* strictly girl
as girls, we have to ....
x watch what we eat ALL THE TIME
x watch what we wear ALL THE TIME
x manicure and pedicure. while maybe not everyone has to endure the hours of sitting there trying not to fall asleep while someone chip and hack at your hands and feet, living in a city where everyone looks at EVERY aspect of you; making sure your hands, nails, cuticles and whatever else are polished to the dot presents a neater impression. going for them takes up considerable time, yes, but ... sigh.
x eyebrows, eyelashes, skin tone, lip colour, eye bags, shadows beneath the eyes .... the list go a mile long and without proper 'grooming', stay away from the general public yes?
x clothes (!!!) imagine for those of us who have to meet people and socialize. making sure we do not wear the same thing as someone else or the same thing twice in 2 weeks (god forbid yeah?) take up just as much time. if not more
x colouring, perming, waxing, stripping and everything else i can't even imagine.... oh the horror of it all.
why was i thinking about this??
well. i've been so busy this week that i realized i've slept less than 10 hours in a total of three days. i'm that tired. oh, i mean, dead tired. haha.
anyway, i was also thinking, in between the crazy work schedules, [going for events, pretending to be interested when in truth we're totally not, thinking about the 101 articles pending, the storyline, the intro, the flow, the gist ....] as girls, we still have to look 'reasonably presentable'. in fact, we are EXPECTED to.
in a career where we have to meet people anytime of the day, we have no choice but to always be on our best. despite the hour, time or day, god forbid that we even look tired. given a choice, i think we all wish we could wake up looking like a million dollars and not having to bother AT ALL.
at most events, men can get away with wearing a simple shirt and jeans. i bet if i wore a shapeless shirt and jeans to work, my boss would subtly raise her thousand-dollar-tinted-embroidered-eyebrows at me.
what injustice!
yes, i wish life doesn't have to be that materialistic and narcissistic. i also wish i could honestly tell myself i don't care what others think. i live to please no one. but come on, be real.
can we??
November 6, 2008
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yes.. we can... erm, probably it's because we're in total different industries that demand the different sides of us... haha.. i wear the same clothes weekly.. i dun put up make up though they do advise us to put on light make up... but what the heck.. who am i trying to pls? i'm dressed.. i'm presentable... tht's it.. (bleh)
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