Things I’d Tell My Teenage Self
Hey friends, I’ve not really sat down and chatted to the camera without any products in my hands so it was refreshing to film this video.
I was inspired by Ruth from A Model Recommends (this is her video) and was completely entertained by her. I thought I would do my own and thought of things to say to my teenage self — some of it is about beauty and some of it is not.
***Please remember to watch this in HD – it’s waaaay better!***
What would you tell your teenage self if you had to chance to travel back in time?
P.S.: Catch my last video here if you missed it – I talk about my experience at a facial in Sydney.
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Great video, as usual! I would say almost the same things except smoking and drinking. I never smoked, and I drank only occasionally. But, yes, teenagers should really be themselves. This sounds boring, but it is so true. It is such a vulnerable age, and everyone wants to be cool. Reading, playing an instrument, investing in your own education is so much more important than being cool, or having an iPhone or a designer bag, or…whatever. This is what I am trying to teach my own child, but I was never cool, and I remember that I so wanted to be cool haha. I was never like that because 20 years ago, it was such a different time. Nowadays, children are so obsessed with superficial things thanks to their superficial parents who do not know better. Just my thoughts…:)
I forgot: I think this beach thing and tanning was so popular and modern 15 to 25 years ago, and thank goodness, it is so passe now. The same was with smoking. In the 50s, 60s and 70s, it was so modern that almost everyone smoked (my parents did not!). You were not cool if you did not smoke. It is awful! The thought that something unnatural, cancerous, and health-damaging is cool and modern is just horrible! I am wondering what is next.
Thank you.
More people should share about their life experiences this way (not in those kind of talking-down-cynical-of-the-world manner).
Makes me think, what would I not have done to myself in the past as well too…
@Sandra: Thank you thank you thank you for your support always. I wanted to say something that was from the heart and glad it resonated with you. I wanted to be cool so bad that I was obsessed – not good. But I think the great thing is that we all snap out of our hang ups eventually. I would like to give the same wisdom to my own kids as well. I don’t have children so I don’t know how hard it is to keep away from superficial influences but I know I will try. Yeah I find all that campaigning against smoking over the decades has somehow paid off. Smoking is not as accepted as it used to be – in fact, I think most developed countries have made it a severe taboo.
@Pei Qing: Thank you so much for coming in to say that! So happy that you found my video meaningful in some way.
Great video! Gosh there are just SO many things I would tell my teenage self. A lot of them are similar–WEAR SUNSCREEN (I wasn’t out tanning and purposefully trying to get dark but I was a tomboy growing up and was ALWAYS outside playing without sunscreen. I used to get SO dark–I still can’t believe my skin could be that dark! I cringe now to think of how bad it used to get!
*sigh* all the damage), DON’T SMOKE! (this is a bad habit I am STILL trying to get rid of. If only I hadn’t started all those years ago :/), and don’t rub your eyes/face so hard!
@Becca: I know how you feel – I look back on my old photos and am seriously bowled over at how dark I could get. I was way darker than my recent “unintentional” (i.e. slathered heaps of sunscreen but still turned brown) tan – I just hope that the cell renewal process was still super strong in my early 20s lol! Ah yes, rubbing eyes and being too rough with the eye area (I’m a contact lens wearer) are also aging…!
Love this video, Yu Ming. Permission to use the idea for a blog post please (not in a video, of course, since I don’t do videos)
@Tine: Absolutely! It’s not my idea either :p I would love to read about what you would tell your teenage self!