Thursday, September 16, 2010
இ Baŋäŋaz இ
That's right 'boobs cover' was the two words innocently said by my little girl who was creative enough pointing to a bra during her kindy days. So what is it called in Chinese? Checked with MDBG Chinese Dictionary and it says 胸罩xiōngzhào; 奶罩nǎizhào; 乳罩rǔzhào. However one colleague of mine said it beautifully with her version of "內在美 nèi zài měi" [inner innate beauty], wow what classic name.
Wonder how many men would understand or bother to know more about bra or to keep abreast of the women's intimate apparel? According to wikipedia ~ "Women wear bras for a variety of purposes, for support, to improve the shape of breasts, to reduce or to enlarge the perceived breast size, to restrain breast movement during an activity such as exercise, to enhance their cleavage or to facilitate nursing. Most bras are designed to be form-fitting and to lift the breasts off the chest wall if they sag and to restrain their movement". Now I know the bra serves quite a full range of purposes, no doubt it will enhance cleavage but must be careful where and when to wear them. Read an interesting post by Tekkaus about ladies who show their cleavage at work get fired.. oh dear!
Wearing bra in style..Cool!!!!
Thailand is just next door to Malaysia up in the North, as usual ladies are gifted in economics knowing perfectly well, how to take advantage of price differentials. The Thai ladies when shopping in Malaysia would triumphed over Wacoal with loads of Triumph bras and the reverse for Malaysian ladies going wacko over Wacoal bras while in Thailand. Some years back we were in Thailand during one of our company trip I uttered "guys I wanna buy bras". Know something? My two senior managers were "stunned" as this was their first ever encounter hearing it. Both said in tandem "men never buy bra!". Does this statement made me not man enough? Jokingly they urged me to keep a distance in the supermarket as not to tarnish their manliness.. oh really! Will have to proceed on my own with an awkward feeling initially but the two lovely Thai salesgirls were warm enough to thaw my almost frozen arteries. After showing the specification required they began sorting out the stocks and honestly I felt so relax and at ease as they were real nice and helpful, recommending and showing me various latest design, the popular and the trendy bras, etc. Mission accomplished finally, said "kop khun krap" {that's 'thank you' in Thai} left the place with three Wacoal bras.
Wonder would the guys mind buying bras for their darling? Maybe the younger generation may have no qualms about it. Will most people still have the taboos and also maintain the old traditional thinking ~ men should wear the pants 大男人主義 dà nánrén zhǔyì [big man ideology]? What about the ladies would you encourage your hubby or boyfriend to purchase bras for you if given the exact brand, model and specification? Food for thought..
Special thanks to Autumn Belle for her kind permission to use her pink bananaz flower photo for my header. It was a love at first sight, I mean not with Autumn Belle but the awesome ornata pinky flowers hehe.
