The Stupidest Thing I Have Done

I did several stupid things as I was growing up like, a dangerous climb to get access to a fiesta in a village, playing “Walkman” on a full sound all night that I have a problem with my left ear, participating in a beer-drinking contest that I vomited all over the place, and eager to please my teacher, I took on a cleaning task that turned into a small water catastrophe, etc…

Those are nothing compared to my foolishness of using all my energy and small savings in becoming white and tall. I had a secret dream of becoming a Miss Universe, but I was way too short and I disliked the golden skin I was born in. The idea of being as white and tall as possible is a social disease all over Asia and it almost crippled me for the rest of my life.

I took different types of supplements all at once to speed up the process. I took whitening capsules, height enhancers, and miracle pills for almost all parts of the body. Some were cheap products in tempting wrappers and I cried bitter tears because I didn’t have money for face improvement, breast augmentation, and leg-lengthening surgery LOL.

Luckily, my mother discovered what was going on and became so mad that she scared the shit out of me, and I’m normally not easy to scare. When I have decided on something, I can be very firm but I listened to my mother. I’m sure that if I continued my crazy consumption of dangerous products which promise to make me white and tall, I might have been severely ill or dead by now.

It’s a pity that many Asians are so dissatisfied with the skin we are born in. I hope that this old standard of Asian beauty will be replaced soon with a natural and healthy one.

I’m now living and enjoying the sun in Spain. My skin becomes more and more golden brown and no one can see that I once almost sacrificed my life to become a white ghost 🙂