The Baghead Girl
" I'm ugly and I know it," whimpered Maria, putting her paper bag over her head, sliding it down to her face so that it fits perfectly. Maria is near-sighted and so she wears spectacles, with a power of 500 on her left eye and a power of 550 on her right eye. Despite her exceedingly high power, as what her local optometrists call it, she was unyielding to the constraints of her poor eyes. Maria had a reason to her unsuccumbing act, that was, each time she would put her spectacles on, she sees every blemish in her face to the tiniest detail- blackheads, acne, facial hair, excessive sebum, whiteheads, rashes and etcetera. Those are more than just sickening to her, it's rather frightening. ...
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eyes, after all, no one really bothered about tearing the pages of the calendar. It all seemed to abrupt for her. She shunned days which inevitably called forth glorious celebrations-all except for Christmas, a day in which she regards as 'The Most Heavenly Celebration'. She couldn't stand the idea of having to force a fake smile, meeting the hypocrites in her family, and above all, having have to remove her paper bag off her face. "Geez, I hate my nude face," muttered Maria in disgust. She could, like how the other lasses do their trick, patch the canvas of her face in makeup if she wanted, but that's just not a 'normal' thing in her life. Maria has ever since been granted no liberty over cosmetic products and any other face products, be it face wash, face cleanser, face mask, etc. According to her mother, it is all "a waste of money, It will do you no good,..". To make things a lot more peevish for her daughter, she always finished her lecture on replying her daughter's ...
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