Thin...so Singaporean?!

I disagree with Mr. Philip Lim choosing "Thin is in for Singapore youth" as the title of his article. By the way, the article features Fauzi Rassull who is said to be "a slim 20-year-old blogger" (well, maybe), "popular among Singapore's fashionable youngsters" (arguably so), and "who flaunts his 1.73-metre (5-foot 8-inch), 60-kilogram (132-pound) frame in glamour shots splashed on his sites" (alright, this one is indisputable).

Thin is not in for Singapore youth and there has not been any reported alarming surge of anorexia nervosa cases suffered by Singapore youth. While it's claimed that Eating Disorders Programme of the Singapore General Hospital has had five new cases a month and that (vaguely speaking) "many other cases are handled by private clinics", I prefer seeing the clear tabulated figures and similar statistics presented.

A psychiatrist Ken Ung was quoted in the same article to "disapprove of websites and blogs such as Fauzi's due to their influence among the young" as "it is harmful to that small vulnerable minority that will be influenced". Well, I'd say that small vulnerable minority will always stay small, vulnerable and minority.

They won't ever be influential factor to their peers (the majority) to mistakenly embrace the false faith of a healthy lifestyle by having two meals a day consisting of bread, instant noodles and salad.

Glamour is not about being as thin as possible--to be thinner is a horror! I guess Fauzi Rassull has never read Stephen King's novel titled "Thinner". Though reading about his obsession on being as thin as possible, I have this crazy thought that he would welcome the experience that the curse brings: the loss of two pounds a day.

Being a glamour-puss means that one will disappear after 66 days? Nah, I don't think so.

A wonderful actress, Roseanne Cherie Barr (remember the TV series, "Roseanne"?) once commented, "It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it."

I can imagine that it applies of not only 'fat' but 'thin' as well. Just be thin (as thin as you'd like, Fauzi. No one really gives a damn about it) and more importantly, shut up about it!

Okay, that sounds harsh. Seriously I am all for the freedom of speech by any individuals and therefore, Fauzi Rassull has every right to express his thoughts & beliefs.

So just go ahead if you want to & join his Facebook group "Get Thin or Die Trying" (or shouldn't it be "Get Thin AND Die Trying"?). Oh wait, it's too late! The administrators of Facebook have taken the group down.