Pilot

Hello there.

As an introduction, I will tell you a bit about my country, Singapore.

Being a girl in Singapore is definitely not easy, especially if you are overweight. In general, guys are more accepting of each other. Girls, on the other hand, are way more selective when it comes to choosing their friends. It's not true that girls would never befriend a fat girl, but in general, the skinnier girls are the popular ones, and the obese girls are the lonelier ones.

What's more, a significant percentage of teenage girls in Singapore are really really skinny! In school, I am just surrounded by skinny girls. In fact, I can safely say that I'm the only fat girl in my class! Doesn't it suck to be the only fat one in the class? Don't get me wrong, my friends are really lovely people and I don't think they care at all that I'm fat. But still, it sucks to be unique in such an undesirable area! People can refer to me as, "You know, the fat girl from class XX". What a horrible way to be identified!

I'm also really tall for a girl. Being short and fat is not as bad, because short and fat people are considered "cute". BUT, being tall and fat makes me a giant. I'm not imagining things - more than one person has actually called me a "giant", or "gigantic" before! No doubt their intentions were not harmful, but still! A GIANT? What are they saying? I shake the earth when I walk? I make them feel tiny? Okay fine, Asians are generally tinier and shorter, so that makes me a giant just because I am comparatively bigger.

So you can probably tell that I REALLY HATE BEING FAT. Being surrounded by skinny girls who refer to me as a "giant" most certainly does not help my hate at all.