丹女
K和老公站在九龙的酒店大堂等孩子。孩子和学校的歌咏队一块儿到酒店唱圣诞歌曲，刚唱完去换衣服吃饭，剩下家长们在大堂或坐、或站或聊天。K和老公等闷了，便玩了一个有趣的游戏。猜一猜，猜一猜在场的女性家长们，是新加坡人、香港人还是中国人。
他们看着站在斜对面，保养得特别好，长发披肩，穿着入时，身材苗条的女人和她同样打扮贵气，拎着香奈尔黑色包包的女伴，不约而同地说：“香港女人。”
他们转头看着较远处三个穿着长袖T恤，运动鞋或平底鞋，提着环保袋，背着不知名的包包，头发大概几个月修剪一次，戴着眼镜，脸上不施脂粉的女人。他们再次不约而同地说：“新加坡女人。”
最后他们的注意力转移到站在钢琴旁边的两个女人。她们的打扮稍微夸张，相当贵气，脸上还有一种“自以为了不起”的神情，头发衣服都颇具性格，而且身材高挑。K皱皱眉说：“或许是中国女人，或许是香港女人。”老公点点头，同意说：“对，看不出。”
“新加坡女人怎么都对老公那么仁慈，不舍得把钱花在自己身上？真是太仁慈了。不晓得她们的老公会不会感激她们，还是每天到办公室对着打扮漂亮的女同事流口水？”K口里念念有词。
“或许是因为新加坡天气热，大家习惯了穿着随便。即使来到香港，还是保留了这种随意的习惯。”老公解释说。
在回家的路上，有几个带着孩子的日本女人。K仔细地打量她们。“其实，最厉害的是日本女人了。你看日本女人平时的打扮都很低调，身上从来不挂着牌子，但是却都很得体。那个形象呢，就是一个善持家，不浪费，又懂得照顾自己的贤妻良母。”K对老公说。
“我觉得最漂亮的是捷克的女人，高贵典雅又低调，每一个都美。捷克也是一个浪漫美丽的城市。”老公开始离题。
真不知道要批评中国或香港女人爱慕虚荣，还是要批评新加坡女人一结了婚就随便邋遢。不过一个城市，如果满街都是打扮随意的女人，还真是没什么看头，也一 点都不精彩。但节俭也是一种美德，对吧？那就在自己的能力范围内美一下吧。美一下，为自己、为老公、为了这个城市……真的。女人，你小小的美丽加起来，就 会让这个城市大大的迷人啊。（传自香港）
轉載自聯合早報
this article reminds me of the studying time.
back then we tend to say that this person got the XX sch look or YY JC look and most of my uni and working frens always dunno which sch im from cos i dun have tt sch look whereas got a few say that i got my alma JC look which i realli go 'har' cos given my behaviour /attitude during JC times, i admit tt im not the normal kind of student in tt JC
anyway i msut admit that sporean wives realli dunno how to dress up, esp those housewives..
many a times when i saw them in shopping centres, i realli marvel at their 'daringness'.. cos its super plain and some even 'lok-cok' until i may not even wear them at home.. is it bcos they think they married le then dun need to please men anymore so they just anyhow wear? or is it the kids that realli tires them so much that they no longer have the time plus energy to dress up a little?
however i must also say that there's nothing wrong with going with make up and carrying non branded bags la.. personally i feel that it's not how much your clothes/accessories worth that matters, its the overall look/feel that counts.. I rather see ppl wearing nice and looking good without any branded items than to see a person wearing rather sloppily and carry a branded bag.. it realli spoils the image of the bag lor.. makes it look so cheap.. fake bags even worse.. i for one derives satisfaction from looking good without spending a bomb, cos even one who wear branded goods from head to toe may not look stylish or chic too.. think Victoria Beckham.. its the mix and match skills that counts..
then make up, actualli i also dun realli like to put on make up.. i believe that natural is best.. lol.. depends on person to person ba.. for me, what's important is skin care and not comestics.. if ur skin condition is good, u just need to apply a bit of blusher or mascara and u'll look attractive le.. somemore comestics is artificial/temporary look-good only so why not spend more time taking good care of ur skin by practising the three-step routine for a start?
