The notion of beauty

How many times have we felt like this..



like you are never skinny enough to fit into that "sexy" category which society decides. But HOORAY to those who strongly object to this idea of beauty, pack your bags and fly to MAURITANIA!!!

Wiki:
Mauritania (Arabic: موريتانيا‎ Mūrītāniyā), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest. It is named after the Roman province of Mauretania, even though the modern state covers a territory far to the south-west of the old province. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast.

The Mauritanian cultural idea of beauty encourages consumption of high fat foods such as camel's milk, to ensure that young women attain sufficient size. Overweight individuals would be considered attractive in this culture. Stretch marks are also considered attractive, as are large ankles and bottoms. Obesity is so revered among Mauritania's white Moor Arab population that the young girls are sometimes force-fed to obtain a weight the government has described as "life-threatening". Force-feeding has now been officially outlawed but still takes place in some areas of the country.

I mean finding plump women attractive is not all unreasonable, but STRETCH MARKS?!?!?! Oh well, perhaps it's the only place in the world that you like enjoy donuts (which equals to 5km of jogging) while reading magazines like..


Why do we all love to confine beauty to an extreme? And don't appreciate uniqueness among individuals? Why do we shape ourselves according to the mainstream, when we know we would only end up looking identical?

To distinguish necessities and wants.

When do we know that we are asking too much?
How do we know when to stop?
When do we let go? and when to be wary?
How much is enough? how much is excessive?
How do we know when there is never a limit to our wants?

All i know is that if what you are doing makes you BETTER OFF, it is a NEED
But if what you are doing makes you VULNERABLE, FRAGILE and INSIGNIFICANT
you are probably losing youself.

I'll be smart and secure my standing.

I ALMOST FORGOT MY PASSWORD

it's been so long since i last logged in. well, you see blogging is a major distraction to me and i see how the number of entries and grades are inversely related for the past months. relatively strong i must say. haha! guess it's not just the writing but the waiting time for the pics to upload etc etc. FINE. one word. LAZY.

Anyway! so much has been going on for this semester! we've been exploring much more places in aussie since it's gonna be the last year. oh well, mixed feelings here. you know like how you hated this place so much initially and now that you have adapted to the way of life, you look back and know that you have already wasted 2/3 of the time here complaining and being all homesick. My advice is to make the best out of anything, even when you are forced to (ok. it was my choice in this case). Nevertheless, i'm still looking forward to my graduation and what's waiting for me back home!

So anyway, we've been on road trips to great ocean roads for the sunset (sadly we couldn't wake up for the sunrise) and phillip island for the penguins early this sem! and of course, my most favourite place in aussie, SYDNEY!! How i wish i was studying there instead. then again, i won't wanna miss out what's in melb too:) well, probably considering a post-grad in syd! somehow later, that is. Better work for my own expenses first. So sydney was really good. a busy city, very much like sg but with much better weather (melb is just too coldddd for me). The habourside was so pretty, shopping everywhere in the city was just great (from low to high end), and most important the fresh sashimi, lobster and crab at the seafood market which you don't get in melb. Mich and her love one were really nice to bring us around for the best food, shops and scenaries! Weiling and i had such a good time that we gotta drag our feet up the plane back to melb. We were like "back to reality", once we touched down.

ok. i better get down to work again. i gotta finished up most of my assignments before my mom comes next week so that i can accompany her around. shopping time again!!! haha..did i say my mom's the best shopping buddy around cos she's the craziest shopaholic i've even seen? yes. she beats anyone hands down for just this one incident. She was found SHOPPING at the gift stores at the hospital right after DELIVERY. She'll never miss out on any kinda shopping really. oh! can't wait for her to come!!! and i just realised that it's mother's day next sun! sweet:)