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My Shopping Woes

I am not a size XS like most other girls in Singapore. These people still think they are fat! Tell me if I should bitch-slap them!


While I may be subtly violent and unhappy about the fact that I am not XS or S sometimes, I am more or less resigned to what can only be best described as "not fat, just big".

When I go shopping, I avoid those generic ah-lian'ish kind of shop that sell everything at either a flat price or at a free-size vehemently.

Those shops sell clothes at an unrealistic size! How can free-size = XS? So unfair!

Those people who can fit those clothes are what I politely call "The clothes hanger". Makes sense what, everything also can wear. And wear it the way "designers" meant for it to be worn - on a stick thin mannequin person.

Me? I have broad shoulders (and I have yet to find out whose genes to thank for these), and shopping for tee-shirts is almost non-existent in my life. When I go into the fitting room, here is what happens:

i) my shoulders fit and armpits down, the tee-shirt hang like a bed sheet carelessly draped on me
ii) my shoulders don't fit, my waist fits and then I have difficulty getting out of the top after trying since it fits at my waist and can't go as wide as my shoulders. 
iii) my shoulders fit and while like some ladies' tee, it has some curve shape to the waist area, that very same area will still hang loosely (if one size too big, if not then back to point ii) and make me look unnecessarily fatter.

Sigh. I hate tee-shirts. Baby tees should be for babies only. Why do grown women wear them nowadays!?

It's okay I tell myself. I don't need tee-shirts. Then I realise my arm looks big in almost everything that is sleeveless.

:(

And I go yoga 5 times a week! My arm doesn't look slender, what it looks like is a "GAU" (in Cantonese, loosely translated to mean "piece" in the most unflattering way possible) of something.

Now I have two "GAUS" of something as arms.

Or "LOKS" (in Cantonese, loosely translated to mean "rolls" in the most unflattering way possible)...

Or I should stop before I have no reason not to lock myself in a room forever.

Sigh, the woes of the very reason of living - shopping.

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Posted by Ju Ann at Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Comments (6)
  1. eugene

    January 14, 2009 10:42 AM

    wa lau er,you yoga five times a week, i am amazed,kudos to you my dear.

    To share one thing kinky with you, of all the woman's body shapes, i would drool over an athlete's shaped body, it makes the woman looks inviting.

    I am keeping to my regime of doing 30 push ups daily without fail to see if i could cut a body like let say Christiano Ronaldo

  2. Vern

    January 14, 2009 10:58 AM

    Hey! I feel you! I have broad shoulders too and I get what you mean by some parts don't fit when the others do, etc. I think that's because the local clothes are designed to fit the so-called Asian body - which means those who have gone an under-eating regime to fit into a standard size set by God knows who.

    But you know what? I found out that T-shirts sold overseas are more suitable because there, women generally have broad shoulders too, and we can fit into their "s" sizes easily. And their designs are way better - you can check it out yourself at one of my favourite websites: www.threadless.com

    :) Don't let stereotypes get you down - it's not worth it.

  3. Josephine

    January 14, 2009 11:33 AM

    Wei, honestly, I don find u fat also.

    Although I am 45kg only, but i am short and have big tummy!
    Can I say that I am FAT?

  4. Ju Ann

    January 15, 2009 10:39 AM

    eugene: steady lah! persist on! when you look like Ronaldo, you show me k!

    vern:threadless? hmmm i have heard of it... but cos they sold only tee-shirts I didnt bother with it... maybe i go figure out my size and buy one to try. :) thanks! :)

    josephine: no you're not fat..! :) Not to worry! hahaha I'm big! :(

  5. PureGlutton

    January 16, 2009 4:43 PM

    Aiyor... u where got fat la! I also hate those stupid ah lian-type of shops tat sell XS clothes & call them "Free Size"! Where got meaning hoh? Those are meant for anorexics! It's true what Vern said - can get more decent & reasonable sized clothes overseas, or at Marks & Spencers, Dorothy Perkins etc!

  6. Ju Ann

    January 20, 2009 6:10 PM

    lol!!! ya ya tt's why I want to go to European countries and stay where I will be PETITE!!!

    Imagine that!!!

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