It was difficult to find anyone to talk to whilst I was growing up. My parents did teach me about the birds and the bees, but when I asked Mom about masturbation, she said it was "touching yourself" (which didn't make any sense to me!) and when I asked about oral sex -- hey, I didn't have anyone else to ask, okay? -- she said it was "something very bad". Duh!
So whatever I know, I learnt from piecing things together on my own, reading women's magazines (Cleo and Female, for example) and Mills & Boons. Neither women's mags nor romance books are very healthy educational material...
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So this blog never did get off the ground. It's so like me to procrastinate and eventually leave fairly new projects for other even newer ones. A pity, really.
I think you have to be in the right frame of mind to blog, sometimes. Especially with certain kinds of subject matter...
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The inescapable, inevitable introduction
As you must have guessed, the name's irene; I turn 25 soon, and am still single. Waiting on God's timing and all that. :)
My home's in Malaysia, a country in South-East Asia. I'm Malaysian Chinese, but consider English my first language.
Writing seems to come naturally; I journal copiously, and write looooong emails, missing the personal touch of hand-written letters.
At present, I'm a feature writer for an English daily, working in the youth section of the paper. It's an interesting job - people are always fascinating!
I can be reached via email at mizwacky (at) lycos (dot) com.
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Why a blog about womanhood?
In an entry dated May 7, 2001, I wrote in my private journal (the pen-and-paper kind):This becoming a woman stuff isn't easy - and no one talks about it. Everyone talks about BGR [boy-girl relationships] and how to handle a relationship, the do's and dont's, but there's no addressing of the issues concerning growing into womanhood and becoming a woman of God. The funny part is that when I was younger, I'd probably have said, "What's so hard about becoming a woman?" if anyone had ever said this to me!
You'd think the transition would "come naturally", but it didn't - not in my case. I looked at women like my mom who "had it all together" and I wondered if I would ever be like them - godly and serene, capable yet feminine, secure in their roles.
Then the questioning began, the seeking for answers. The problem was, I didn't have the kind of relationship with my mom that allowed me to ask personal questions or share private feelings with her. And, as I've said, no one seems to talk about womanhood or what it is to be truly feminine in God's eyes.
So I embarked on my personal journey into womanhood, which I hope to record here. I want to remember the things I believe God is teaching me - such as how to be a woman who loves Him and lives for Him.
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