Updates from my little island

So exams ended on 24th Nov. I got back on my not-so-sunny island on the 5th of Dec. Did quite a bit of window shopping, hanging with the bf and bff...yada yada yada. My life had been uneventful until i read this piece of news:

"Even Jessica Alba's Not Quite Perfect Enough!"

(This could have been the tagline for the movie The Day The Earth Stood Still)
http://en.terra.com/lifestyle/articles/html/hof3387.htm

These shots were taken for the 2009 Campari calender. Notice the unmistakable airbrushing? I mean, although Alba does look better in the airbrushed version, she looked pretty awesome in the originals too! Was there a need to make her look surreal? Or like Barbie, whose ultra-slim figure represents a ridiculous standard for a body shape? (http://www.articlecity.com/articles/kids_and_teens/article_378.shtml)

Notice they airbrushed the waist and hips, but went light on the boobs? Her centre of gravity looks kinda off after airbrushing...

What sort of message is this sending to impressionable adolescent girls?

I just lost my appetite. Literally. Need to lose weight! Need to become anorexic!

Holiday Plans
I'm off to HongKong on Saturday, 20th Dec. Hoping that the shopping will be awesome, and that I won't put on too much weight while there.