1. I love what your friend told about the mga matataba and mga walang breeding. :))  vivatregina: I received a comment in a post today that grated on my nerves. It’s the post right before this one, actually; the Corpse Bride cosplay photo that I found really cute and was thinking of maybe doing next year. You all know I like makeup, and I love challenges. You also know that I never do Halloween halfway, which is why this year, I’m doing Mystique. To cut a long-ass story short, the anonymous commenter told me that I was “too fat for Corpse Bride” and that “di bagay,” (which, in English, means “not suited” or “doesn’t fit” or “doesn’t really work”). You can imagine that I was offended, because I’m sensitive about things like that. I hit the gym thrice a week precisely because I’m concerned that I’ve gained a lot of weight since college, and I was never skinny to begin with. So I shouldn’t be offended, even if it’s rude, because it’s true, right? But the thing is, I don’t think it is true. I may not be skinny, yes, but I’m not fat, either. And it grieves me to imagine that there are people out there who consider my fuller figure to be fat. (I could stand to lose about 10 pounds, though.) Yes, the media bombards us all with images of waiflike women who seem to have never grown out of their prepubescent stage of development. (I find it hard to believe myself, but I was ballerina-thin at some point in my life. Even harder to believe: I was a ballerina at some point in my life. It was short-lived.) I have curves. And even though there might be some people out there who will want to put me down because of them, should I feel bad? I’m not proud that I’ve gained 15 pounds since graduation, but that’s in part due to the fact that I sit at a desk 10 hours a day to make a living. But regardless of the weight gain, I like these curves. As much as I wish I could rock today’s fashion like a size 2 model, I don’t actually want to be skinny. Do I look the way I want to look? (FYI: Kim Kardashian.) No, I don’t. Am I working towards getting there? Yes, I am. That’s enough for me. I’ve spent too much of my life putting myself down. I’m not going to do it anymore. And like my friend Irish said: “Ang mataba, papayat. Ang walang breeding, wit na hope.” Hahaha!

    I love what your friend told about the mga matataba and mga walang breeding. :)) 

    vivatregina:

    I received a comment in a post today that grated on my nerves. It’s the post right before this one, actually; the Corpse Bride cosplay photo that I found really cute and was thinking of maybe doing next year. You all know I like makeup, and I love challenges. You also know that I never do Halloween halfway, which is why this year, I’m doing Mystique.

    To cut a long-ass story short, the anonymous commenter told me that I was “too fat for Corpse Bride” and that “di bagay,” (which, in English, means “not suited” or “doesn’t fit” or “doesn’t really work”). You can imagine that I was offended, because I’m sensitive about things like that. I hit the gym thrice a week precisely because I’m concerned that I’ve gained a lot of weight since college, and I was never skinny to begin with.

    So I shouldn’t be offended, even if it’s rude, because it’s true, right?

    But the thing is, I don’t think it is true. I may not be skinny, yes, but I’m not fat, either. And it grieves me to imagine that there are people out there who consider my fuller figure to be fat. (I could stand to lose about 10 pounds, though.) Yes, the media bombards us all with images of waiflike women who seem to have never grown out of their prepubescent stage of development. (I find it hard to believe myself, but I was ballerina-thin at some point in my life. Even harder to believe: I was a ballerina at some point in my life. It was short-lived.)

    I have curves. And even though there might be some people out there who will want to put me down because of them, should I feel bad? I’m not proud that I’ve gained 15 pounds since graduation, but that’s in part due to the fact that I sit at a desk 10 hours a day to make a living. But regardless of the weight gain, I like these curves. As much as I wish I could rock today’s fashion like a size 2 model, I don’t actually want to be skinny.

    Do I look the way I want to look? (FYI: Kim Kardashian.) No, I don’t. Am I working towards getting there? Yes, I am.

    That’s enough for me. I’ve spent too much of my life putting myself down. I’m not going to do it anymore.

    And like my friend Irish said: “Ang mataba, papayat. Ang walang breeding, wit na hope.” Hahaha!