I’ve always been small. When I was in primary school, I was one of the people standing in front of the queue. When I was in boarding school, again, I was one of the people standing in front of the queue (except after they made me a prefect, I can choose to stand where ever I want). And after 23 years of life, I’m still one of those people that should stand in front of the queue. I don’t mind being small. Not that I can do anything about it anyway. I’m me, and I’m thankful I’ve got enough pancaindera. I’m not blind or deaf or handicap. And for that, I’m thankful.
It just annoys me when people see me, and make comments about how small I am, or how thin. I mean.. come on, I stopped growing up when I was fifteen.. I’ve always been less than 5 foot tall, and always weigh less than forty kilos. So, what do you expect to see? You don’t expect to see me being 6 foot tall and weigh 100kg after a few months, do you?
If you’re worried when you see me like this, imagine how I feel being me, and how I feel when people make that remark all the time. I mean, I often take such comments as a compliment, and my friends know that I couldn’t care less what people say. But, one can’t take too much compliments. At least, I can’t. You don’t know how much I eat, you don’t know how much I tried to gain some more weight. And for God’s sake, you don’t know how much I hate it when I couldn’t find the right pants or jeans, when I have to shop for months before I could find the right shoes, when I can’t buy the things I like because it’s too big for me. So, please stop complaining. I can whine for myself, thank you very much.
I don’t know.. when you see your friend getting fat, you don’t go and say it straight on their face, do you? I mean, how would you feel if I go to you and say ‘eh, xxxxx, gemuknya kau!!’. Maybe some of you do. I don’t. So if it’s not quite right to say how fat people is, what makes you think it’s right for you to comment on how thin people is. So, what? Thin people don’t have feelings? Or it’s alright because they’re not fat?
Urghh.. I just told you I don’t care what people say, didn’t I? Well, actually I do. I tend not too care, but I’m human. And because of that, I have feelings. My best friends don’t say anything, so why should you? My beloved sisters don’t say anything. OK, my boyfriend does it all the time, but that’s because he’s worried and he’s a guy, so, he doesn’t know better. Also, I know for a fact he’ll make sure I eat as much as I can (if he’s here, that is). And I know my mom will say something, but she hasn’t seen me for two years, and she worries all the time anyway. Maybe you’re worried about me, and maybe you do care and for that, I thank you. But, as I said, I’m capable of worrying for myself. And I can whine for myself. If I want to whine, I’ll let you know and you can whine for me too. And you can show me how much you care by cooking me some nice dinner or invite me for lunch. Commenting on it will only make me feel worse.
For now, my stomach is grumbling, so I’d better go and fix me a nice fatty brunch. I’ll write again when I want to whine about other things.
thehealthinspector: Urghh..I hate it when I feel all touchy-feely on one stupid comment. Sooo not me..