chaka chaka

dawn went for a haircut for the first time in a year (and no, a measly trim does not a haircut make). i was having a bad day and so i begged her to take me along.

there was some sort of office bet going on that she wouldn’t dare get a mohawk-type do. HA-HA!

suck it up, bitches. a haircut that actually made her money. how awesome is that. shaved sides which can be covered by a cute bob/fringe. yeah, my design because i’m just fucking awesome that way.

our hairstylist, ray sun, is another diva. not as big a superstar as ming (who never picked up my phonecalls), but probably 10 times the stalker.

this is my new hair, which surprised no one. half the people i met probably didn’t even notice it changed again. i like shaved sides but the only problem, which i believe everyone encounters, is that i can’t fucking seem to style it the same way. it’s been 3 days now and it looks absolutely nothing like this at all. fuckmylife.

check out my eye bags. have i been working hard or what?

so, seeing as how easy it is to lomo-fy photos (tweak R,G & B curves respectively; contrast curves, overlay another solid; add noise) i guess it can’t be the look i’m in love with.

so what is it? the spontaneity? the breaking of traditional framing conventions? the indie street cred?

or is it a simple preference for warmer, not-so-super-sharp photos?

beats me.

had a major itch to get a trim. yes, i know i said i was growing it. yes, i know i said no more bleach. but really, did anyone (except for za) take me seriously?

called peekaboo, hairkunst, and raymond’s but none were good (peekaboo closes at 8pm, hairkunst was packed, raymond’s recommended stylist wasn’t around) so i went to jantzen again. ryan said four words, which is 4 times as many as the last time, and even he predicted i would not be able to grow it out. har har.

cut by ryan: RM48. DIY colour: approx RM40. photo by mr music: free.

[moon] pink is much harder to get even compared to the usual red, so i just spent some time multitasking like only a chick could – touching up my hair while having a threeway with the boys and watching the 24 season 7 finale.

ok, shoot at 10am later. noite.

was feeling all hot and bothered by phantom hair scratching at my nape and tickling the tips of my ears. so i skipped lunch (anorexic whore) and popped by jantzen salon (thanks to the misleading “20+” signage).

got this guy ryan who only muttered a very cringeworthy “i’ll cut it short and make it yeah” line and nothing else. no small talk. no getting to know you questions to suss out my personality. no singing to ABBA. no being all fabulous and shit.

i know. am going through severe ming withdrawal.

anyway, thought the cut was… nice.

was pretty late when i snapped this and i felt as tired as i look, but i needed a picture of the cut for reference the next day.

what i particularly liked was the little tail thing at the back.  (check out my awesome bedframe against my awesome black-hand-painted wall in my awesome room.)

think this black sides/red top palette is my thing. 2 stylists, 2 similar cuts. coincidence? i think not.

godamnit. this vanity is all nur’s fault.  i was never this concerned over my tresses until you introduced me to ming!

’tis a bit trite after the previous post, but *shrugs*

loved the caption to bits. my friends are as brilliant as my expressions are cacat.

as a writer in a creative advertising agency, i’ve learned how audiences have evolved into savvy, choosy, fickle-minded freaks. as a consumer, i’m an advertiser’s dream come true. a couple of weeks or so after reading kimberlycun’s and cynthia’s (like duh, obviously completely totally 100% sponsored) posts about garnier pure, i trot out to buy them. not just any other garnier products, but i’m anal retentive enough to purchase the anti-imperfection scrub (RM12.90) and self-heating mask (RM5.90) featured on their blogs.

pick me for a research group! baaaaaaa!

in all seriousness, blogger product sells make slightly more sense to me, seeing as how with any random product you pick off the market (supported by a full print and tv campaign) the odds that the damned writer or art director have even touched it are near nada. *cough* suffice to say, i have not stepped foot in GSC Signature till this very day. yeah, fucking servicing never invited me to the launch either, but that’s a different rant altogether. of course i would prefer real product reveiews over advertorials any damn day, but who’s fussing?

so, why not? i rationalised. 2 years ago, my face care regime consisted of (and slowly evolved, if you consider it so) bar soap->liquid body wash->occasional body shop seaweed face wash->generic cleansing foam. 90 to 1 i wouldn’t be able to identify the current one i’m using despite having bought it myself and using it for a good month or so. checked. it’s biore face fit. or something. FACE CARE FAIL.

no. no before and after photos. i’m not blessed with beautiful skin like the aforementioned bitches (i hate you cynthia) and this ain’t a paid advertorial.

the scrub smelled nice. lemony and all. but i couldn’t tell any major difference. the self-heating mask? that kind of freaked my inner cynic out. self-heating? uhuhuhuh. as if. and then of course, it heated up and i panicked.and imagined my skin burning microscopically.

anyway, non-drama aside, my skin feels marginally prettier and smoother. but, damn man, if i need a miracle. well considering my 99% meat diet, chain-smoking, binge drinking, 4am nintendo ds nights, shitty skincare rituals, and non-stop coke consumption, i guess it could be worse.

a photo to scare you.

took al to see ming on saturday. squeezed it in after a much delayed car service which set me back over 200 smackers (ouch).

the last haircut of hers i remember was this short do which i liked a lot.

there was a csi moment, where she was asked “was it a bob?” we were both astounded. ming’s like horatio minus the ickiness.

a trademark smouldering look. or maybe it was more a menyampah face. i can’t tell these kind of things.

i’ve seen her so many times, but stupidly have never caught her name. amanda? the other hairstylist there always brings her little pommie. he was in full hip hop mode, bopping his head in time with ABBA.

ming continues cutting while i amuse myself with final fantasty tactics a2 and snapping photos of his bum.

finally al’s done. i laik!

love the random long bits all over. (though from one particular angle, she looks like mr. hyde with an uber sideburn.)

my haircut, which, try as i might, i can’t get to look like this again. now it’s all flopping all over the place and i suck. but i dyed it again. ^_^

random post.

so i’m an impulsive online shopper. i make snap purchases (which are quite spot-on, ok), but in small quantities. perhaps 1 or 2 a month. i’m wearing february’s purchase now. mmmm.

i had the cutest email exchange with velvet ribbon but was sorely disappointed when she told me my moment’s indecision cost me the lovely ‘furby’ jacket. so i was, to put it mildly, pleasantly surprised when the sweetheart emailed me again later and said she had one more piece on hand and kept it for me.

got it yesterday. quick online monetary transfer (got la some fengsui issues about withdrawing cash yesterday). COD. and this lovely lovely jacket was mine.

thought it would be warm, but since i’ve been a little under the weather, i don’t feel so hot. hur hur hur.

love shiny quilting.

picture property of velvet ribbon.

went for lapsap junkyard sale and got a couple of nice things. (not pictured here: red summer dress and black linen pants, both from jacinta.)

purchasing this bag, we were assured by the stall owner that it was indeed an “original vincci”, which stunned both of us into anguished silence. it was so painful holding our laughter back, i tell you. original vincci, ok. omg don’t play.

got this pleather mng vest and a cute wife beater for RM15. can we all say it together? what a fucking steal.

then on aroha’s birthday dinner, i was presented with a shiny sparkly clutch from kak elly and a green playsuit from yc (which i switched with baby for pink, soweee!).

macam birthday aku la pulak!

then baby and i just finished a yum cha session at our favourite weird cheap shopping heaven. we went a little crazy at this shop which sold cosmetic utensils from RM2 – RM8. altogether, my haul was RM13 while hers was RM15.

what what what is this: foot scraper, eyelash curler (with free rubber lining!), nail buff and eyeshadow foam brushes. wow, i mean, wow. will i ever use them all? probably not. but is that besides the point? duh! the point is that this haul is only RM13!

<3 our cheap shopping

i rushed to bombshell yesterday. flagged down an okay sort of cabbie – he didn’t talk about homicide/rape cases and repeatedly tell me “badan you kecik boleh muat dalam beg” shit – who was very much into indian politics.

met ming who looked very cute in his pseudo colonel sanders top (sans tie). after he put the white muumuu with blue trim on me, we looked like twins.

he was washing my hair and taking the piss out of me at the same time, as usual, when suddenly in the midst of his utterly fabulous monologue he gets an epiphany. “i’m so mean to you… i’m always so mean to you aren’t i?” i contemplate that for 2 seconds but before i get to answer he continues “but then how else can i make sure you come back?” yes, darling, you know i love the pain. anyway i got a belated birthday present. wheeeeeee!

after the cut, camwhore time!

“like a loving couple” konon

was supposed to head to the pixel party but the “quick” detour soon turned into another uber drinking session. the outtake? random photos in my camera i don’t remember taking and puke in my crocs + on the rubber mats in my car + on my feet. wtf.

thankfully i’m a girl, and just like how we don’t sweat (we glow) we also don’t throw up like smelly hairy men, so my regurgitated beer smells like fucking roses and rainbows, yo.

found this photo from last night. it may appear that i’m trying to look cute but i’m really just trying to balance my big head.