Smart vs Pretty
i found this cool, feel-good book in fully booked - smart vs pretty. i just wasn't able to buy it because i am quite below the poverty line these days. hehe. growing up, i wondered how it feels to be you know, pretty. or beautiful. or even just plain attractive. those were never adjectives you'd use to describe me some 12 years ago. i was dark-skinned, with boring hair and boring facial features. it didn't help that i always had this snooty look on my face. boys never flocked to me to ask for my name or phone number. they'd come to me to ask for academic help. for the longest time, i wished i was popular because of my long hair or long eyelashes or very pretty face instead of being the editor of the school paper or being one of the top three in our batch. hahaha.
i know, i know! intelligence is still more important than say, gorgeous-ness, but it was only later in college when the term, intelligence is sexy, has been coined. before, being a smart-ass doesn't make boys fall on your feet. well, geeky ones would but really, i never wanted a nerd for a boyfriend. hahaha. your crush might know and admire you for your amazing speed in solving calculus problems but he'd never want a girlfriend smarter than his basketball-dreaming brains.
a lot has changed since college and it's not because i have at least looked human. hahaha. more than one person has observed that i am quite a headturner whenever we'd roam the malls and it's funny how i still had suitors when i was bursting with my first pregnancy. looking back now, i am glad i did well in both academics and extra curricular activities. people give you something more than a pretty face allows. they actually give you respect because you are well, smart. people look up to you because you have something in between your ears and it's not just a seductive pair of eyes. sometimes i get too smug knowing that yes, i have the face and the brains to match. it still amuses me that some get taken aback when i spew sensible sentences and ideas. i reckon they don't usually get that from halter- and short skirt-wearing barbie dolls. hahaha.
now i know better. there's always a cure for plain looking-ness. but there's almost no remedy for being uh, stupid. ang law-ay, may chance pa mag-gwapa. ang ma-ngo, wala na tsansa mag alam. :) 
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8 comments:
you are pretty to begin with, kaith. kulang lang tingali ka sa panudlay before. hahaha!
a lot of really beautiful girls are now also very smart. i think they are getting the pressure to be smart to erase the notion that the beautiful ones are dumb. a lot of super beautiful women here in manila (for example) are also highly educated, kick-ass, and very successful.
actually, disagree ko sa last sentence. ang mango pwede tudlu-an. ang law-ay, kinahanglan plastic surgery, lisud. hahaha!
bitaw uy, pretty ka daan kaith. it's in your genes. =)
haha. mao jud, kaith. =)
Smart always wins! There's always a cure for unattractiveness. Hello, sa dami ng spa, surgery, creams, lasers, etc ngayon, mahiya na lang ang mga panget, no! Ibig sabihin tamad lang sila =D
As for smarts, like you said, either you have it or you don't, and nothing in the world--not even the best brain surgeon--can make a dumb person smarter!
hahaha, love this entry kaith=) why do i feel youre kicking someone in the groin ( or smacking their cheaply made-up face) with this entry? hahaha=)
@ ate ai: yeah, in fairness, i haven't developed the habit of combing my hair regularly adto na time. haha.
that's what i have observed too. and i admire those beauty-and-brains women who know a lot about what they're talking about. dili pataka storya. hehe.
ok ra anang mango na you know, ignorant about certain things because you can always teach them. pero i must say, i have met certain people na maka-surrender because inborn na ang pagka-bugo. serious ni ha. hehe. hinuon, mahal gyd magpa-surgery. dapat when ur ugly, you should at least be rich to afford it. hahaha.
@ jucy: thanks for coming over! :)
@ Frances: hahaha. natawa naman ako sa comment mo. i guess it just takes tremendous effort to prettify one's self. you have to have the time, moolah and determination. hehe.
@ photosandmemos: haha. no chel, i am not! i just remembered my high school days and how i used to envy those campus crushes because i was such a plain-looking, nerdy mouse. hahaha.
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