Wednesday, April 22, 2009 @ 1:39 AM
inner beauty!!!
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. (1 Peter 3:3-4 NIV)

hi everyone!!! i am shireen and i am here to share about this verse that i saw in the bible.This verse tells us that true beauty does not come from the outer appearance but the inner appearance which is our heart.....
Some of us think that beauty comes from the outside and we put make-up,buy expensive items or branded clothes just to decorate ourselves or make us look beautiful.
All these cosmetics are useless as they do not help you in any way except make you look like an adult. If you have all these cosmetics and you have no inner beauty ppl would not respect you. so what exactly is inner beauty??? I asked some of my friends and they said "to behave well and to help one another in times of need." I think this is quite true as we all have to start from the little things we do to have inner beauty.---for now i will leave you with this till next time
shireen!

Thursday, April 16, 2009 @ 7:20 AM
Quote!

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. (NIV)

Proverbs 31:30

Still worried about being accepted by society's standard of "beauty"? God does not ackowledge that at all! To Him, every single one of us is beautiful because we are created in His image and He loves us with all His heart. He created us with utmost care and we should be very grateful of the things we have. So what if not all of us have perfect features? God loves us the way we are!

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."
-Kahlil Gibran

So let your light shine even brighter today!

- Nadine.

Saturday, April 4, 2009 @ 9:10 PM
Inner Beauty


After watching this video, i realize that there are many people out there who think that they should be slim so that they can be attractive. It is so NOT true! They may even go on diet which is not right. They are still growing up and they need all the nutrition they have from their food. Its is very bad to go on a diet at such a young age.
Venus

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 @ 5:51 AM
I just wanted to share this.
During the March holidays, I met up with my primary school friend at Orchard to catch up. We haven't seen each other since last year so of course we were excited to finally meet up again. I was excited for another reason too. I was finally able to go out! I've just entered Secondary 3 this year and the work load really stresses me out most days so I was ecstatic that I finally got at least one day to unwind.

I had a lot of fun with my friend. But when I when we reached the Cineleisure, I started to feel inadequate.

Almost all the teens I saw there were wearing clothes that I wish I had, hair which was perfectly styled and they all looked really sure of themselves.

I saw some who were dressed in punk styles, some who were dressed like those I see in Korean or Japanese dramas and some who were dressed up hip-hop style.

I started to feel really plain in my jeans, shirt and converse sneakers.

I was always fascinated with all these different clothing styles. There are just so many! Boho-chic, preppy, hip hop and stuff like that. But I never really got to start on my transformation yet.

I immediately wanted to get away from there. Luckily, my friend obliged.

We went to Starbucks after that just to chat. Halfway through the conversation, she suddenly blurted out, "Gosh, I sort of feel jealous of that blonde girl I saw back there!"

Yeah, I remembered which blonde girl she was talking about. And yeah, she really was pretty. She was dressed up like how Avril Lavigne would look like for her music videos, which just made that girl look cooler.

So alright, this story doesn't really have a happy ending where we realize that that blonde girl also has self-esteem issues like us and yadda-yadda-yadda. I didn't even know that girl and it's been almost two weeks and I can't really remember her face now. But I did realize one thing.

Jealousy is a terrible thing. Even now I still feel jealous of some people and I know some of my friends who are jealous of other people too. But I think it's important to know that talking won't help. I could've carried on my conversation with my friend for days and still one day we would forget how that blonde girl even looked like. I could've transformed my whole wardrobe or my whole attitude to be just like who that girl appeared to be.

But really, is changing ourselves for the expense of others worth it? Why can't I accept myself just the way I am?

And my answer is, Yeah, who told me that I can't?

- Nadine