Thursday, December 30, 2004
Is it true that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover?
In this world, is inner beauty really more important?
I really dun noe.
But one point is confirm-one's appearance do matter.
In reality, life's cruel. We watched people in reality series like The Swan n Extreme make-over, tryin to beautify themselves in order to gain back their confidence. They cried and complained abt how their looks had "destroyed" their life. I understand their feelings and situation completely. It's sad but let's live with it. Hey, we were born this way n so let it be.
I'm just an average joe, livin an ordinary life. I used to be severely overweight and unsurprisingly, i had been teased mercilessly. I still remembered this coffee shop attendant who always called me "Xiao Pang Mei"(in another words Little fat girl) when i was around. My pride was hurt deeply.
As i grew older, i couldnt control my weight problem. I tried everything from exercising and dietin but all was futile. I was discourage and my solution to cover my disappointment- To eat more. Of course, i was given lots of cruel nicknames as a result. There was once, when 1 of my primary school classmates even wrote a hurtful poem in my autograph book. It goes like this:
Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
May
May Who?
May Yi's a big fatty!
I cried after readin it.
Sometimes, i just dun understand how human relate to one another. Shouldnt we suppose to be sensitive to the other party? Shouldn't one's characters be more important than appearance? Our looks changes as we grow old but not our characters. Our individual personalities remain permanent.
But, come to this moment, i must thank those people who had teased me in one way or another. Their insults had motivate me to lose weight throughtout the years. Anyway, I must admit tat my first intention was to look better but after sometimes, i realised i was exercising to be more healthier.
Right now, i was happy with my weight, my look and my life. I may not be a magazine cover girl but i'm who i'm n i like myself. Hey people! Let's face it! Unattractive people are also humans. They do have feelings. Just give them some space to live n breathe in peace...
