A face that tells a thousand assumptions

In a culture where you are how you look, it takes as little as 90 seconds for people to work out a detailed profolio of yours--your personalities, your credibility, your intelligence and even your sexual orientation--by just watching you.

While it can save us time to process new information, it is also a loophole in our evolutionary process.

With a pitiful face, I have come across a lot of interesting assumptions from others:
(i) I am the youngest in the family.
Actually, I am the eldest of my three sisters and one brother.

(ii) I studied at a girls' school.
I was co-educated--from kindergarten to university.

(iii) I don't exercise.
I DO work out regularly, though not frequently. How do you think can I maintain my weight despite frequent binge-eating outbreaks and constant chocolate cravings?

(iv) My voice is inaudiable as I am a timid girl.
As a teacher, I never use a mic in class--not even when it is crammed with 40 little monsters. You can't hear my voice coz I haven't uttered a word. I don't usually speak much in front of strangers.

(v) I can't live without a boyfriend.
I would have died--for several times.

(vi) I am weak and vulnerable.
You should have seen the way I told an inconsiderate man off at MTR (coz he pressed his back against a pole despite my grasping it). I can be bitchy when that's what it takes to protect myself and my friends. Or, when I've gone mad.

(vii) I am crying all the time.
um...both students and colleagues often pop me this question: are you crying or are you alright when actually I'm perfectly fine. I am rather surprised at it coz sometimes it happens a few times a day; yet I can't figure out why. Maybe I've got a sad face especially when I don't smile?

(viii) I don't eat a lot and I'm always on diet.
I'm picky at food, I admit. However, I can't hold myself back when it comes to my favourite food.

(ix) I was glass-house born.
Have you ever seen your mum or dad grasp a knife from the kitchen in raging anger trying her/his best not to stab at anyone? I have. I suppose that is not something you can normally see in a glass house. By the way, there is no such thing as a glass house in a grass-root family.

(x) I am introverted and don't like socialising.
At least, you get something right about me from my face.

Finally....

Completed my travelog for the 15-day trip to Hokkaido and Tokyo in 2006. (not a typo; it's last year's trip.)

http://adakuku.blogspot.com/

I quite enjoy writing it coz I'm like re-experiencing the trip once more. Really miss that moment :)

Sleepless

My mind is exploding with worries about my applications and the possible future. The terrible thing is I've got an array of worries for both successful and unsuccessful applications and I keep generating 'what-ifs' situations and new worries... It's like an ever-splitting cell and I couldn't stop it!

I sometimes wonder why I put myself in such an unsecured situation while things can look so rosy for me at the moment.

In the meantime, I just want to forget everything and have a nice sleep.

Travelog update

Day 7-9 @Hokkaido

http://adakuku.blogspot.com/

My Shanghai Trip at Flickr

Just click on the flickr badge on the left :)

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Travelog Update

Day 5 and Day 6 @ Hokkaido (and yes, it's last year's trip)

http://adakuku.blogspot.com/