Twisted Views

A matter of Culture?... Customs??....

Hygiene???....

or simply Aesthetics???? ...

For this posting, its not my intention to criticize but as always, just to express myself...

At a wedding reception that I attended today, I sat beside a lady which is obviously from mainland China... Based from the way she dressed that noon, I can assume that she is one of the bridesmaids... Oh what a lovely dress she has.. pretty in pink.. a sleeveless one. She's attractive if i may say.. But suddenly and unintentionally, I noticed something about her that made me want to throw up the whole time.

As she extended her arms to get some food on the table, a hairy underam was exposed right on my face! A sight that is very unusual in the Philippines even for a Filipino-Chinese like me. Her's were much dense and bushy than a guy like me! I was totally disoriented again... Again is the word because this was actually not my first time to see this rare site. Way back in High School, some of my Chinese teachers were also like that... But this was the very first time I was fortunate to see one while eating... not once, not twice, but everytime she gets food from the table...

You may claim that I have a limited exposure to the different people outside of my own because I am not well travelled... But getting exposed to it compared to getting used to it is a totally different story. Culture and Customs wise, it may not just be a tradition for them to shave… I really have no idea to the ladies of other countries. Objectively, you may not call it unhygienic because why men can be clean without shaving underarms right?? … So what’s wrong with that then? Actually, nothing except for the issue of aesthetics which is purely relative as well… It just happens that she is just being observed by a Filipino like me!!!

Ok… it may seem I am defending that there’s really nothing wrong about it… But I will never ever stand it still. And I stand firm.