cher´s last blog post..President Roh Moo-hyun’s SUICIDE

I would assume that what prompted you to write this blog was in relation to the comment you posted on the recent blog of Betchay and apparently, someone reacted to it.

You know, physical appearance does matter especially when you are projecting a certain image. But what’s bothering is when you’re judged based on what you wear (and skin color as well).

In my observation, very few countries discriminate people on what they wear. USA for instance, they aren’t really different from us when it comes to dressing up. Other Asian countries dress like Filipinos. I’ve not been to Korea but I had/have students who always tell me that Filipinos aren’t fashionable. In this case, I always find myself repeating to them the reasons why we aren’t fashionable. I tell them that Philippines is a tropical country. The weather is very hot all year round. We can’t wear what people in cold countries wear. At least we are wearing the most appropriate get up for the right weather.

When my students ask me this question with a discriminating tone I get back at them. I simply tell them that many Koreans in the Philippines are dressing up the wrong way just so they could catch attention. And this makes them the laughing stock of Filipinos. Imagine, at 35 degrees, they are wearing thick, striped, knee high socks.

Aside from that, I also told them that in the Philippines, we are not impressed by the brand or how one matches the pieces of clothing. Filipinos are more particular about the face and the body figure. In fact, we look oddly on people wearing thick make up and girls wearing mini-skirt with “curvacious” legs. And with that, my students keep quiet.