1 May, 2012

Fitness is the new rich

 Quite a large number of people in Hong Kong can afford brand goods. To buy or not denotes conformity rather than superiority. Brand is out and fitness is in. Open any newspaper: it's full of stars getting back to shape less than one month after childbirth. Stories of the biggest loser attract media attention -- the more pounds lost, the greater admiration. 

“The emperor's new clothes” is always true. Nakedness flatters the physically fit and condemns the flabby.  We, mere mortals, whose figure is not perfect have to hide behind voluminous clothes. (100 words)