Jennipher is ugly ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…that’s what they say…

So true and everyone understands but most people struggle with their physical beauty everyday…

My family and I have a tradition of spending time together, atleast one day, during the weekends. On a cold autumn saturday, we met up at a restaurant in Bellevue for brunch. After finding amazing parking spots close to the main entrance of the restaurant, we all walked in together and headed towards the hostess. “It’ll be 10 mins or so.” said the hostess with a smile. We found a comfy spot by the door to wait out our 10 minutes. At this point I felt a constant stare from a young Korean American couple and their guy friend. I looked to my right and sure enough the couple and I met eye contact and they looked away. The Korean female whispers something to her boyfriend. He looks over at me once again and positively nods. He then proceeds to whisper the same message to their guy friend standing next to them. The guy friend looks over, stares up and down and blurts out in Korean “I think she’s ugly.” My heart started thumping, blood pressure shot up…I wanted to yell at the guy “Excuse me?! Who the F*ck are you?!” Instead, I just stared straight at him…with daggars coming from my eyes. To his surprise, he realized that I was Korean and that I understood exactly what he said. He immediately looked at the ground as his shoulders shamefully shrugged inward and the couple quickly turned around with utter embarrassment. Few seconds went by and by their saving grace, the hostess called their number for seating. I stared at the guy as he walked passed me with shame and his guilt ridden hands in his pockets…he never once looked up. “What a coward…” I thought to myself.

Let’s be real here. Everyone at some point in their life has thought, said it out loud and or said to a friend “She or He is Ugly…” It’s human to have an opinion but let’s not forget that it is also human to be kind to others.

“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothin’ at all. ”

― Thumper