Thursday, March 5, 2009

"Beauty is Pain": K26

Based on those two articles you have read, how far do you agree or disagree with the notion 'Beauty Is pain'. Is it worth enough for someone to face all the difficulties just for the ultimate desire that is beauty? Post and share your opinions with all.

30 comments:

tin said...

i agree that 'Beauty Is pain' after read the article.but i think, to become beauty, there are still ample ways.we should take the safer and healthy way to make ourselves beauty.

in my opinion, it is totally no worth for someone to face all the difficulties just bacause want to be beauty.it is such a suffering.why don't just live like a normal human as you born with leg to walk?

there are all just the tradisional custom,when human life improve, the custom less and less practise in our life.thus, this show that we still maintain the good value behind the custom,but just no practise it in our life due to the difficulties brought by the custom.

although we didn't practise it, but we still knew about it.actually beauty is just a part of life, the important thing that support our life is healthy.

chew bee tin
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Anonymous said...

Hello miss,
To me beauty is an abstract thing. You can not put any fixed measurement to beauty. The definition of beauty is different if you asked everyone in the world. In this cas, corset and foot binding, they share a common thing, which is both are considered a way to obtain beauty, even if it means you have to go through a painful experience.
And after all that painful agony, they were proud and do not regret about it. There is a saying, 'no pain, no gain'. The same goes for corset wearing and foot binding practices.
But 'beauty' is not necessarily 'pain', to some people beauty is something that sooth you, not make you held your breath and suffers. And to me, beauty is something that i can see everyday, people, behavior, scenery, and etc.
And lastly, 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'.

Norashikin Zulkaple
KE08050

wanie said...

hi miss..in my opinion,
"beauty is pain" for those who makes it difficult, suffer and distress. According to both of the articles, it’s proven “beauty is pain”..corset and foot binding..corset is a common way to keep your body fit we always heard nowadays. foot binding is a traditional way to make the feet smaller and cute, come from China. What can I say about those two is it is up to the person. if she does not feel any pain of doing it, it is not a ‘pain’ for her to be beauty. it is because, sometimes we are happy with what we like to do. for those who like the beauty, it's won't be pain for them. As the foot binding, it is their cultural. even it takes pain and suffering, they still willing to do it, to pretend their culture. Corset is such a trend right now, because it is not only wore by the adults but, young child also, because nowadays, the overweight problem is not faced by the adults only, it is also happen to the kids.
people tend to do anything to be beauty. but, there are many other ways to keep healthy and beauty. keep up a healthy diet, take care of yourself, think positive and you will be beauty inside and outside.

JAL said...

Dear miss intan,

Beauty is pain for those who are love to think shortly.

The real beauty comes from heart.

If we have good heart,then our manner automaticaly turns good.

Beauty is not like a summer.

Beauty of a human can't be changing like season changes.

People might be changing easily over the time, but the real person in that people cant be changing.

So,no matter how greats our look is,its wasting without a good spirit inside our heart.

Moral of the story, stop suffering for things that is not good to our health and think twice before make any drastic changes on ourselves,even it is our culture.

kelvin said...

It is undeniable that majority of the female on earth willing to do anything they can in order to be looked pretty and attractive, since the beginning of the human history. After reading those articles, it seems like it is pain to be beautiful. However, they are already traditions that have extinct or rarely practiced nowadays. In this new era, it is far more easier to be beautiful and as attractive as you wish to. For examples, facial treatment, hair treatment or visit the body fitness centre and so on...Anyway, every girl is borned to have her own unique beauty in different ways. Natural beauty is the most genuine of all...
Hence girls, enjoy your beauty but not surfer from it! Trust yourself!
Guys just pay respect and appreciate!!! Do u agree with me?XD

izharsamien said...

Beauty this words makes people willing to do anything to have this type of description. Is that the beauty that can stand for years?Of course not! The real beauty is the characteristic of the person such as polite,know the way to talk the other,and respect the other people around her or him. This kind of beauty will stand forever with the person and if this kind beauty girl come in my life i will try as hard as i could to get her.

Z.D.Ifah said...

How can we define beauty,actually? Fair skin?Tiny waistline?Small feet?WRONG.People in Africa prefer darker skin tone,Arabian women was considered more beautiful if they got more 'junk in the trunk',and small feets..i don't even want to think about that.So, why beauty is pain if we don't actually know what it supposed to mean?I think,
everyone is beautiful in their own way,but still,why people suffer to be more beautiful? Entertainment
industry is one of the main contributor to this stigma,where stars with skinnier body and blonder hair and tanner skin are more popular than the others. They are like the epitome of beauty. Reality is, they are just like tools used to make women all around the world to feel more insecure about themselves, to give benefits to cosmetics industry. Yes, we DO feel insecure every now and then,and i'll be lying to say that i am 100% comfortable with
myself,but at the end of the day,it sums up to these two words-SO WHAT?I have been mocked because i have darker skin, but so what? Words are still words,it can't kill us.And things that don't kill will only make us stronger. We can't possibly make all people to like us,but so what? As long as we are confident and comfortable in our OWN skin, we don't have to be more beautiful than we actually did.It shows. Beauty is NOT pain,it is our gratitude towards what actually god have given us.Embrace it.

are-in said...

For me 'Beauty is pain 'if the way we want to look beatiful is hurting ourself and make us suffered at the end.I really agree with the statement.So why must we need to trouble ourself if the impact on us maybe take a long time to cure.Based on the two articles ,about corset and foot binding.Both of them actually an old praticed to get beautiful body although they give the effects in health.It also can cause fatal.
If we want to good looking why not we try something that more safety without disturbing our health.

So please don't get yourself suffer just to obtain what you want..Beauty is not only at the whole body but also your attitudes symbolize the true meaning of beauty .

NUR AIN BINTI SUKRI
KE08008

kecik said...

Beauty?? It means the quality which gives pleasure to the senses. If the meaning sounds good and so much pleasure so, why there should have "Beauty is Pain" statement? Actually human itself letting the pain to exist. The true beauty is already in ours but there still have some people, normally the women, are willing to do everything in order to be MORE beautiful. Why we should suffer to become beautiful?? Are you happy to be looked beauty at first and at the end you are in pain?? Personally, I don't really agree that foot binding and wearing corset are for beauty. Having feet smaller than what they should be and getting narrowed waist are not considered as beauty. Allah has created us as the best creatures in the world with good features and more than a ability. Even the handicapped knows how to appreciate beauty. There still have other ways to get ourselves beauty.

Talking about beauty remind me of Shakespeare's poem entitle Sonnet 18. I've learned this in Form 4. I really love that poem because it tells about the beauty of his beloved one that no other things can against it. It also tells that beauty fades by time as we get older and older and that is how our life should be. No need to suffer but heartily appreciate the real beauty of yours.

97 said...

beauty is pain if some people choose and go for it. it will not be pain if there's a right way that people choose to be beautiful.

for example,instead of using botox...("cucuk sane cucuk sini"), women can choose to eat something that have a lot of good nutrient for skin like taking vitamin e or something other safer.

sweetteha said...

after read both articles, i agree that beauty is pain. i had heard about foot binding before and knew that it can give effect to the wearer. however, i don't know that wearing corset also will give effect to our body. both foot binding and corset give the wearer confidence when they wear it. however, actually, there are other ways to be more confidence in front of the others. it is not necessary to make our body sick to look pretty. we can use our knowledge or our kindness to give ourself confidence. just like miss world, instead of their natural beauty, they use their knowledge and do many charity works to get attracted.

MarDhati said...

Based on the article, I agree with the statement, 'Beauty is pain'. I think, it is no necessesary to do those things to get beauty. The beauty that we achived from the difficulities that we get is not match at all. More pain that we get from that.

If we want to get beauty, it is better if we take a suitable diet. Eat more vegetables ang fruits. It is more effective and healthier.

Actually,our selves is the suitable for our body. We should be gratefull to God because He make us be like this. For me, I so gratefull because I'm the tallest girl in my class. huhu..

delichocolate said...
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delichocolate said...

No, i don't think so. to me a natural beauty and the inner beauty is much more important than the outer beauty that we create on our own. why should we face all the difficulties just because only to get the outer beauty instead our inner beauty still need to be improve? People may like us because see our outer beauty but once they get to know us the outer beauty is not important anymore.To me the string of relationship is depend on our inner beauty. So, face all the difficulties just to get beauty to me does not worth. But many did't notice this because they are very obsess to get beautiful in front of others. They willing to do anything even doing the wrong things to get beauty. To them beauty is everything. From their beautiness they can get many attention,money and even good status. It is worth to get all this in our life? to me beauty is a give from ALLAH s.w.t. So we need to take a good care on this give and do not ever wrong used it!
NUR SHAZWANI NADZRI
KE08015

leehc said...

People judge and define beauty in different way. In the new era, people think that the slimmer you are, the prettier you are. If we refer back to the history of China, women in Dynasty Tang try to gain weight as they thought chubby women are more beautiful than skinny women. The definition of beauty changes from time to time. Before, beauty might be a pain for a woman who live in ancient time. Now, I don’t think that beauty is a pain for a woman as there are too many ways to make a woman look prettier without pain. Cosmetics, slimming pills and magic bra etc are the good examples. Women nowadays even can have plastic surgery without pain due to anesthetic. However, I think confident and intelligent women are the prettiest. Take for instance, Oprah Winfrey. Lastly, I hope women won’t be a fashion victim. Natural beauty is always the best.

LEE HUA CHYN
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JAJA ^^ said...

Beauty is pain or pain is beauty?
Does it is same meaning or not?..lets we think for while..Sometimes we not grateful what god have given.Actually,if we ralize what god have given.All people is beautiful.Every person have their own special or weakness.So that because,we can't too greedy or too proud what we have now.Just be a grateful person.

For that two article that i have read i think it is not wrong we do something to look beauty.Even,people who actually beauty but didn't care of their beauty it will lost.But,we can't do something that obviously to look beauty until make ourself suffer. I know different people have different ways to look beautiful..Like wear corset or foot binding its can effect our healty.So,that we can avoid to do for beauty.But,if this tradisional custom we adjust and not give bad effect for our healty its not wrong if we wear it and keep it as tradisional custom for next generation.

Beauty is abstarct and all people have their own mind side about beauty.Someting is beautiful because it is true or not true because it is beautiful.

wiven said...

When the words corset and foot binding are mentioned, the first thing that comes across my mind is suffering. Definitely beauty is really a pain. It is really a painful and scary experience to undergo foot binding. I do not think that foot binding or corset can make a person become prettier. Because of the custom, the girls were forced to undergo all those stupid binding. They are human with true flesh, not 'babbie doll' that can simply binding... The people that think out all these idiot idea are crazy. It is a sin to do that. There is no a fixed measurement for beauty indeed. No matter how a people looks, slim, fat, tall, short, she or he is still looked nice if the personality is good. Lastly, beauty is in the eyes of beholder.

abu hassan said...

why "beauty is pain"...for me beauty is a subjectif thing.some may said it beauty but some may not.It depends on the observer to evaluate it.Beauty is not nessesaryly pain but it's depend on the situation..personally I just can say that beauty is a good thing to see because our eyes like to look to the beauty things.tq

Muhamad Aliff said...

What is beauty???Beauty is a characteristic of a person, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning, or satisfaction.Actually I little bit disagree with the phrase 'Beauty Is Pain'. It's because the person whose think that the beauty is hard to get only will say that. Beauty is not only defined for the appearance. It's false to say that beauty is only for that. Our moral value can be defined as beauty too. If the external appearance is good, but inside ourselves is no good, it's useless. People don't like someone who is beauty outside but inside is not reflect what is shown outside. There are people try the hard way to get the beauty but suffer at last. There are people who tend to get the beauty without think the risk of the way that has been taken. Beside our beauty, there are more important thing come first which is our health. If we sick, no matter how much the beauty was, it' nothing compared to our healthy.

aliff
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faa (k26) said...

salam...
huh...i think this topic is hot!

hmm...beauty is pain? i think its depends on how the person think about beauty.

if me..i do not think beauty is pain if i look it through our nature.everything in this world is beautiful..the sky..the ocean..the living things.
but if i look beauty through human espeacially women..it is pain!
sometimes i feel sorry to women how is to obssess to look beautiful it also seems that they are not grateful with what Allah had give to them..but if you had herelip or special condition, i think it is ok if you want to fix it.

i think we still can look beautiful if we take care of our appearance, attitude..hehe..and health.
so....daaa

Fadhlul said...

salam...

i very agree that 'beauty is pain'. most of woman nowadays just have a short thinking for being beautiful. some of them using botox and plastic surgery for beauty. they not even think that it will make they live in a painful.

honestly, beauty is subjective thing. it's depend on the individual thinking. the different person have a different answer for the beauty.

Cik Mell said...

"Beauty is pain"...indeed! but only for those who are willing to suffer for it, those who are not thankful enough to what God has gave them. Why do we have to pay more, get sick and travel along the road of pain, just to restruct ourselves? this might have long gone to the females, BUT, in this new era of life where urbanization and fashion conquer humanity, males are just the same as females!

why do i say so?

well, just look at how guys are now, wearing rings (ok, thats an old stuff), going for manicure, wearing lotions (when your not even doing babysitting neither exposed under sunlight most of the day to keep your skin moist, whatever...)and just many more!

These people that do not know the real meaning of beauty, rather choose to change their appearence, diet like you'll never eat again (for God sake),and even go for surgeries!

Beauty is what comes from within you, the beauty of attitude, the beauty of your language, the beauty of your thoughts...that is pure beauty to me~ you dont have to be 36-24-36 for people to say you are beauty, an angie-like lips to look beauty (and sexy), but just enough for you being the real you with all the gratefullness to everyone around you!

husna said...

I think beauty can be describe in many different ways.Maybe some people say "hey,why do people must suffer to look gorgeous?Are they crazy?".Some other think "Yes,I rather suffer.I want to look as beautiful as model".

In my opinion,people who are willing to suffer for the beauty are models.Most of them control their appetite,go to gym,exercise,wearing corset, and so on so that,just like Mell said they have a 36-24-36 body.

As for me,I will not suffering myself in order to be just like model.Totally not!Why must I torturing myself?I'm very grateful for what Allah have gave to me.For me,the inner beauty is more important than outer beauty.Can you imagine,a beautiful lady,36-24-36 body,fair skin,sexy lips,gorgeous eyes,but she has a very bad lifestyle.She drink,smoke,having sex with any guy.Who wanna marry her?Maybe for Western,it is a normal thing,but for Muslim,that girl was totally bad.

So,we must not imitate what other people do.Just be yourself,OK?

dieyba said...

Beauty is pain??..

Beauty is an abstract thing...the meaning of beauty is different for each person..

It is based on that people to give the meaning of beauty..maybe for me..beauty is not just a pretty face..gorgeous body-shaped..but it also based on our attitude and manner..

To become beauty, people willing to cause pain to their body..in this case, they use corset and foot binding..as we know that using corset will make us become more beautiful with the small waist (beautiful body-shaped)...but if we use it too tight, it will cause pain to our body..it’s same to foot binding..it will make our foot become smaller..for the Chinese tradition, having smaller foot is proud to them..even if that way will cause pain..

For me..beauty is pain if they use wrong ways to become beauty..and it is not pain if they know the right way to become beauty..

dieyba md noor
ke08055

dr ewan said...

Beauty is pain if we use the toxic chemical to improve your body. The toxic chemical such as botox, facial cream, lotion and many more makes our body very harmful.

Actually, there is a only way to make a person beauty. Just clean your heart from negative attitude and behavior, insert the positive behavior into your heart. This is very simple in text or speech, but it very hard to apply in our daily life.

Remember, the beauty from outside comes inside.

Smile always...

d@m!3n_h@ngchu@n said...

'Beauty Is Pain'...well, personally i agree with this phrase but part of me also disagree with this topic as well. Beauty is a gift but without it, life still goes on everyday. But for those who pursue beauty just for the sake of owning it, then I guess it is really an unwise thing to do because you will only make yourself suffer more and more.
When the words corset and foot binding are mentioned, the first thing that comes across my mind is suffering. Why do women of the past willing to go to such length just to achieve beauty? Girls do not have to suffer just to attain beauty. As long as with a good heart and nice inner beauty, guys will sure be attracted to them. So, girls, have faith in yourself!

azlan said...

Beauty is pain,actually not easy to said,each peoples will give different opinion based of their understanding but for me i agree that beauty is pain after read the article,why they are used wrong steps to beauty?i not understand,nowaday we have many technology to look beauty and they can used it.Actually some peoples mainly women,they want to beauty every time but in the same time they are not see effects from their action such as by using not appropriate shoes,this will give more bad impact to their leg.My opinion to look beauty we must correct entirely either outside and inside body,this important because we need two element physical and spiritual to look beauty and the other peoples easy to approach us.Remember healthy is very important in our life compare the beauty!

wani_zs said...

beauty is very much up to the individual. one could be grateful for what have been given to him,and preserve it the best he could,or he might not be satisfied and find an alternative to change according to his likes. another fact not to be missed is that tradition also play some role in this case. as for those in the old days of china,the process of sizing the small feet starts when the girls are still too little to understand this. i on the other hand,believe that we are what we are today for the best reasons,so treasure it!

izYani said...

beauty is pain..
in my opinion,it depends on the way the people choose to express their beauty.some people is willing to do anything to look good,just like in the article,they wear corset and foot binding.in this case,of course it is pain.but,if we just let our natural beauty shines,there's nothing that will hurt us.in this modern society,woman always want to look beautiful every time.it is not wrong, but we should know the limit.it is not worth to suffer just to show our beauty.
actually, the true beauty is not about our appearance.it's all about our attitude.people may praise us for our beauty. but they surely will hate us if we show bad behavior.are we satisfied with this?
be nice to everyone,and they will see the beauty in us..

nurul izyani
ke08031

rajan said...

Beauty is pain....well i dont think that beauty is pain....it depend on the people itself....if someone is preety....how they should behave..For me 'Beauty is pain 'if the way we want to look beatiful is hurting ourself and make us suffered at the end.I really agree with the statement. We must always bear in mind that...beauty is not everlasting...its all about peoples heart and hw is their character....