Sunday, 28 December 2014

The Curious Case of Makeup

My lack of enthusiasm towards makeup has my mom (and everyone I know) worried about “what kind of a girl” I’m turning out to be.  I’ve always been very anti-make up, and on the occasional times that I have worn make-up I have felt really uncomfortable. In fact, it makes me feel worse when people compliment me because then, all I can think of is, “I don’t really look like this” and “do I have to wear make-up for people to consider me pretty?”, and most importantly, “do I really look that bad without anything on my face?” I don’t like...

Friday, 5 December 2014

The Good Ol' Power Ranger Days

A stick of white tape, serving as a spine label, spans the length of one side of my favorite VHS tape. Judging by the label, my father has limited knowledge of the film, but excellent penmanship. He has, for the past week, been obsessively labelling every single cassette that we own, organizing them in alphabetical order, I think; My six-year-old brain tends to be quite unreliable. I had watched the movie more times than...

Of Movies and Changing Ideals

I think that different people have different ways of connecting to certain things. Some might feel that a book or maybe a song helps them express how they feel, and sometimes, you need that slight link between reality and fiction to make you understand that there are so many other ways to go about with your life than just simply focusing on the negativity. Finding that small connection helps you realize that even though you might be going through...