I have a friend whose surname is Tan and he likes going to the beach. Each time he comes back looking very tanned, he will say that "it comes with thename". Nice pun.
Well, the Aussies certainly love being tanned, not the migrant Aussies butthe Caucasian Aussies. You know how the women in Malaysia do all they can to protect themselves from the sun. Well, here it's the complete opposite. In summer, you find lots of people baring as much flesh as they can under the glaring hot sun. I stay under the shade whenever I can.
And when there is no sun - such as during autumn and winter - those tan lovers will turn to solariums (like those you find in tanning salons) to get the tone they crave. It's mad. It's literally toasting yourself! And though some salons claim that the rays from solariums are safer than UV rays from sunlight, doctors disagree.
Two days ago, a young woman named Clare Oliver died after a long battle with skin cancer. Before she died, she campaigned tirelessly against the use of solariums for she believed that she herself fell prey to skin cancer as a result of excessive usage of solariums. Her campaign drew a lot of attention because she was campaigning as she was dying. It was really sad, she was only 26 and extremely attractive.
Would her campaign and subsequent death due to skin cancer shake some sense into tan lovers? I hope so but I seriously doubt it. Some people just can't get enough of tan. The funny thing is, I don't even find it appealing!
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Such are the perils facing creatures of vanity. Just like all the psycho, brainwashed ladies (& some guys as well) over here who use various 'whitening' products fer that Wacko Jacko effect.
And let's not forget the many women who had their eyebrow tattoos end up looking like a drunk caterpillar shat acrossed their foreheads. Very sad . . .
ha ha ha. jacko is still the weirdest. doesn't even look human now! so screwed up!
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