My first reaction: "ARE THESE(muscles) FOR REAL?!"
They look flawless, almost as good they are fake!
I am a little jealous.
Not to that extreme that I want her body, but at least she has some visible muscles.
I have been a sloth, for almost all my life.
Recently, I've been trying to go to the gym on a regular basis, but I just can't seem to find the motivation!
How did she do that?

On the thought that if I were to confront someone with a built like hers, I suppose I would be very much intimidated.
If she is a fellow classmate, who demanded me to complete her homework on a regular basis, I would definitely oblige.

On the other hand, I would be terribly upset if my daughter would to be like her.
Every parent (I suppose), would want a feminine daughter.
In time to come, when i become a mother, I would want my daughter to be feminine and not so muscular to this point of a body builder.

Lilian is a very strong woman. Not just physically, but emotionally too.
People like me a strong stereotypes.
"We" believe that women should and must be feminine.
An outcome of being a female bodybuilder, would have to endure and undergo all the talks of people.
What Lilian has is not just a hobby, but it is also a lesson. She teaches us all that in order to pursue a dream of goal of ours, we would have to stay focused and block out all other distractions that would come out way.

Cassie Goh 101531Z

Body builders

Body builders are really persevering and passionate about their interest. It takes alot of time and effort to build up their muscles, this is something that i admire about these people. I could barely raise the dumbbell, and i gave up upon my first try (i tried it for fun!).

There's this amazing female body builder, Lilian Tan. It is shocking to hear that she has a problem with her liver. When we think of body builders, we would visualize these people as perfectly healthy and strong humans. But no, Lilian Tan used to be a frail and weak child because of her liver problem. However, despite the difficulties she faced, she took up a various range of sport activities in her secondary school years. I applaud her for her courage.

Because i cannot appreciate the art of bodybuilding, I find that bodybuilders look scary. I am amazed by the time and effort they put in to build their muscles. There is a huge fan base for the bodybuilding icons. Just as there are many people who find that bodybuilders are attractive, there are also people (like me) who feel irksome.

Nonetheless, bodybuilding is an art. Maybe i would come to appreciate these bodybuilders one day.

Seah Hui Ying

103596T

From prehistorical times, women were deemed as a group of weak and gentle people as compared to the dominant men. Men in general, were viewed to be stronger and mighty. Reating to this theory, which i think still exist in modern times, men wants to look more muscular and fit to improve their appearance. In addition, being "stronger" let them feel more dominant and confident. Thus, body building has became a popular trend even till now. However, body building is not exclusively for men. Women, although not many, has started to appreciate the art of body building. While many see it as disgusting and it does not match a woman's characteristics (Weak and gentle), the women body builders achieve high level of self satisfaction and were more than happy to build their body.

Whilst i personally do not find body building attractive (on either gender), i have not slightest doubt that some do find it a desirable attribute. Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. I believe it's more about women being able to achieve individual excellence than about appearance anyway. The amount of dedication it takes for a woman to achieve that sort of musculature is astonishing . As the dietary regime is especially strict as the exercise regime, i applaud the effort that it takes for a woman to reach that level of musculature. In addition, i am greatly taken aback that a figure who people view as "weak" has mountainous courage to build her body, which sure she know would invite countless discriminations and criticism.

Gazyle Lim Tee
(106338Z)

People can't tell if she's a man or woman

When walking on the streets, many people are talking about Lilian Tan, who has muscular muscles. However, being a sportswomen, no one ever expects her to be a frail kid when she was young and was constantly being teased by her schoolmates for her incompetency in sports.



She said that she was a sickly child and had a problem with her liver. Hence, she was deemed as a weakling in school and she felt hard to be accepted.



After she reached secondary school, she took up swimming and her interest developed in this sport. She went for a two week trial membership at the gym. At first, her workouts were just running, cycling and utilising the stepper machine.



There, she saw an African American women about her size, curling a 15.8kg dumbbell with ease. Therefore, she wanted to do the same thing and had a very good progress. At that point of time, her father was unhappy with her doing such exercises as he thinks that this is a man's sport and not for women.



However, she did not give up and decided to pursue a career as a professional bodybuilder after participating a bodybuilding competition.



Hence, from this story, I feel that everyone have to put in efforts in order to achieve and find out what we exactly want for our life. Like her, she has gone through many obstacles in life. No one knew that she had such a bad childhood for her size and muscles. Lastly, I would like to say that no one is perfect and that no one can be judged by their looks. And everyone can succeed and overcome anything as long as we know what we are looking for in life.



BY Gladys Png (101897S)

Behaving intimately in public

Some couples like to behave intimately in public.

I think it is odd to behave in such an intimate manner in front of so many strangers, but these couples probably really like the attention they recieve. There is nothing wrong with acting intimate in public, but sometimes these couples overdo it and it makes people feel disgusted with them.

Since the guy is a Caucasian, and the westerners are usually more open-minded, he probably felt that it is normal to indulge in such a passionate kiss with his girlfriend in public. However, he should have beared in mind that this is Singapore, and that the people here are more conservative.

I think the fine of $500 for acting intimately on the train is pretty interesting. Imagine a scenerio where the SMRT officer (who always patrol the train) comes up to a pair of attention-seeking couple, asks them to stop kissing and then issues them a fine.

Although it is okay to behave intimately in public, these couples shouldn't overdo it. Hopefully the thought of '$500 fine' would reduce the number of couples behaving like an 'eyesore' to the public.

Seah Hui Ying
103596T

Why are these people doing such act outside? Don't they feel embarassed or ashamed? Don't they respect themselves and their partners? To me, I feel that it is definitely an inapproate act. Sometimes I do see such acts outside, at the bus stop, in the MRT, even on the bus. And when I see this, I feel awkward. I think the rest of the people around them will feel this way too.

Personally, I feel that this may be due to being brought up in a wrong way. They may have not learnt the right moral values since young and thus, resulting them to act this way.

In my opinion, parents play a very important role in cultivating their children. Teaching them the right values and guiding them to the right path. Understand what their children are doing outside and what sort of friends they are hanging out with. This will enable parents to be aware of their children and they will feel loved by their parents. I feel that if a person feel loved, they will learn to respect and protect themselves in public.

Hence, to conclude, the way they act is inapproate and if they want to do it, don't do it in public.

BY Gladys Png (101897S)

We have all seen couples getting all touchy on public transportation at least once..

But who knew that they could be fined for $500?!

Someone (SMRT) should have plastered signs all over the carriage since long time ago, and save us innocent under-aged (then) passengers from all these visual diarrhea ..

I guess it is pretty much "normal" for these human behavior, but i find that it is extremely unacceptable for these to be displayed in the full view of the general public (which includes the old and the young).

Singapore is a typical asian country..

Which might contribute to why these behavior are deemed as unacceptable, and by-standers would take pictures and/or videos and post them on citizen websites like stomp.

It is extremely embarrassing to appear on stomp!

Sometimes the comments that readers post.. are plain nasty and disgusting.

Shouldn't the couple be sensitive enough that on a place like the train, they should literally keep their hands to themselves?

Okay, but then again.

Teenagers do the same thing too!

On stomp, there are several articles about teenagers displaying their affection in the public.

Some, are in school uniform.

As proven on smoking advertisements - Children see, Children do.

Likewise for this issue. Teenagers will feel that "it is okay" to behave like this in the public.

Soon, it will become a common sight.

And in time to come, nobody is going to take public transportation because it will be filled with people displaying their affection.

If I could do a shout out to these, please get a room and save our innocent eyes! :-)

Cassie Goh 101531Z