I PASSED OUR DULAANG PINOY AUDITIONS!!! YAY!!!
I didn’t get in last year, but this time I made it!! This is the best news I’ve heard for a long time! Aside from thinking of joining Candy Council of Cool 10, I finally got what I’ve lost last year! Maybe 2008 really wasn’t a great year for me. Well at least everything’s getting back to me.
I just read this article on Teentalk and it’s about a Japanese woman who was so obsessed with plastic surgery she injected cooking oil into her face. Sad, isn’t it? Now I guess I learned a lesson: be happy with what God has given you. Click here for the article (also the source of the photo).
When I read this on Teentalk and saw the photo, I began to reflect. Since I hit adolescence, I would always look at the mirror and complain about all the flaws I could see with my appearance. I’ll whine about my somewhat-flat nose, thick lips, chubby cheeks, not-so-stick thin figure, big arms and thunder thighs. Oh, and my specs. I would always compare myself to my prettier schoolmates. Whenever they would pass by, I notice how beautiful they were. Stick-thin. Pointy nose. Very fair skin. Pretty faces. Everyone tells them they’re gorgeous. I would look at their photos and envy how they look great in everything. Then there are the teen celebs: picture-perfect pictorials and lives to dream of. In what I’ve observed, I’ll always be known by my intelligence and niceness. Instead of the beautfiul standard. Often times I even want to swap faces with the “beautiful people” and see in perspective what my life would’ve been have I had this looks.
Then upon reading how cosmetic surgery can make you self-destruct, I thought of the positive things people have said about me through the years. My parents would always tell me how beautiful I am. Schoolmates compliment me when I’m not wearing glasses. But most of all, the people I’ve known have seen me as a person who believes in herself when nobody else will. As I am doing any good deed to them, I appreciate every single kindness they do. Now I was given an opportunity to show my acting and literary skills, I’m giving my all. Looks can be deceiving anyway. As some say, talent and good attitude never fades while appearances do. There are a number of people who are only beautiful on the first look but when you see him/her thoroughly, the beauty fades. I’d rather be naturally beautiful inside and out.
I still get insecure at times. However, it doesn’t matter much anymore. I should be thankful for everyday’s blessings and how I was wonderfully made, with no defects. Besides, I have my inner skills to put on the table and share. Also, I am very glad that my lola is recovering from high blood pressure although she’s still in the hospital. She can talk straight once again and I am happy to see her health improve. Let us pray for her further recovery.
