My dear students C14,
You have read the article on ‘corset’ and ‘foot binding’ when you wrote the essay.
Based on those two articles, we have learnt about their obsession for the ultimate desire that is beauty.
Is beauty that important? Is beauty what you look for in your dream partner or in yourselves?
Is beauty what that matter most?
Or is it confidence, that you look most for yourselves or, for your dream partner.
So, if you were given the ability to choose between beauty (physical attraction) to confidence (high self-esteem), which one would you prefer?
Beauty or confidence? You can only choose one.
And why you choose it? Why it is important to you?
Let’s discuss.
P/s: don’t forget to answer the poll for this topic (top, at the right corner of this blog).
Monday, March 9, 2009
C14: Beauty or confidence?
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15 soul(s) who dare to be different comments:
assalamualaikum and good evening..
It seems that i will be the first person to comment for this month. *smile*. In this era of technology, if you have money, then you can have the beauty. However, money cannot buy self-confidence. Even if you are the prettiest girl in the world, but you afraid to face the world, then how will you become a successful person.
Sometimes, high self-esteem is the factor that people attract to you. They will have faith in you. That is because you know how to bring yourself to face this kind of problematic world. You need to believe in yourself first, so that, other people can also believe in you.
For me, confidence is very important in my life because it help me learn a lot in facing this world. Without confidence, i might be become a frog under the coconut shell and not knowing the reality of this world. If the confidence comes with a beauty than it will become a bonus. *laugh*
That's all from me.
Thank You...
NORFARAAIN WAGIMAN
CB08121
C14
Assalamualaikum..
‘Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder’
This means that someone or something is beautiful, depends on the person who is looking. When I stated this phrase, it does not mean that I choose beauty rather than confidence. In fact, I will be very grateful if I have both; like some people does, but I know that we do not need to be greedy and be ourselves.
In my opinion, physical attractions do not last longer. Maybe today you look so gorgeous and charming, but tomorrow a pimple comes out and ruins your beauty face. We do not know this will happen, right? It is a simple example that physical attractions are temporary. Furthermore, someone which is good-looking normally arrogant and demands in choosing friends.
For me, confidence is something that everyone needs to get. When we have high self-esteem, we can do everything that we want successfully. So, I prefer to have confidence in me compare to beauty. I can be myself and face the public proudly. Sometimes, I have to be someone else because I am lack of self-esteem. I think with confidence, everything is possible and there is nothing impossible in this world.
Someone with high self-esteem is also beautiful, beauty with the brain. We cannot judge ourselves whether we are good enough or not, so why don’t we let other people to judge us? Maybe we do not have beautiful physical attractions, but have confidence is also helpful. People will say that we have courage and in some ways, look beautiful, maybe. That is why ‘beauty lies in the eye of the beholder’.
Noor Alia bt. Nordin
CB08062
hi...salamm..
In this globalization era, i think most of people are more attractive to the beauty. Although the beauty bring a cost (commonly a big cost) like spend a much money and risk, people will try to get it however it cost (commonly women). When talk about confident, a few people will say "screw them". But they didn't notice that confident is a most positive things that should be in ourselves.
Beauty or confident..Eermmmmm. Surely, i want both of them. But i need to choose just one of them. So, for my opinion, what important things in my life is confident. Neither the beauty is pretty cool for somebody, but i didn't think it is good if the beauty will be a negative impact that risk our life. Moreover, the beauty did not ensure your successful life.
Furthermore, for me, confidence is an inner beauty from ourselves that leads to true attraction and to success. How can we make something without confident? Either to has a communication with other people need a self confident. In my opinion, the confident in ourselves show us how our brain works. Surely, i am prefer to meet a confident person rather than beauty person that has nothing.
Thats all and thank you.
MOHD AZFAR BIN ABIDIN
CB08123
Hello everyone;
Based on the article 'corset' and 'foot binding', I would like to share my opinion about it. For me, sometimes we needs beauty to become more confident as if we are beauty, then we will become confident.
Did you know why I said that beauty is more important than confident eventhough confident should relate to beauty?
This is because from my eyes side what I can see is, if someone is not beautiful (here I talk about dress up) they will become less confident to themselves. For example, if we are going to an interview, are we will dress up untidily? The answer is no isn’t it? Because what we are wearing giving the first impression to who are going to interview us.
Next, during presentation, we also will dress up tidily so that we will become more confident to present what we want to present. What if during that presentation, we are wearing just round neck shirt or just simple dress, the audience will think that the presenter is not confident with his presentation? And the lecturer also will deduct the mark for the presenter appearance.
So here, what I conclude is the confident is come after the beauty and both of these two elements is important to all of us. If we are beauty then the confident will come to us although we are panic and have butterfly in our stomach.
If during presentation I wearing proper outfit and show my best appearance, then automatically I will become confident to myself.
By;
Rabi’atul Huda [CB08136]
Assalamualaikum everyone...
Beauty or confidence? Which one is more important?
Actually, both are very important for us. However, I choose confidence rather than beauty. For me, confidence is something that we need to train almost all the time. For example, try to start a conversation with a new friend, make a discussion with lecturers and also speak in front public. All these need an internal strength.
Confidence is more related to our daily life. I believe by having confidence, we will be able to have our own identity which is also related to our physical attraction or beauty. This is because a person with a good self-esteem can be seen has a good personality too.
Besides that, confidence can be apart of us. Confidence will make us a better person in many ways such as the way we involve in society, the way of learning and how to organize something.
This is my opinion between beauty and confidence. I am sure everyone has different opinion. That is for now.
Ummi 'Aqilah bt Othman
(CB08020)
Assalamualaikum.....
Hi!!!!!
Steadyzun is back!!
Now concerning about beauty and confidence. Beauty means attractive and confidence means trusting yourself in front of people around and surroundings.
For me beauty is important but the most important is confidence.So thats mean I will choose confidence for myself and surely my partner!!
It is sound interesting when someone said "you are so beautiful!!" but we will go down when people said "you are lack of confidence in yourselves, be yourselves!!".
For me the confidence is enough to see the world which mean to meet all people and do all job or stuff around us. When we talk about beauty, it will not lasting forever and will gone within a second in any kind of accident.
"Beauty has it price" means each beauty got must have it's own cost to get it. Money and life is the cost. Sometimes to get the beauty, people able to risk their life.
Compare with confidence, there is no need a big cost and to risk your live. It is enough with learning and appreciation of moral value in live. Easy right!!
So, thats all from me!! Till next time!!!
Composed by:
Azizun Bin Asmat as steadyzun
CB08130
Assalamualaikum..
Beauty and confidence?Which one is more important??
I as a woman,girl and female honestly think that beauty is more important. When we look beautiful, our confidence will build-up automatically..
For me, I'm just love eyeliner so much..makes my eyes look bigger and nice..
Here, I have find the right tips on how to apply eyeliner.
1)Consider the type of look you're after. Pencil eyeliner gives your eyes soft definition, while liquid versions offer precision and drama. You can also moisten dark eye shadow and apply it with a small, flat brush.
2)Draw a line across the upper lid just above the lashes, from the inside corner to the outside corner of the eye. If you're using liquid liner, allow it to dry before opening your eyes all the way, or the color may transfer into the crease of your eye.
3)If you used a brush or a pencil, soften the look by gently smudging the line with your brush, a cotton swab or your finger.
4)Line the lower lids. Moving from the outside edge inward, draw a line on the outer two-thirds of the lid or more, depending on the look you're going for. Your line should be slightly thicker at the outside corner, becoming thinner as it moves in toward your nose. Using your brush or pencil, lightly stroke the area. If using a liquid liner, apply it in one smooth stroke. Apply less color so your eyes don't appear raccoonlike.
Finish already!!hihi..now,you can build-up more confidence with beautiful eyes..bye2..
Take more tips at http://www.ehow.com/video_157_apply-eyeliner.html
Nur Azhani Bt Rosly
CB08090
Assalamualaikum…
Hii everyone..
Today, I want to comment about between Beauty or Confidence?..Which is more important?..
Personally, I think both of them are very important for us. As a teenagers, girl, and women, beauty come to be more important than others because everyone want to look beautiful or pretty in front of other people. However, I prefer choose confidence is more important than beauty. This is because when we feel confidence with ourselves, automatically the beauty will come out. When the other people look at our confidence, they will be impressed than look at our beauty. The beauty can be create and made by buying all the materials of the beauty or go to the places that can make become a beauty.
The beauty will ‘die’ when we become older and older. But the confidence is still having in our selves and will ‘die’ when we also die. Besides that, confidence we can built almost the time. This is because when we meet new friends and when we must give presentation in front of class, the self confidence automatically also built together. Moreover, people that have high self confidence will have the good attitude too. The other people will respect them.
That’s all my opinion Beauty and Confidence. Before I left this comment, I want to share with all of you about how to build the self confidence.I hope this tips will help people to practice it in our daily live::
1. Recognize your insecurities. What does that voice in the back of your mind say? What makes you ashamed of yourself? This could be anything from acne, to regrets, or friends at school. Whatever is making you feel unworthy, ashamed, or inferior, identify it, give it a name, and write it down.
2. Talk about it with friends and loved ones. Wear it on your sleeve. Each day you should chip away at it; wear it down. There's no quick fix. Get to the root of the problem; focus on it and understand that you need to resolve each issue before you can move on.
3. Remember that no one is perfect. Even the most confident people have insecurities. At some point in any of our lives, we may feel we lack something. That is reality. Learn that life is full of bumps down the road.
4. Identify your successes. Everyone is good at something, so discover the things at which you excel, then focus on your talents. Give yourself permission to take pride in them. Give yourself credit for your successes. Inferiority is a state of mind in which you've declared yourself a victim. Do not allow yourself to be victimized. Express yourself, whether it's through art, music, writing, etc. Find something you enjoy. Everyone is born with talents and strengths. You can develop and excel in yours. If it's difficult to name two or three things you have some ability in or just plain love to do, think about things others do that you would like to do too and take some lessons or join an enthusiasts club. When you're following your passion, not only will it have a therapeutic effect, but you'll feel unique and accomplished, all of which can help build your self confidence. Plus, adding a variety of interests to your life will not only make you more confident, but it will increase your chances of meeting compatible friends!
5. Be thankful for what you have. A lot of the times, at the root of insecurity and lack of confidence is a feeling of not having enough of something, whether it's emotional validation, good luck, money, etc. By acknowledging and appreciating what you do have, you can combat the feeling of being incomplete and unsatisfied. Finding that inner peace will do wonders for your confidence.
6. Be Positive, even if you don't feel positive. Avoid self-pity, or the pity and sympathy of others. Never allow others to make you feel inferior--they can only do so if you let them. If you continue to loathe and belittle yourself, others are going to do and believe likewise. Instead, speak positively about yourself, about your future, and about your progress. Do not be afraid to project your strengths and qualities to others. By doing so, you reinforce those ideas in your mind and encourage your growth in a positive direction.
7. Accept compliments gracefully. Don't roll your eyes and say, "Yeah, right," or shrug it off. Take it to heart and respond positively ("Thank you" and a smile works well).
8. Look in the mirror and smile. Studies surrounding what's called the "facial feedback theory" suggest that the expressions on your face can actually encourage your brain to register certain emotions. So by looking in the mirror and smiling every day, you might feel happier with yourself and more confident in the long run.
Fake it. Along the same lines of smiling to make yourself feel happy, acting confident might actually make you believe it. Pretend you're a completely confident version of you; go through the motions and see how you feel
9. Stick to your principles. It might be tough, but if you don't have something you can believe in, you don't have anything. If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything. No matter what's happened in your life, you can always lay claim to the fact that from this day forward, you've followed your principles to the best of your ability.
10. Help others. When you know you're kind to the people around you, and are making a positive difference in other people's lives (even if it's just being kinder to the person who serves you coffee in the morning), you'll know that you are a positive force in the world--which will boost your self confidence. Go volunteer twice a month at an elementary school. Bake something for your neighbor for no reason. Confidence that you have earned is the most long-lasting.
This tips from: http://www.wikihow.com/Build-Self-Confidence
Prepared by,
Nor’Afifah bt. Mohd Isa
CB08117
Hi, everyone
For this topic which is beauty and confidence. For my opinion, i think i will choose confidence.
The reason i choose confidence because making of this "corset" or "foot binding" is one kind of hurt to the person. Doing this need to have confidence that doing this maybe cause some negative effect to the person such as the bone will broken or the bone wouldn't grow anymore.
Conclusion, i think doing this need to be have confidence more than beauty. That's all for me. Thank you.
Tay Chze Huat
CB08112, C14
assalammualaikum and hi..
For me, I will choose confidence as the most important in my life.
With confidence, we could make us accept who we are. Even we are not beauty, but with confidence, all action that we do will become real, this will make us believe what are we do.
Just like the article,which is 'Corset and Feet binding', they make themselves hurt by bind their waist and feet. This show that they don't really appreciate what they already have.
As for that,an example; when you are working such as software engineer, client will look on our confidence level to handle the situation. Even beauty also help to attract the client,but the most important is our confidence.
Thats all,
thank you.
AIDATUL NADIA AHMAD
CB08107
asaalamualaikum and selamat sejahtera to all~......
Beauty and confidence?which is very important?
In my humble opinion,i thinks confidence is more important than beauty.Im very sure that many people agree with my opinion.Confidence is compulsory have in everyone.This is because confidence will make us dare to to do everything and willing to face every single challenge in our daily life nowadays.
Confidence is the belief that success is achievable and within arm length. Everyone has confidence to some degree in their lives. Most people are confident driving a car or reading a book. The problem is, a lot of the times confidence is context based and never fully transmuted to other parts of your life including attracting women. The good news is, confidence is NOT a personality trait. It's an attitude that can be learned.
When we have confidence in ourself, the natural beauty will come out in ourself.So,for me first we need become confidence.There are several way to become confidence such as Identify core values, Externalize Success and Accomplishments, sets goals,Affirmations and Gain Competence.
"What is are the things in life that make me happy?"
"What are the things in life that I am best at?"
"If I was forced to live by one ethic alone, what would it be?"
ASK ALL THIS QUESTION TO URSELF..
Assalamualaikum wbt..
Beauty or confidence?I think this question is quite interesting because nowadays most of us love to take really good care about appearance.Actually it is good because it can build up confidence in ourselves.
Both beauty and confidence are really important but I prefer confidence.It does not matter what you are wearing because when you feel confident,you will look good.
As we know,beauty does not last longer.If you are beautiful enough and you can't impress people around you,then it means nothing.
We may look confident in many aspects-the way we talk,the way we present ourselves in the crowd and others.Eventhough confidence are important,we also need to look good in outfits-dress to impress but confidence comes first.
HELLO EVERYONE...
BEAUTY OR CONFIDENCE?? HMMM....
First and foremost, let us take a look to the definition of beauty and confidence. Beauty can be defined as a characteristic of a person, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning, or satisfaction. On the other hand, confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Self-confidence is having confidence in oneself. Due to our discussion about beauty and confidence, I think confidence is the biggest factor or the most important in my life. “One can be physically beautiful but then, with a sour personality, they are very ugly”.
Imagine the single dating scene, even if it's the distant past for you. What sorts of things did you find attractive in a person? Was it just physical features? Most certainly, it was not. You might find physical beauty appealing but there is usually more involved when it comes to true attraction. Actually, it's not just self-esteem issues that create continual bad relationships. There is also a certain attractive quality that keeps leading a person to the 'wrong person'. This quality is CONFIDENCE and confidence can be far more important than physical beauty. Confidence, as evidenced by any bad relationship that it creates, is not a creator of happiness but it definitely creates attraction! Understanding how confidence can attract other people can work for you in both the world of dating (if it applies to you) and in the world of success. A confident person in a singles bar is bound to attract people who might want to date him/her. A similarly confident person in a business environment might also attract positive things. It is not only depends on the beauty. Confidence is universally attractive!
It is well worth your while to develop confidence in all areas of your life to reach a level of fulfilment that is as well rounded as it is significant. It starts with feeling as if you are on the right track and believing in yourself. Once this is achieved, confidence is just the expression of how you feel inside! You can do this and the results will follow!
Dear friends,
A confident person might not be the most stunning gorgeous person, but he has a way about himself that can make him one of the most intriguing. Confidence is captivating, it is powerful, and it does
not fade. And that is endlessly more interesting than beauty.
THAT'S ALL FROM ME...
THANK YOU ALL...
NURUL RASHEEDAH FATEEN BT RAMLI
CB08122
assalamulaikum...
hye everyone...
Beauty or confident?????
For me…beauty does not always make people more confident but confident can always make people look beauty….
Don’t be worry about what others say about our appearance….we as beautiful as who are we… no matter what others say… Inner beauty is usually neglected by ignorant people but people will see our inner beauty once they know us and they appreciate our talents, abilities and skills.
- Confidence comes from other people following you and looking after you -
SITI NUR AISYAH BINTI JUHARI
CB08109
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