No More Black :(
I love to wear black-coloured clothes. It’s not my favourite color, but I like it for the following practical reasons:
- It’s slimming
- I can eat anything I want without stopping to think if a messy encounter will stain my clothes. More so when chicken curry happens to be my favourite food
- It’s slimming
- It’s a professional color
- It’s slimming
- It goes well with all my bags and accessories
- It’s slimming
As you can tell, the numero uno reason for me wearing black is that it is so flattering to the figure especially when you have bulges to hide.
So I happily donned on a black outfit over the weekend and bumped into a friend who hasn’t seen me in a couple of months.
“Eeeks, you’ve lost weight!” she looked horrified.
I was genuinely puzzled, “What do you mean I lost weight? I still weigh the same as the last time I saw you.”
“No lah, you looked much better then. Now you’ve… you’ve… gone skinny!” she grimaced.
I recalled that another friend had commented that I don’t look great in a black dress I wore to a wedding dinner recently. Then it dawned upon me that the weight that I lost during the hectic production days has now caused me to resemble a beanstalk whenever I wear something totally black. I now understand why a waif-like friend of mine doesn’t have a single black garment in her wardrobe.
Today, I decided to put my new-found theory into test. Instead of a black or grey jacket, I wore a pastel pink one to work. I have never worn that before although I had it for quite a few years now. The reactions of my boss and colleagues were very, very flattering.
“Wow, looking good today!” said one male colleague.
“It’s a very nice jacket,” said my boss (first time ever being complimented by him on my dressing!).
“Ooooh, style sebiji macam Audrey Hepburn!” said another lady colleague.
(Translation: “Your style really resembles that of Audrey Hepburn!”)
That does it.
From now on, I will minimise on wearing black stuff and choose brighter or pastel shades instead. But I won’t throw away my precious black clothes. Who knows when the bulges decide to start appearing again?
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Vagus, alas my new camera is not here yet and won’t be here in time for Chinese New Year photo snaps :(
Paul, I think I’ve misplaced the CD :( Can you mail me that pic so that I can vet thru it first? See whether it’s decent or not!
Awwww, thanks Irene *huggies* Gosh, yeah… now that you mentioned it, I’m always clad in something sombre whenever we meet, right? But it doesn’t always reflect the way I feel. It’s great knowing that you are dressing fantastic today, just because. Not for a meeting or an appointment but just because… :)
3.2 megapixels. Should be good enough. Canon’s a pretty good camera.
Know what you mean about taking pictures. Took over 200 in my last month in AZ.
me thoughts you bought the Canon A400 already?
anyways. it was Coolgal in the pink and white top.. not me.. erhemm
the only thing pink that I had was a pink bed… not by my choice anyway..
Ooooh… whose choice of bedsheet color is that? Anyway, nothing wrong with guys wearing pink hues wat… hehehe!
Camera’s taking a loooong while in coming… :(
I use a Fuji S5000. Have been very happy with the lens thus far, and the 10x optical zoom. Plus i get a lot of manual control with the camera if i so choose.
Nolar. My blog kinda started off not for public sharing, but more for me to whine, complain and cry about work :)
It’s one of those old LOTR Bedsheets.. featuring a lot of the characters from an Old Animated version of LOTR. Never got to watch it. But LOTR Memorablia.. why not huh?
Mom would kill me if I made it part of my room wall. ha ha ha
Vagus as I keep saying your Journal inspires me, that you get to touch ppls hearts (literally and un-literally) each day… *corn juice working again* ;)
Wat to do, he ain’t heavy, he’s my brother. He’d prolly say the same about me, too :P
Thanks, Mark. Pray that we’ll end the finale with a bang!
Hee, yeah! Looking forward to a slower week ahead ;)
Awwww… never mind, can superimpose your head on those pics hor? :P
Hmmm, now that’s a thought, Mark. Am keeping my options open for such opportunities – as God leads.
Heheh, I’ll let him unmask himself if he wishes to ;)
Thanks, Irene :) I think we are all tortured souls at one point or another. You just choose to document it publicly that other fellow pilgrims can find great encouragement knowing that they are not alone.
Hee yeah, methinks Mr. Y meant it as a compliment, too. He did say some other very nice things about my blog, too. But shy to post it bcos it may seem so vain :P
why not the golf course/range? but yeah.. i prefer to find her in the tennis court.. heh heh heh
Thanks, Ju. You are a wonderful support :)
Bwahahah. Yeap, Ju is right, it will NOT work on me! ;P
Can become vain.. then I can dedicate one of my favourite songs to you..
“You’re so vain.. you probably think this song is about you…”
And MLR… puh leez.. .I’m the guy who’s not into hairy legs.. I am “supposed” to be the one who’s got a thing for “whips”.. erhem.. ptasssh!… *grin*
Sell my opinion for a piece of cake? Not likely. Maybe for a huge and juicy chocolate chip cookie, I will :D
Me band plays CCR – “Have you ever seen the rain”.. heh heh..
i am excited about the upcoming wedding gig.. yeah yeah.. we have digressed my frens.. :P