Mindanao Advice

I did several stupid things as I was growing up: a dangerous climb to get access to a fiesta in a village, playing walkman on a full sound all night that I got 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 water catastrophe, etc…

Those are nothing compared to my foolishness of using all my energy and small savings to become white and tall. I had a secret dream of becoming a Miss Universe, but I was way too short and disliked the golden skin I was born with. 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 simultaneously 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 happening and became so mad that she scared me. I can be steadfast when I have decided on something, but I listened to my mother. I’m sure that if I continued my crazy consumption of dangerous products that promised 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 they are born with. 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 🙂