. different from the men.
Therefore, we dun have to be harsh on ourselves and star trying to celebrate who we are .
Of coz, sometimes we need to pampered ourselves by buy clothings, put make up to look good :)
Just a little bit touch up. ehhee
Eventhough, for those overweight women, dun feel that if u r overweight, u cannot be nice and pretty, there are lotsa clothings outhere suitable for we , full figured women. We still can look good eh.
GOD is always fair..he created us with soo many sizes, colours and shapes. What we have to do is, try to accept and feel good abt what we are .

Models and actresses on tv, they are not real! They look good because everyone wants to see it.
Therefore, dun ever compared to them.
Just believe and feel good abt yourself!!

AMEN!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey gene,
I feel warmer in winter when I'm fat hehehe. I'm on the other side of you just before London.

letti said...

i used to be VERY overweight as a child and my dad would call me "fei por". You can imagine what that did for my self esteem..they also called my tummy "Kuali".. :) My weight yoyo'd up and down while i was growing up and I think the heaviest i ever was, was like 75 kilos. I am 5 foot 6 inches tall ( 167 cm ). I lost weight on and off, and right now I weigh about 59 kilos ( 130 lbs ) and am eating right and try to exercise.. I used to be really unhappy with myself because of my weight and didn't like myself very much. Losing weight has helped my self esteem, but like all women, i can never be truly satisfied till i lose another 10 lbs..LOL..But at least i'm not as obsessive about it like i was before. :)

letti said...

oo..i just read your note about CY..he's a proud daddy now!

Joez said...

Hey sis, YOU are always the prettier one. I'm happy to know you've overcome this weight issue. As long as u are healthy and happy ;)
My Meow also never complain about my extra fat, hehehe.

Letti...we are about the same height and weight ;)

Gene Lim said...

Keona: ohh cooollll..i am guessing is it Guelph? hey i am not too good with places in Canada, or Ontario..coz just 2 years plus overhere only. :)

Letti: WOW! good for u letti, least u managed to loose it. Yea, we need to eat more healthy and exercise..other than that..forget it! hehehe.. for me, ai yo..with Ryan around me..no time for me to concentrate on anything. Waiting for this summer..so can stroll him out:)

Yea, I saw CY and family;s pictures! AWEEEEEEE his son is soo cuteeeeeee! :)

SIS: Yea...felt much better now..but still..sometimes "kar chui gatai" think negative lor..kekekekke ;)

Anonymous said...

bout 20 mins from Stratford. Am trying to start my herbs for summer for penang laksa :) If you're up this way...

Anonymous said...

2 years??? How are you adapting?? everything ok?? is ur hubby Malaysian too??

Gene Lim said...

yeaaaaa... for the first year i was kinda miss home.. but after having Ryan, I am all busy to think of that..heheheh. Kit was from Kuala Lumpur and migrated to Hamilton for almost 16 yrs. So, pretty long time here lor.

LAKSA? coolies...do u know how to cook?
hehehe

Anonymous said...

yeah I love to eat so have to learn to cook lor.. The only thing I'm missing is the bunga kantan and hea koh... I'm sprouting my laksa leaf indoors right now and my mint should be out soon. I'll email you if thats ok.

Gene Lim said...

yeaa keona...mail me la..dardarkit@yahoo.com :)