I soooooo fat meh?

Originally posted on Sept 19 2006 on my Friendster blog.

Edit: In light of the 'passionate' responses, I decided to share the reason behind this post. I buy girl mags like CLEO or Cosmopolitan every once in a while but the last 5 or 6 covers of both mags have been on STICK-THIN BLONDES WITH ORANGE TANS. I just refused to buy those mags and support the stereotype of FAKE women. FAKE in every way. From their fake blonde hair extensions, fake boobs to their fake tanned toes and worst of all, their fake character(self). Magazine editors, take note: Give me a real woman I can look up to and I'll buy your mag! To all my fellow real women, YOU ARE GORGEOUS THE WAY YOU ARE.

It all started early this year. I was back in sunny Singapore for a week or so, visiting my uncle and aunt while helping my aunt out in the office. My Shu-shu and Shen-shen (titles for paternal uncle and paternal uncle's wife) are quite fond of me and my 2 brothers and like to have any of us visit. During my stay, my uncle happily took me out for good food almost every night (he likes to eat also-lah, use me as an excuse only) and PUR-posely ordered a LOT.

One night while having dinner with my Shu-shu, Shen-shen and another couple they hang out with regularly, my uncle starts getting into me about my size/weight. Now, my uncle is a big guy. By big, I mean BIG. He gets me to buy his shirts from Australia cos Asian stores don't have his size. He is a friggin XXL. In Aussie sizes! And he's telling me about my weight!

Sigh..

The best part is, he offered me X bucks to lose 10 kgs. No installments, only if i lose the WHOLE 10kg will I get my hands on the dough. There will be some of you who already know how much moolah that is and for those in the dark, it is quite an obscene amount of money. I was a bit shocked, to say the least.

Me: Bluff! Sure or not?

Shu-shu: No, serious wan. You really lose 10kgs then I give you.

Shen-shen: Wah, good deal leh. Why you never offer to me? But I want more than X amount!

Me: Haiya, dowan la. Diet for what? I SOOOO fat meh? Where got 10kg to lose? Cheh! Like I cannot find clothes to wear liddat.

Uncle's friend: Haiya, lose 10kg very easy wan. I teach you, don't eat potato, rice, noodle.......

Etcetera etcetera. I didn't take it very seriously. Then I went home to JB and was telling my mum about the offer. My dad overheard me, put his newspaper down and loudly said:

"Good! If you really lose 10kgs, I'll double the offer!"

Double sigh.

Double the money, but that makes the offer doubly obscene. What's to stop me from dropping 10kg in a crash diet just to get the money and then piling the weight back on again? I'm not FAT, I'm not obese, I'm healthy, I can wear the clothes I want and I'm pleasing to the eye (or at least I think so-lah). I dance for a couple of hours every week, I am more flexible then most girls half my weight and I mostly cook my own meals. I don't drink (to excess), I don't smoke (at all) and I don't gamble (except on CNY). So why do I need to lose 10kgs?!?!
I LIKE my boobs and ass! I know more than a handful is too much for some people but I like it like that! I may whine about wanting model-skinny legs every once in a while but I KNOW that you cannot have boobs, ass AND skinny legs unless you went and zhng (plastic surgery) something. I got curves, cannot ar? Last time I got all dolled up and went out, the boys still liked what they saw. I seriously have a problem with the waif look that's so popular nowadays. THAT IS NOT WHAT A REAL WOMAN LOOKS LIKE.

All that being said, I do want to get fitter. If I were to exercise and watch what I eat it would be because I want to be healthier and fitter, not because I really-really-really want to fit into those size 8 jeans or because of 2X bucks. You think money/beauty can guarantee happiness? I know differently.