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A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL BOOK
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contents PREFACE 02 Fantasize 04 Tool List 05 Held In 13 Freed 17 Cover-Up 21 Elevated 25 Padded On 29
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preface My name is Kelly, 20 years old, 195 pounds, 5 feet 4 inch tall. My friends sometimes call me Miss Two Hundred Pounds. I’ve been gotten that nickname since junior high, so I’m used to it. I know 17 isn’t that bad of a number, yet, their words might be right. I need to do something to my body. And O.M.G, forgot to mention. I will have a blind date with this person named Sam next Tuesday. He’s a coworker of my older sister. She’s been trying to hook me up with him for so long, saying all about how we would get along so well. She said he was really cute too. But..I don’t know if he would be turned off by my appearance. I’ve had pretty bad experience with blind dates, guys always found me fun through texts, but when they saw me in real life, they started ghosting after our first dates.. This time, I really hope that things would go well with Sam, I have to change my body to impress him! This date will go well, I have this feeling it will. My friends have been giving me some suggestions, and I’ve been collecting some too. I’m at the point, that I will do anything to achieve that ideal body I’ve seen on magazines. Slim and tall. So here it is, this will be my journey to become a person of my ideal, my fantasy, quick and easy. I’m making this book as an instructional book so later on, if I need to reuse any of these tips, I’ll get to it right away. Or I can share it with my kids later on, if they need some instructions on changing their body too. Why I decide to do this? I know for sure, being pretty, slim and tall, is the shortest route to success. Here we go!
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fantasize /ˈfan(t)əˌsīz/
Imagine something that one wants to happen. A state when one is not satisfied with something of present and wanting to change it in order to fit in an idealized image of someone.
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what you’ll need..
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cutting tool Tool to cut. Tool to transform. A cut from reality and transfer to the fantasy. A key to go back to reality.
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tape
Tool to make any part of your body much thinner. A mirror to your real self. A quick way and non surgical way to transform your body.
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fabric tape
Softer on skin than regular tape. Hugs your body part tightly. Easy to pretend that it’s also part of your clothing.
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A tool to make you feel taller. Also eco friendly! You can adjust the height too, by adding more padding dough to it!
height enhancer
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thinning wraps
Another easy way to deform the body. Ideal on an easy day, When you feel like tape is a bit too much to handle And you still want similar effect.
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Tool to make any part of your body much thinner. A mirror to your real self. A quick way and non-surgical way to transform your body.
padding dough
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are you ready?
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here’re the Acts I’ve been collecting, and I want to share that journey with you..
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ACT 1
HELD IN
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Take any tape, tape it around a part of your body that you are not satisfied with. Hold your breath while tape them around. Put on regular clothes like normal. Check if the tape does any help with your fit. Spend the day with the tape around you as long as you can. If this is too painful, you can use fabric tape, Or thinning wraps. Write down your thoughts about your body after the act.
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“If only I could be a little slimmer, then I would be able to dress as nicely as her.�
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DO YOU AGREE?
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ACT 2
FREED
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Use scissors, or your hand. Tear the tape on your body. You can cut however direction you want. Notice any remaining marks on your skin. What are you thinking?
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“Beauty is pain, people say.”
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DO YOU AGREE?
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ACT 3
COVER-UP
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Gather any piece of fabric you could find around. Start with you wearing your normal outfit. Take off that article of clothing that you are wearing. Wrap your whole body with pieces of
fabric, the thicker the better. Do it until you cannot recognize your body shape anymore. Put on that article of clothing you had on again. Put down your thought about the act.
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“What does it feel like if nobody sees my body? Will they see anything beneath it?”
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DO YOU AGREE?
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ACT 4
ELEVATED
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Find anything (this case, tin cans) that can help you be on a higher position than you are physically. Step on the tin cans Try to balance on them. Find more things to add to the height of your position Standing on those things, Notice any difference of your body, your surrounding with your body, The connection between the piece of clothing on you and you.
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“Would I get more guys’ attention if I’m 5 inches taller?”
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DO YOU AGREE?
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ACT 5
PADDED ON
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Start with you wearing a piece of underwear Notice any part of your body you want to add volume to. Use the dough box in the packaging, Shape the dough into a flat round layer, Add that into your underwear, your boobs, your butts. Notice of how the wrap does to your body, your feelings, your confidence.
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“Even if that’s not real, I can still live in my dream of having bigger breast!”
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DO YOU AGREE?
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That was Kelly’s fictional world where sh had dreamt of. What about you?
do you want a become a tre women with i raise your vo
he could fantasize doing so to be who she
all these Acts end among insecurity? oice.
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Content: Tram Nguyen Photos and Book Edit: Tram Nguyen Actors: Kelly Trinh, Tram Nguyen Special thanks to: Hoang Ha Pham, Kelly Trinh, Tuan Nguyen, Khoa Vo, Van Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Vy Vy Ng Ritchie, Michelle Chan and my family for lending me tools and equipment, as well as supporting me wholeheartedly to complete this project.