Damn My British Blood!

I blame the parents. Or more specifically, my Dad, with his red hair and fair skin ;-)

Everyone seems obsessed with my appearance. Each day, it's been a torrent of "Do you dye your hair?", "How do you make it that colour?", "Your eyes are blue" (yes, I know, funnily enough),"Do you wear contact lenses?", "You so tall", "Your skin is so white" (heard that one before), "What do you use to make it so white?" (that was a new one on me!).

I even went to the shop to see if I could get some fake tan to ward off the comments, but no. And guess what they have instead? Stuff to make your skin lighter! It's all fairness this and fairness that - so many products to make your skin lighter, which I definitely don't need!

I know everyone is actually just intrigued and it's not that they see it as wrong - I also get many "you berry beautiful" comments too. I'm just rubbish and feel self conscious about my appearance - like a big white giant.

Problems with my British blood don't stop there - while the people love my skin, so do the damn mossies! They have been 'kissing' me lots, as my Nepali Ama says. I'm trying to decide it's finally time just to embrace my difference and be confident - even if people do think I look like an (albeit attractive) alien!