on sugar highs, having babies and nude models
we had chocolate fondue for dessert at lunch today: wonderful belgian milk chocolate with apples and bananas for dipping. mmm! and i'd been watching 'chocolat' (with juliette binoche and hot, hot johnny depp) again the night before. let's dip johnny in chocolate! although he'd be too good to eat then. har! oh, i want my chocolate recipe book back.
i must admit i have a certain disdain for manila bulletin (an eyesore of a layout, among other things) but there isn't much to do when i'm stuck at my lolo's house. i could easily hop over too rockwell but i'm broke (again) and it's too embarassing to drool in public.
indulge me for a moment as i digress: i don't think i'll ever be rich. i'm too fond of fine things (read: expensive) and i'm an impulsive buyer. i like, i buy. it kind of works sometimes, especially when i chance upon rare objects like a P500-worth coffee table book. or that narcissus home spray i keep haunting the beauty bar for but still haven't gotten, which is sad because the stock's almost out and they may not order it again. well, i may be cash-less but at least they make good investments as far as i'm concerned. anyway, back to the real story.
i was reading the lifestyle section/s (the news will just depress you) and there was an article that warns women against delaying having babies. it cites reports of a growing number of women preferring to have babies in their late thirties. this is okay and relatively safe, by the way, although age-related fertility problems may make it difficult to conceive. older men, however, are likely to produce schizophrenia- and genetic disorder-prone offspring. in addition, the increased chances of not having children may trigger depression in some women who may blame themselves for having put off motherhood.
the downside of feminism, i think, is that it has condemned the traditional image of woman as wife, mother and homemaker. understandably, it is an extremely narrow and bordering on oppressive role expectation of women. however, many women are now more focused on having careers and putting off a domestic lifestyle. i do believe in working on a successful career and i respect women who've chosen to pursue that track first but i feel this "trend" has belittled the importance of family. the "biologically optimal childbearing" years, after all, are between the ages of 20 to 35.
a successful and/or fulfilling (those being two very different things) career has become the defining point for many women these days. i don't think there's anything wrong with it but i can't agree with it either (refer to earlier entry "a lesson on life and love"). we are all entitled to our own opinions and choices but we must also remember that these will entail certain consequences, both good and bad.
i got to reading that article because a lot of people have been telling me not to marry early. most of them are married (frustrated?) women and one doesn't seem to have any plans of doing so even though she has a boyfriend. as most of you probably know by now, i'm really excited by the idea of getting married and having kids so i really hate it when they do that. it sounds to me as though they regret that choice they made at the altar with the promise of forever. i'm not too idealistic about this; hindi naman ako bulag o tanga. atat na kung atat, i'm really looking forward to it.
korina sanchez's show "rated k" had a segment on nude models tonight. and by nude models, i mean those who pose nude for art classes. medyo hindi ko maintindihan ang nga taong na-lalaswaan sa ganitong uri ng trabaho. first cliche, it's for art's sake. second cliche, trabaho lang naman. as for the latter reason, some may protest that prostitutes use the same excuse but i can't see what's wrong with showing your body. geez, we were born stark naked. i've quite recently learned to appreciate the human body. in fact, i keep a picture of an amorsolo nude (shot stolen from the ayala museum) in my kikay wallet. and i would love to have my bare back painted/pictured/sketched from the waist up. seriously. wala kasi akong hinaharap na ipapakita eh. hehe.
mahaba-haba na rin ang post na 'to. pambawi sa matagal na panahong nakaraan. o kaya'y sadya lang akong madaldal kung minsan. yay!