One day I was chatting with my friend Kay around her dining table, her son popped in to ask for her car keys. While handing the keys over, Kay specified when she needed the car back. Then she glanced at him and asked whose shirt he had on.
"I bought it the other day" was the terse reply.
"You are not a singer or a male model, this is not suitable wear for going round town." Kay commented softly.
I turned around and took a close look. It was one of those Taiwanese shirts that almost looked feminine. It was made of translucent material, figure-hugging tight with a collar that opened nearly down to the sternum.
"But everyone wears clothes like this."
"Following the crowd would not bring you to where you want to go in life."
The teenager pretended he did not hear and left.
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Few months later, Kay mentioned that her son somehow never wore that offensive shirt again. We have a good laugh over teenagers' fad.
* blue-to-purple-perennial-flowers-1.j from home.howstuffworks.com
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