Barbie the movie’s premiere is today in Malaysia. From the trailer, it looks like she’s going to the real world and seems like it was tough for her. Oh, you pretty Barbie, you shouldn’t be suffering. Also seen in the trailer was Kent following along in her car ride to the real world. She doesn’t seem happy at all with that. She must have felt he’s such a hindrance. Ergh… That must be the first step for Barbie – to not need a Kent and to try to be independent. Much love and strength to you, Barbie. I hope you thrive and get through all the obstacles. Let’s see what happens in the movie.
I can think of my own Barbie moments. There was that one time when I was in my 2nd year of law school and after class, I went to an office building. It was either to go to a legal firm for some matters or it was for some court visit matters for my college’s law society. I waited in front of the lift and when the lift door opened, it was a sea of white and black attired, serious looking people. I was clad in all pink: from my pink coloured slightly above the knees, fitting skirt, to my very fitting pink cardigan. I went in the lift and it was uncomfortably silent throughout the whole elevator ride. After I was done at that office building, I took the elevator to get to the car park. I was the only one in the elevator but that was a short-lived enjoyment because the elevator stopped at one of the floors and when the door opened, a crowd of black and white clad human beings that came from the office were piling into the lift. Once again, I was the pink amongst the black and whites. I can’t help but have a little smile deep inside and I was giggling in my head because it was not only a Barbie moment, it was an Elle Woods from Legally Blonde moment. Legally Blonde just premiered around that time. Legally Blonde was a movie about a fraternity girl who went to law school, much against her usual nature of fun loving, party girl and her boyfriend thinks she’s too dumb to be in law school. She persisted, graduated and thrived in the end. You go, woman. 👏🍾
Somehow, after a short year or so, I became the black and white attired, serious one. Can’t help that my post grad school in England required me to attend classes in suits. So we’re all dressed in either black, navy, brown or dark grey ensembles with court shoes. It was such a norm for us that we go everywhere before, after or in between classes in suits, looking all rigid. On our off-suit days, we’re all clad so informally and it’s kind of a relief so much so that most pictures taken when we’re having gatherings are us in simple attires. Usually people will want to take pictures of themselves looking sharp in suits but for me, it was a staple attire almost everyday that I have more pictures of myself in non-suit attires. It’s not like we’ll take pictures of us being serious in class, or while doing our work, right. Then again, youngsters nowadays take pictures and videos of themselves everywhere, even in the loo. That wasn’t the case for us last time, where not everyone’s phones had a camera and not everyone owned a digital camera. Film cameras were still used quite a bit at that time.
Another Barbie moment for me in the past was waking up with perfectly combed hair like how I’ve brushed my hair before sleeping and not a single pyjama strap was out of place. I’m not one of those who will set the alarm to wake up earlier than my partner so that I can put on make up, brush teeth and spray perfume, then pretend to be asleep while he wakes up and make him think I woke up looking so good. I would rather sleep. I love my sleep. Maybe even more than my love for my partner.🤣
Putting on makeup to sleep is a no no because it’s bad for the skin. I must remove makeup first before going to sleep and get my skin properly cleansed and moisturized. Unless I was drunk in the past, then can’t help it. If only I have a butler or beautician on standby to remove my makeup especially after late event nights. While they’re at it, they can wash my hair and prepare my bath. So lazy after a tiring night, you know, but I’ll still want to be clean before going to bed. When I was younger, after my performance nights, my Mum will help me remove my makeup, send me to shower and have fresh clothings prepared to wear. Come to think of it, I just realized while writing this that none of my partners last time know how to remove my makeup for me or at least try to find out how to, if they’re clueless in makeup cleansing. No wonder I’m single. If you’re thinking “are you looking for a maid or a boyfriend hah?” It’s like this, either you must be good in taking care of me and if you’re not that efficient then make sure you’re rich enough to hire someone to take care of me. If you can do neither, then nevermind, I’ll take care of myself. So then, why would I want you ? For you to be an unnecessary burden or to ride along and take advantage of the help provided to me, is it? No need la. I just better make sure I can afford caregivers when I need. I’ve always chosen people who provide the level of care beneath what I want and beneath the standard of how I was brought up. I didn’t know how to tell them what I want and just accepted the improper ways they’ve treated me. I see my mistake and I have been changing this. I suppose those must have been my blonde Barbie moments, especially when it comes to love relationships. I was a dumb dumb, I admit. The first step to self recovery and healing is admitting your mistakes. Ok.
Anyway, back to the waking up like how I groomed myself before sleeping. This was around my 20s. Years as a child and younger teenage years, I think I slept and woke up ugly.🤭 You know how some people wake up with eye shit and snot wiped across their face ? Ewww.🤮 Ok, I’m not until that ugly but my hair will be all frizzed up and messy. Late teenage years, starting to wake up looking pretty. Somehow as I slide into my 20s, I began waking up looking perfect with well combed hair like I haven’t moved at all throughout the night but I still got good, deep sleep. That was the case until the period of my skin allergies, then I woke up even more ugly with dead skin all over the bed, pyjamas all out of place because I was involuntary doing yoga poses in bed to try to get myself to sleep and needless to say, my hair was in a mess provided I even had hair that wasn’t shaved off. It’s as though someone woke up a 100-year old grandma and her skin sagged so much it fell onto the bed. Now it’s not that bad anymore, thank God. Much better. So the depiction of Barbie waking up looking like how she went to sleep, it’s possible in real life. It’s not a myth.
There’s many more Barbie moments for me. I like to remember the happier ones. Like the party girl I always was growing up, hence I can plan events as a profession because I know the scenes well being the hosts to many of my own parties and also as a guest to different events. Also my performances, which made me feel like a Barbie doll because of all the makeups, hairdos, fashion, clothes, shoes and all. Many talents I have and have been trained, but I emcee more now and sometimes still dance and would like to choreograph. I hope Barbie believes in herself, that she can do it and finds her happiness in the real world. Here’s a short video of Carrots, the toy rabbit wondering which Barbie I’m talking about : https://www.tiktok.com/@myleong/video/7257877339588136199
https://youtube.com/shorts/ovOOKSXS95s
@myleong Barbie premiere in Malaysia is on 20 July 2023. Carrots,the toy rabbit doesn’t know which Barbie doll it is.😆#barbie #barbiedoll #barbiegirl #barbiepremiere #barbiethemovie #barbiemovies #barbiemovie #leongmy #toy
