Since summer is fast approaching where I am and the sun is out more often (it still rains though, which is good for my plants) I was wondering…do you burn or tan? If you can, share a story about your worst episode in the sun…
I remember when I was around 20, I was crazy about tans, the opposite of heaps of others who were nuts about staying white and products with skin lightening properties. I would head off to the beach when I could and once there, I would just sunbathe till I got what I wanted…with sunblock in tow, of course.
But there was this one time that I forgot my sunblock and sun tanning oil. The silly me thought that it would still be okay to bask under the sun/semi-shade. And so I did…for four hours. I ended up with a badly burnt face, chest and shoulders – wearing clothes never felt more painful and horrid…
Needless to say, I learnt my lesson well and I discovered something – just because you’re dark or brown, it doesn’t mean that you won’t burn. You still will but at a slower rate…
So yes, back to you – do you burn or tan?
I dont burn NOR tan. I’ve tried staying out in the sun – without block (dangerous yes, but heck, I was young then), and even went in to the sea for several dips but what happened was I turned RED for a few weeks.. then peeled and went back to normal.!
Weird hey.
I tan, easily. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten burnt. I get a tan from being in the house when it’s hot. I get tanned from cooking over the stove or being close to the oven… crazy, eh? I was one of those ppl who were obssessed with being “white”. I’ve spent my fair share of moolahs on whitening products, until I went to Canada to look for them and was told that I should be happy that I’m tanned. I realized that I was such an idiot for hating myself for what I am…
Nowadays, when my family back in M’sia tell me that I’ve so tanned even after being in overseas for years, I tell them that this is “kulit orang kaya”. Angmohs pay big bucks to get my skin colour, people here pay lotsa money to go on vacation to be tanned, I’m just lucky that I am the way I am, LOL!