Omnia Vanitas

Die young and stay pretty, eh?

The last week of 2010 was the most boring week of my life. I had to go to office to clear few works and do some spring cleaning. Yup my office cubicle is just like a rat nest. Guilty! (heee :p) So every morning, I will be the first to arrived at the office and one of the thing I would do is to read the news in the internet. One of the news that caught my eyes is the death of a French model named Isabelle Caro of anorexia. Ok, to be honest I didn't really know her or her story but I was quite intrigue by her death due to anorexia. I ended up googling her on the net to know more about her. Seeing her latest pictures on the net is enough to make me have a nightmare for a week. How can a person do such thing to her own body?

What happened to Isabelle Caro is just one of the story of how a woman will go to a great length just to be beautiful. I mean, don't get me wrong. There is nothing wrong trying to make yourself pretty and all dolled-up, but to the extent of hurting yourself? That is absurd!

Woman are being brainwashed to think that beauty is what necessary in life. They are afraid that they will be set aside by the society if they are not pretty enough by the society standard. Hence, they would do anything just to be beautiful. If they have dark skin, they would apply the whitening cream to their face and vice versa. What if you have flabby hands and cellulite all over your legs? Ahhh...don't fret my dear, there are always the mighty slimming pills or cream or you can diet. What? Too lazy?? Worry no more, we have plastic surgeon at your service.

The cosmetic industry have made billion of dollar a year to market beauty products to woman. It is difficult to hear cosmetic company goes bankrupt cause there will always be a demand from the consumer. It just show how important being beauty for a woman. Pretty woman are often being used by the advertising companies to sell a product even how useless the product is.

Since I was a teenager until I became an adult, I was often told that skinny woman is a pretty woman. I didn't know where does people get this idea. I have lots of girlfriend trying hard to be skinny as a pole just to be called pretty while I'm on the other hand, hogging all the food. (yeayyy!) I didn't care to diet and I didn't care about being pretty. I just like to enjoy my food, until now. I live to eat. People always told me to watch what I eat coz 1 drumstick that I ate would add pound to my thigh. Hurmm, but do I really care? Nah.. the more you tell me not to, the more I will do it. The idea of dieting never click in my brain. Luckily, I am always active. For me dieting is for the self-absorb. People go on diet for the wrong reason. They did not go on diet for the purpose of getting healthy, they just want to conform to the standard size of clothing. The lesser the number the normal you will be.

I'm not against any beauty products coz I still use some of it. But moderation is the key word. Being beautiful is not about harming your body. If you want to shed some pound, then head to the gym. There's always wonders to be found and hey, if you are lucky, cute guys with biceps awaits..hehehe...

Extreme dieting or extreme use of beauty products will lead to nowhere. At the end of the day, the inner beauty that counts coz physical beauty will fade overtime.