I think that for makeup,
it's always about colours
Colour is the thing that really brightens up the mood
and
it will lift the spirit as well.
By being a makeup artist,
it is my passion,
my job to make people look good
and feel good
I think that my very first encounter with makeup is
when I was really about 7 years old.
That's when I started to see my mum
apply makeup on her face and it was like,
oooooh, she changed to a different person!
I told myself that maybe, yeah
maybe put a little bit on myself
and see how is the change going to be.
And, after I put it on, it was amazing
At the age of 10,
I think that I was very different from people.
Ya.
I love to play cooking,
I love to play paper dolls.
Ya, it's a very iconic thing for all the girls to play.
And during then, I noticed that I was different.
To be frank with you, nobody wants to be called
Bapok, Ah Kwa
There are some nicer terms to call us.
You know, like, you can us Sisters.
I think when you mention us like
"Ehh, I saw a Sister walking around the street',
I think
none of us will really, bite back at you.
Ya.
We will be very happy and
we'll say "thank you to you, for calling us Sisters".
I believe that people who know me has
always thought that 'oh
Ginger is a very flamboyant
makeup artist in MAC.
Very loud. and very daring."
But initially when I started,
it wasn't like that
I needed to overcome how people looked at me
and what do people think of me.
When people are so insensitive
You know, in the MRT,
"Nali? Nali? Nali?" ("where?" in Chinese)
and keep on looking around me
and when she look at me, "Ohhhhh".
You know it's so embarrassing?
And I will just stand up and ask them,
"Are you looking for me?
Do you need my autograph?
I'm standing in front of you.
Which part do you want to see?
It's really very scary.
The most important thing is that
being transgender is not really as people think about
being glamorous, being different.
Nowadays, I think people are more welcoming,
and more accepting,
but during those days
when we are starting to go through our transition, it's not easy.
The most difficult part is about family's acceptance
which I think that part really
slightly difficult, because I love my family a lot.
And, how society looks at us.
I mean you can talk about us, it's fine.
But,
don't let my ears hear, don't let my eyes see,
that's the most easy thing.
You can walk out of sight, then you say
"not sure whether that person a guy or a girl?".
That is fine.
I mean that it is perfectly normal but
please have a little bit more
empathy towards people.
That is the part that I think is really difficult and
Sometimes, I get suicide tendencies.
It will come to that as well, because
it's like whatever you have done,
it's not being accepted.
So, how I'm gonna fight,
how I'm gonna survive, in society.
When you are in secondary school,
then you start to like boys,
just like any other girls.
But you don't dare to say,
because you are so worried
about how people look at you.
How people will laugh at you.
How are you a disgrace to your family.
My mum, she knows
but she cannot accept.
But however, I was having a hard time also because
during then, she was diagnosed with cancer.
And she also revealed my identity.
She saw tell-tale signs and she revealed to my dad
to let me be who I am.
Ya.
So that also had a little bit of influence
to my dad and my family as well.
Because, she's the head of the family,
when she mentioned that, naturally,
my brothers
will tend to be a bit more submissive and
tend to be a bit more open.
When I went for my surgery, after my surgery,
I still don't want to, I still don't have
the courage to face my relatives and everything
And it's my family who supported to say that
'you have already been (transformed) as a woman now, so
just face it, we will be together with you'.
This is so nice and i'm so
happy about that.
Ya.
To be frank with you, until now, sometimes
I still think, "Why am I like that?"
Ya.
In the world, in this so-called the fashion industry,
I feel that sometimes I'm also still
not given much opportunities to prove myself as well.
So,
you know the negative thoughts will off and on come back again
But however, I start to educate myself as that
I am an abled person.
I am indeed more fortunate than any other people
who are suffering, and they are disabled,
and they have some illness.
So, that will help me to counteract my negative thoughts
and make me feel that
'eh, at least,
I'm still enjoying my passion'.
For being transgender,
I think
beauty is coming from inside.
Not from outside.
You need to love yourself.
Makeup is only an external thing,
to help you to boost some self-confidence.
But the most important thing, is a true heart.
That really you need to know what are you looking for.
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