I love me, but why, oh why, can’t I have alabaster skin like hers*???
Look at my skin, against my friends'’:
Ew. Terrible eye make-up, but nevermind. Specifically, look at Linghui, who’s on my left.
I know, I know, here’s where that age-old adage comes in: the grass is greener on the other side. People with curly hair love straight hair, and vice versa. Tall people sometimes wish they were shorter, and vice versa. People with full, thick lips are wistful for thinner ones, and vice versa. Women with decent-sized boobies wish they were smaller, and – oops, that applies only to Ching. Fair women go and tan themselves so much they are in danger of getting skin cancer later in life, and darker skinned women won’t leave the house without first slapping on some sunscreen (bless them, their skin will thank them for it in years to come. You now know where I stand on the to-put-or-not-to-put debate).
Sigh. No, actually, I don’t know. Why am I even reduced to writing about such infinitesimally minute matters? Because my life is put on repeat mode – everyday’s the same as the previous one, save for a few variations here and there. But that’s another blog entry for another day. Fair skin! It’s a fact men prefer women with fair skin, like the lady in the pic above. Why is that so, I wonder. Is it a biological thing? (Pseudo-science coming up, watch out!) Maybe good, fair skin would show how this particular woman has no pimples/pock marks from acne scars, and hence possess better DNA for better chances of offspring survival in future, if mating were to take place with her. Dark skin, on the other hand, hides pimples and the scars they leave behind more than fair skin would, and it’s easier to tell, if someone were fair, if s/he had good skin, than if that person were dark.
Is it a social thing? In the past, fair skin may have (or may not have, I don’t know, I haven’t done the research) been a sign of wealth, because the person who possesses fair skin obviously hasn’t gone down to the fields to do the old sow-plant-weed deal, and doesn’t need to do so. She stayed home and learnt how to embroider beautiful mandarin ducks, put on make-up and do up her hair, and cook for her future husband. Such a symbol of wealth stuck and even though times have changed, old habits die hard.
Or is it a pure aesthetic thing? Girls just look prettier fair. Features stand out more, mah. So dainty and weak and – uh-oh, we’re back to the social factor again. I’d write more but that’s it! Aesthetics. The word speaks for itself.
*Disclaimer: I know there are many other fair women out there, but hers is the first face that popped to mind when I think of white – sorry, fair – skin. I also know that she can look ghostly being this fair (re: an episode in “Beautiful Illusions” which my sis was watching when she suddenly shouted “Oh my god! Come and see! Come and see! Like ghost!!”), and that some of it may be a result of the make-up she uses, as this photo attests:
and that she may not even be that fair anyway, as this photo below suggests (or maybe it's the make-up, la):
But, all things considered, she still is quite a good candidate for my illustration.
** Nicked the pictures off these two sites:
http://www.geocities.com/fannaticsworld
http://www.geocities.com/fannmatters
Look at my skin, against my friends'’:
Ew. Terrible eye make-up, but nevermind. Specifically, look at Linghui, who’s on my left.
I know, I know, here’s where that age-old adage comes in: the grass is greener on the other side. People with curly hair love straight hair, and vice versa. Tall people sometimes wish they were shorter, and vice versa. People with full, thick lips are wistful for thinner ones, and vice versa. Women with decent-sized boobies wish they were smaller, and – oops, that applies only to Ching. Fair women go and tan themselves so much they are in danger of getting skin cancer later in life, and darker skinned women won’t leave the house without first slapping on some sunscreen (bless them, their skin will thank them for it in years to come. You now know where I stand on the to-put-or-not-to-put debate).
Sigh. No, actually, I don’t know. Why am I even reduced to writing about such infinitesimally minute matters? Because my life is put on repeat mode – everyday’s the same as the previous one, save for a few variations here and there. But that’s another blog entry for another day. Fair skin! It’s a fact men prefer women with fair skin, like the lady in the pic above. Why is that so, I wonder. Is it a biological thing? (Pseudo-science coming up, watch out!) Maybe good, fair skin would show how this particular woman has no pimples/pock marks from acne scars, and hence possess better DNA for better chances of offspring survival in future, if mating were to take place with her. Dark skin, on the other hand, hides pimples and the scars they leave behind more than fair skin would, and it’s easier to tell, if someone were fair, if s/he had good skin, than if that person were dark.
Is it a social thing? In the past, fair skin may have (or may not have, I don’t know, I haven’t done the research) been a sign of wealth, because the person who possesses fair skin obviously hasn’t gone down to the fields to do the old sow-plant-weed deal, and doesn’t need to do so. She stayed home and learnt how to embroider beautiful mandarin ducks, put on make-up and do up her hair, and cook for her future husband. Such a symbol of wealth stuck and even though times have changed, old habits die hard.
Or is it a pure aesthetic thing? Girls just look prettier fair. Features stand out more, mah. So dainty and weak and – uh-oh, we’re back to the social factor again. I’d write more but that’s it! Aesthetics. The word speaks for itself.
*Disclaimer: I know there are many other fair women out there, but hers is the first face that popped to mind when I think of white – sorry, fair – skin. I also know that she can look ghostly being this fair (re: an episode in “Beautiful Illusions” which my sis was watching when she suddenly shouted “Oh my god! Come and see! Come and see! Like ghost!!”), and that some of it may be a result of the make-up she uses, as this photo attests:
and that she may not even be that fair anyway, as this photo below suggests (or maybe it's the make-up, la):
But, all things considered, she still is quite a good candidate for my illustration.
** Nicked the pictures off these two sites:
http://www.geocities.com/fannaticsworld
http://www.geocities.com/fannmatters
3 comments:
hmn..alicia keys also quite pretty wat?
i think guys with a tan look more appealing, on the other hand... look at louis koo.. haha
haha yesh... alicia *is* pretty... but in a way she's different, her features seem to take that caramel look well. think she'd look good fair as well?
and yeah.... guys look better tanned. today i bought a bikini from the unlikeliest of candidates... a guy with skin the hue of hotel sheets.
but you know i'm joking also, right? i'm not that bothered abt the colour of my skin. and i quite dig fair-skinned boys too... they look like de-flowering material!! hahahahah. kidding.
Gee, thanks! I wish I could pay you back the same compliment, but sadly I read no - erm - Mexican(?).
By the way, does you nick have anything to do with Spiderman? Just wondering.
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