Wednesday, November 15, 2006

oh, you look...

it may seem like a 'typical' thing to be commented or commenting about weight and size in a typical conversation.
no, it is a stigmatic topic for me.
once, such conversation almost got me losing my job.
in a review with the ministry's appointed pyschiarist,
her foremost remark was that i was too skinny.
she immediately assumed that my depression caused my declining physique.
'naturally', i dwelled into yet another hysteria.
today, as i bumped into an old acquaintance,
his remark was how skinny i had become.
of course, i was paranoid.
but i managed a response which i thought was pretty impressive.
"why are you so fat then?"
he was bumped apparently.

in defense, i have to declare these:
  1. i have such a narrow face shape that creates an illusion of slimness.
  2. i have a very healthy appetite that i scare myself sometimes.
  3. i have supper before i go to bed and wake up in the middle of night to replenish whatever digested.
  4. i have longish looking limbs and the fact that i love wearing loose fitting clothes, simply added on to the illusion. they kind of hang out of my rags.
  5. i have boobies that also enhanced the illusion.
  6. i have smaller bone structures.

it is all an illusion and there is nothing wrong with me.