International Women’s Day

It's International Women's Day here in Accenture today. My workspace Accenture this week is on level 22, far from the fun and festivities. But I went up to look at some work things with the others and shared the lift with Accenture big boss who asked me if I was going for the Women's Day. So I said, no, I didn't register for it he just laugh and said, nevermind, just sneak in. hahahaha, so I totally decided not to do any work and move to 35^th floor. Big boss already tell me to mah.

Mula2 duduk je (dahlah menumpang meja org) all the other girls dun wanna go. Skali I heard the facilitator (mase ni tgh talk about self image and grooming) nak ajar 3 different ways you can do bun. Terus cabut and went over to the talk k. Luckily got seat in front J Dasar bimbo.

The talk even teaches about what body shape you have and what kind of clothes you should wear. Body shape :

1. If the peak of your butt is exactly half your height you have balanced body.
   
2. If your elbow is higher than your waistline means you have a short body.
   
3. Hips – bust if more less than 11cm means you have an hourglass figure. If more than 11 means you have triangle. If got negative means you are an inverted triangle.
   

Some tips are :

1. Always have a focal point (a bright colour, or a bow or something)
   
2. 80/20 : have 80% same colour and 20 % a diff colour
   
3. Eyes up : wear darker colours at the bottom and light colour on top
   

   
    

Anyway it was a fun talk, I think the person who gave the talk was very good. Informative, funny and interesting. After lunch there were health talk but I didn't go. By this time I managed to persuade 2 other girls to bum around with me ;p so setan right. We went for Bone density test, skin analysis and Bobbi Brown makeover (!!!best!!) in the office.

 

All the guys are like, mehhhh why women's day all about makeup and trivial stuff. But actually, self image is a woman's greatest weapon and her biggest obstacle, especially in the workplace. Self love and confidence hinges a lot on that. Equality, I don't consider myself a feminist. I think men and women have different strengths and weaknesses. Women shouldn't try to succeed by being masculine, you'll definitely lose 'cause how much more masculine are you gonna get compared to a guy? Instead we should pander to our strengths. Women are emotional, we feel strongly about things, we persevere, we have a strength that pulls through when you least expect it too.

 

Guys, of course you can scoff at girls as weakly, gedik, no sense of direction and constantly in need of protection. But consider this, women nowadays are successful at the workplace, we have strived to have the same level of academic qualifications as the guys, we put way more effort into our appearance, we still contribute to our traditional role, still do housework and cook.

 

At some point, we're gonna open our eyes and wonder, wait. I can do everything by myself, what do I need you for? Guys, consider your place in this world. Sebab tu the modern guy cannot be the strong silent guy who just watches football and order kopi from the wife anymore. You have to share household responsibilities and be more sensitive to our needs, that's equality.

 

Guys do things better. But we've improved on everything you do and what we do as well. And we'll probably subtly conquer the world without you realizing it. Just keep your eyes on that football match. You might find that things have changed in the meantime and the next time you take your eyes off the ball, we'll sweetly smile you'll not even realize that you've been OWNED.