- That Too-Short-Clothing Struggle
It doesn’t help that clothes here in Singapore are cut for 5-foot tall, petite Asian girls and I’m a 5-foot-6, with way more curves than the Asian girls here in Singapore.
Most mainstream clothing stores in Singapore -rolls eyes- hadn’t begun to carry “tall” sizes. You’d just have to make do with pants that exposed your ankles, unless your mom was an avid catalog orderer (mine wasn’t). My maxi-dresses were never “maxi” enough; the hem always stopped at least three inches above the ankle. The same was true of all my long skirts.
- It doesn’t help that clothes here in Singapore are cut for 5-foot tall, petite Asian girls and I’m a 5-foot-6, with way more curves than the Asian girls here in Singapore.
- Everything is too short, too tight and in entirely the wrong colour palette. I can even barely find any shoe that fits a size 40 and above on blogshops.
Which makes EVERYTHING so much more EXPENSIVE & DIFFICULT to import clothes all the way from the UK or just deal with it that you can't afford it.
- Always receiving comments like girls would kill for my height. But yet it always seem like I look like some freak when I stand next to a typical petite asian girl.
- Annoyed by people consistent comments like ' WHY YOU SO TALL?!'
- Feeling like a King Kong when you hit your head on the bus roof or something in your friends house.
- Shorter Men and Tall men always seen with petite girls -urghh-
Though it rarely seems to bother Russell Simmons or Tom Cruise, many men shorter than 6′ would prefer a woman a few inches shorter than they are (so when she rocks a four-inch heel, she isn’t towering over them). For the more self-conscious woman, being able to see the top of her date’s head during a hug or having to lean down or sit to kiss him might be a bit distracting.
- Posture and the Confidence Correlative
Tendency to slouch with the MINATURE tables in Singapore. Sometimes, I still have to correct my less-than-perfect posture. In the past, it was an instinctive action to (hopefully) fit in and to distract anyone who might decide to make a big deal about me being the tallest person in a small group of people. Now it’s just that my body has gotten used to the subtle hunch. Which looks really ugly. -.-
- The Model/Basketball Question
A particular peeve when a stranger walks up and quips, “Boy, you’re tall! Do you play basketball?!” or “You’re really tall; you should model.” or "Are you a netball player?"
While either comment could be considered a compliment, it’s also weird to have to address it so often. If you neither play ball or nor model, the person asking is usually kind of disappointed; and sometimes, the takeaway from the exchange is that you’ve missed one of the only two callings for which your height would be fully welcome.
- It needs to stop raining. Everyone's umbrellas keep hitting my shoulders and their umbrellas keep getting tangled in my eternal mess of hair.
- Typical Singaporean Boys that you walk past by and you look down on them.. ._.
- No, I'm not playing footsy with you...my legs just don't fit under the table.
- Managing your weight to be constant or losing weight.
- When the only guys taller than you're either taken by really short petite girls or they are either your brother or dad.
- Too tall to stand under the umbrella to share with your friends.
- Can you get that for me?" No, I'm not a ladder but yes, I can reach.
- At the library. Taller than the bookshelves.
- "Eh! Can go be model leh."
- Full body mirror? Head gets cut off..
- People who complain about being short..
- My friends or some complete unknown asshole that stands in my shadow and uses me as shade or compares their height.
- Can't cross your legs under the tables or your knees hit the table top.
- When floor length dresses looks like mild calf tunics
- When your hips look horrendous in every dress.
- Having to buy pants that are either too big.Because otherwise, they would look too short.Either way, they would look messed up -shrugs shoulders-
- Always looking under dressed because you would look like a giant if you wear high heels.
- Having to bend down when you take pictures with shorter people.
- Going through crowds like Moses parting the Red Sea.
- Your friends using you as a bulldozer to get through a crowd (Even tho I like it)
- Having farther to fall when you trip
- More likely to get cancer and growth of white hair..? welp.
Reason:According to research that let out we’re more likely to get cancer because we grow faster, have more cells, more stem cells and the latter.
But that doesn’t mean that the shorter you are the less likely you are to get cancer.
A lot in this day and age can cause cancer.
- One size fits ALL? LIES.
- Saving money by taking the budget plane.. you know what I'm saying..
- Being able to sink entire self in bathtub. Nope.
BEING TALL NOT EASY HOR.
Advantages:
*Having a great view of fights in high school.
*I can always find people in a large group. Well, they can always find ME in a large group.
*Fashion magazines always talk about what to do to make your legs appear longer. What do I have to do? NOTHING.
*I can reach anything, anywhere.
*Looking down shirts made easier. XD
*Having multiple armrests throughout the day.