Fashion

Being born into a family of over-achievers is a double edged sword. Well in my case I think it is more of just a very sharp sword. I have a feeling that that lineage of over-achievers is gonna be brought to a RUDE halt by me, hahaha. Ah well, every family has to have a black sheep (although if anyone calls me that to my face I swear I will.... Okay I dunno what I will do but you will not like it :/) So now, I am not quite sure how that came up but am glad it did. Its always nice to know you are not alone (if you are reading this you are also the black sheep of your family otherwise you would be doing something more constructive :D)

Hahahaha, anyway, someone told me to write about fashion. Now it is not that I do not love fashion, au contraire, I am an ardent fashion follower (E!, Style network etc) I always sit down with a 1 litre (do not judge) tub of butterscotch ice cream and watch re-runs of New York or Milan Fashion Week. I love pretty things and fashion is pretty (well with the exception of Lady Gaga, she is just DISTURBED).

So now, as I was saying, I love fashion BUT (I am soo unpredictable, huh?) I was a bit hesitant to write about fashion because of one thing. I honestly do not believe in dictating what people should and should not wear (I think everyone has a brain for that). I say, wear what makes you feel good (even if it does not make you LOOK good) and just do your thing. If you like something and think it is pleasing to your eyes, buy it. Which reminds me, we had this long-running joke amongst my cousins. There is this cousin of ours who has.....well, a very interesting fashion sense which most of us do not agree with. So if you want to know whether you look good, dress up then go ask him "____ how do I look?" *name withheld for my own safety* If he say you look good, then you know you DEFINATELY have to change. If he is a bit hesitant, then you know that you look DDG (ah, sorry if you do not know, I will not elaborate :p).

HOWEVER *Judge Ian voice*, I do take issue with those people who, in the process of wearing what pleases their eyes, end up hurting ours. Some of the things people wear should be thrown in a bottomless pit or banished to the underworld (though Satan would probably sent them back in protest). There are three particular fashion trends (for lack of a better word) that particularly irk me. Not in any particular order though because I think they are all just as bad as the other.

1. Mix and Match- Now this is one trend that I actually love doing. It gives your wardrobe a whole now look. However some miss the mark completely (like Bush had been doing with Osama for 10 years). If I may digress a bit, I honestly do not understand how it took the apparent world superpower 10 YEARS to find a guy with a towel on his head. How? Anyway, back to mix and match (not tye and dye), you are certain to look like a clown if you mix primary colours (even though you are all the black sheep, I know you know what they are). You will just look ridiculous. Also wearing too many colours (especially bright ones) will not work for you. You will look like a cross between a clown. a sunflower and the rainbow. Mix and match is a great idea to expand your wardrobe (for those of us poor enough not to afford a new one :/) but be careful you do not find yourself in the Fashion Police (just for the record, I would totally sue if they put me up).

2. The Visible Panty Line- Needless to say ladies are the main victims here. This is one of the biggest yet oldest fashion flukes. It has been here for decades yet people never learn. If you are wearing a tight dress or skirt, either wear a netted panty, boy shorts (love these, highly recommend), thong, g-string or whatever will not partition your ass into very unflattering loci. Alternatively, there is always the option of going 'commando' (no inner wear). At least you will be aired sufficiently :) But seriously, everytime I see this, I feel like walking right up to the lady and giving her a piece of my mind. But I don't. I am chill.

3. Supras and Arafats- Actually only the first one bothered me until recently when Luclay (BBAmplified) happened. Now I despise this trend so much that all I can say is that people who still wear the above deserve to be single and should go sit in a corner and feel very ashamed. Leave this to anyone below 18. If you are above, you need help. Serious help. Like Dr. Phil or some other famous shrink (I don't know that many). I am so irritated I will not even post a photo for that (wachu gonna do :p)

Now of course before I finish I have to talk a bit about what is the first love of my life (stop smiling, I am talking about FOOTBALL). Now in view of what happened over the weekend (all Big Four teams failed to win with the exception, as always, of MAN UNITED) I will need to dedicate an entire post to all that (which I will gladly do tomorrow :D) However, I have to rub it in that we were officially handed our 19th trophy and it felt sooo damn good. The only thing that cast a shadow over that otherwise awesome day was the impending retirement of one of the greatest keepers of all time, Edwin Van der Saar. Having only one more game to play in a UNITED jersey, it was so hard knowing that we will not be seeing that comforting frame in front of goal again :'( 

I shall reserve the rest for tomorrow. Oh, and before I forget, Vettel once again kicked some Hamilton ass in the Spanish Grand Prix (which Fabregas chose to go watch instead of subjecting himself to further embarrassment on Sunday). Now as we wait for the race in Monaco. #TeamVettel

As I sign out, booyah!