Something Out Of Norms........

Hello, hello, hello lemonades! I have an interesting topic for you guys today. Oh, wait! Let us look into these pictures first and try to guess what we want to talk about okay!    

This is Anna Kendrick…. She has a really lovely voice. I start to know about her when watching Pitch Perfect series. What can you describe about her?

This is Yoona from Girls Generation (she is Korean). I knew about her because my friend (more specific my ex desk mate during form 5) adores her so much and always shows her group music video to me in class (Pssst, he brought smartphone illegally).

Again, what can you describe about her?

Okay, the last one…. This is Heliza Helmi (I knew almost everyone knows her plus she came to the KMB during Mega fair 2017 for forum session). Honestly, she is really an idol! A kind of Mrs Perfect.

     Okay, enough for these three pictures. What can you describe from those ladies? Although three of them come from different country, different race and different style, but all of us agree that they are all beauty, right? Yes, today we wanna talk about beauty!

     What is beauty? Do I need to answer it because everybody already knows what it is right? Even if I ask my little sister who still in primary school what is beauty then she would point herself, grinned and ran away because I will pinch her cheek, lol! If we talk about beauty, everyone can list down every single characteristic that beauty people must have.

     Flawless

     Fair

     Skinny

     White

     Tall

     Fairer

     Taller

     ‘S’ size

     And more………….. (List down yourself)

   Okay, all of these traits are something that can be seen by naked eyes. Beauty is always being associated with something physical. Somehow, certain people might define beauty through their attitude, from their heart. Kind people are beauty. Lovely people are beauty. All of this are too cliché to talk about. Almost all culture in this world describes beauty in the same way but do you know that there is culture in this world that looks beauty in a really different way?

   Once, I had read a novel about a canteen owner who is responsible to become a mentor to these three anorexic girls, and in that novel, the author shares a story about Mauritania’s girls. I’m so curious to know the truth so I opened the laptop and asked my beloved Uncle Google about those Mauritania’s people, and what my Uncle Google told me is really surprising! Thank you Uncle Google!

  In Mauritania, fat girl is a sign of wealth. If she is skinny, then people will see her as an impoverished daughter. Girls received more food than boys (Nay, I doesn’t wanna live there cause I will receive less food every day).

    They even have a farm to force-feed those girls to become fat (Wow)! Men are really attracted to marry obese girls. Fat lady is believed to produce a healthy offspring and brings wealth to the family.

    In that feeding-farm, girls are having the same routine everyday which is eat, rest, eat again, rest again, eat, eat and eat more until they becomes fat (oh my god! Such a leisure life.) However, this trend is seen as old fashioned and their government is trying to eliminate this culture from their life because it is not healthy to become overweight. Still, some Mauritanians are practicing it because they see beauty in that way.

    What I can reflect is, not all people see beauty in the same way. This might be influence by several factors such as culture. Human is so subjective, they have their own preferences and perception. If someone says that you are ugly, it is okay! Find someone that says you are beauty and appreciate you like their queen. There will always be one for you. =)

     Okay, that is all from me for today. Hope you enjoy reading this entry and gain some benefits from it. See ya later!