Friday, May 22, 2009 @ 5:53 AM
Mordern - Day Epidemic by John Esherick
Have you ever wished you could be someone else? have you ever looked into the mirror and thought if only you could be slimmer and prettier than you would be beautiful? It is normal as at times in our lives, we all wish that we cold be someone else instead. But we don't have to feel daily dissatisfaction with our bodies and ourselves. We have to learn how to accept and respect our body despite our shape and size. Although we don't get to choose the genes passed on to us from our parents, however, we get get to choose what real beauty really means to ourselves. This my reflection after reading this book. I shall leave you this for now to reflect. Venus

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 @ 6:02 PM

HEY EVERYONE SHIREEN HERE! THIS POST IS ABOUTWHAT A KOREAN GIRL THINKS ABOUT BEAUTY HOPE U ENJOY IT!!!

Inner Beauty is the Real Beauty

EunSuk Ji (Jenny) from Korea

When I was young, I read many kinds of books, including fairy tales. Most of the books described heroes who were handsome and heroines who were beautiful. So, I believed I had to be beautiful if I wanted to become a great person. It was a hard time for me. Whenever I looked at someone who was more beautiful than me, I was stressed.

As I grew up, I began to realize outer beauty was not so important to make someone good. I remember a friend of mine who was so beautiful that every classmate wanted to talk with her, but she was very arrogant.

She believed that she could do everything she wanted because she was so beautiful, but she lost friends one by one. My poor friend! But she learned a good lesson: inner beauty is more important than outer beauty. After she learned that, she changed her attitude and made friends again.

In the Korean version of the story Cinderella, there are two stepsisters. One was very beautiful and very kind. Another was very stingy and bad. Because the prince wanted to find the girl with a missing shoe, the prince and the beautiful sister of the two stepsisters got married and lived happily ever after.

In many novels and fairy tales, as in Cinderella, the main characters are usually beautiful or handsome. Beauty is representative of good deeds and kindness.

In our society, beauty also gives us many advantages such as having a good social life, making friends, getting a job, and getting a promotion. Whenever, we look at good-looking guys and girls, we usually form stereotypes. We think he or she is a good and kind person. This is why cosmetic surgery is so popular in our society

Whenever I see TV advertisements, I feel that these things make us believe beauty is very important--especially physical attractiveness. Although we say that inner beauty is more valuable, we often look to plastic surgery to make us more beautiful. There seems to be a boom in plastic surgery. It is surprising to realize the number of people who try it is increasing day by day.

It is true that attractive people get a job easily. For example, we know good-looking guys usually get higher scores on job interviews. So, what is real beauty? I want to say that inner beauty is the real one because if someone has beauty in his soul, he looks like a really beautiful person.

The beauty looked at with eyes doesn't last forever. Instead of concentrating on outer beauty, we should concentrate on inner beauty. The point is that inner beauty is more important than outside beauty. So, if we make the effort to make our minds beautiful, we'll be happier.

---SHIREEN---

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 @ 9:39 PM
Am I pretty?
Have you ever asked yourself this question, "Am I pretty?" or "My eyes should be bigger/my legs should be thinner and longer etc." These are the more commonly asked questions among girls our age these days.

Why? Why must we question God's creation? Aren't we all prefect in His eyes? We should not care how we look like in front of others but instead care how we look in His eyes. How we carry ourselves, or our moral values should be more important than looks.

When choosing a job next time, the boss isn't going to choose a person who looks good but can't do anything over a person who looks normal but gets the job done. Looks can only go so far, but what's most important is a person's heart.

Pretty people might not give up their seats to old/pregnant ladies on the bus. Maybe that's because they're too afraid to chip a nail or something of that sort. Who knows?

Ee should all love the way we are and that way, people will start to love you too. Respect yourself if you want others to respect you for who you are.

So, what are you waiting for? GO LIVE YOUR LIFE AND LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT! :)

-Hian Yong :)