I need money....

Ok, things haven't been exactly smooth lately. Not terribly bad, but well, issues have been surfacing. Work, family, friends...everything. Somehow, I feel that each "lull" period of bliss will soon be followed by a turbulent time. Kinda like you can draw those curves which we used to in A Maths, to signify the peak and rock bottom times. I guess this is what one calls, "trials and tribulations" *T.T*

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I'm becoming a real spendthrift lately, especially whenever I feel rich. (Note: FEEL rich. Not necessarily so.) I mean, fine, I do lead a comfortable lifestyle - I shop every month, I buy the things I fancy, I spend on entertainment and I do make savings every month. But I do work hard for the money and there's a price to pay to support my kind of lifestyle. But hmm...I noticed that I do splash money when I shouldn't actually.

I went to the salon with Isabel and Tricia on Thursday nite after work. Only Isabel had made up her mind to do a "soft straightening", while Tricia and myself have yet to decide. I was two minds over whether to rebond, colour or curl my hair (YES curls!), while Tricia was delibrating over perming or just treatment. Both of us were concerned that the perm may turn our hair into small curls (like maggie mee sort), which would most certainly make us "obasan-like". I was also worried that curling my hair would make me look much old. Plus, I felt that my hair wasn't long enuff to be permed. We all know that perming would cause your hair to look shorter than they really are. At least Tricia's tresses are really long, and we do believe that she would look good in curls actually.

Anyways, Isabel's "soft straightening" began first, while the hairdresser came to work on Tricia's curls (yep she decided on perming eventually). She emphasised that she wanted only big curls, and we acutally had printed out a copy of the type of "big curls" she wanted. Heh. Talk about being prepared. We have to cover all grounds mah!

Only I was still undecided. By then I had eliminated rebonding, and was mulling over colour or curling too. I got the hairdresser to temp-curl my hair on both left and right side, to let me have a feel and look of how I would look like. Anyways, the opinion of Isa and Tricia was that the curls were ok, but coz of my hair's colour (dark blue & black, which equals to v v black hair), the curls look funny. Make me look older - just what I want to avoid. Ha..so eventually I settled for colouring + highlights, two tones. I left it to the hairdresser to decide the colours, and she showed me a "cool combination" (her words), dark orange on brown.

THe process was long and tedious for all of us, with the many steps involved. My hair was wrapped up all the way after they had put on the colour stuff, until I went to wash it out. Isabel caught sight of me first before I had a chance to look at my own colour and the first thing she said was "Oh my..."; to which the hairdresser reply (in chinese) "don't frighten her lah"...I was like !?! *alarm bells*

I started praying while she was still washing out the stuff from my hair, and when I went back to my seat, I took one look and that's it! Speechless. The orange is really those sorta bright orange can! I was like...omg!!!

After the lady blow-dried my hair, I saw the "full-blown" aftermath...really orange. Kaoz...I look like some ah lian can...like I didn't have enuff fun when I was 17 and I'm trying to rebel and make up for lost time now. I seriously couldn't say a word...Man, I nearly cry I tell you!

Well, Isabel and Tricia told me the colour was actually very nice (I dunno if they were trying to be polite) and looked good on me, just that I wasn't used to such strong colours and highlights (I usually go for darker shades like blue-black or mahogany-copper).

Anyways, to cut the long story short, I calmed down abit after the initial shock and tried to convince myself that I just needed time to get used to the colours (I certianly hope so). The hairdresser was rather nice; she ran into overtime while servicing the three of us. She was supp to close at 9, but we left the place at 1030 in the end. She provided an extra service for me too - after I was done with my colouring, she temp-curled my hair...not just the sides this time, but the whole head. She wanted to let me have a look & feel about how it would be if I do eventually perm my hair. Hmm...looks not bad actually. My only concern is that temp-curls give bigger curls, while the real thing gives curls that do resemble maggie mee. And when that happens, I would look even more "kuku", considering that my hair is gonna be shorter. I mean, it's short now (she trimmed my hair during the colouring too), and after perm, my hair length would probably barely touch my shoulder blades man. Sigh. And my hair grow so super slow one loh.

Anyways, I wouldn't be going as yet. At least another month or two...Must give my hair some rest before dumping more chemicals on them and subjecting them to more processes.

I told her to TRIM my hair, both the fringe and back. She told me she would cut an inch away, and showed me roughly how much. I agreed and she proceeded. But eventually, she took away more than an inch. She told me she wanted to snip away the hair ends, where there were remnants of the "blue-black" colour from the last colouring, which is no gd. I had a hard time letting my hair grow to that length, plus, my hair gets all curly (not the perm type, but the untidy & all-over-the-place "curls") when its short. And two days after that "trim" she did, my hair is curling in all the worse possible places. *ouch*

Tricia wasn't very happy with her perm. She felt that the curls were too "maggie-like" liao. Well, I guessed this being the initial stage, her curls are still fresh and bouncy. THey would probaly relax into bigger curls/waves given some time. Same goes for my highlight. I sure hope the colour will tone down over time (Not sure how soon that would be though). Isabel was pleased with her soft straightening initially, until she saw Tricia's curls (really nice actually) and my highlights (she likes strong and/or contrasting colours...or mabbe she was being nice about liking the colours), and she wished she had done either mine or Tricia's. -.-" I told her I will return in about one to two months' time to do curls and she shall come along for her highlights too.

After that bout of "chemical-abuse" at the hairdresser, my hair feels rather dry now. I reckon it would probably take another week or two before it would go back to what it was - soft, shiny, fine and easily-managed *hehe* (me=thick-skinned...say what you want, but that's a fact!)

I actually love going to the hairdresser; it equates to a very relaxing experience for me. I sit there, think of nothing, close my eyes while being treated like a queen, with ppl fussing over my hair. But this time, I felt a little stressed, coz for the first time in the longest while, I'm trying out a new salon. My hair is one area I rarely dared to take risks. Like I said, my hair takes the longest time to grow, so....

This trip to the hairdresser burnt a hole in my pocket man...

AND I made another startling purchase today again. I went to make a new pair of glasses with my bro. It was actually my bro who wanted to make, and after sending mom to work, we drove down to Westmall. Couple of months ago, I've already wanted to make glasses, but I just didn't get down to it yet. Somehow there will always be things more important to buy first. But yes, today I finally bought it...and it cost me a bomb. I'm not gonna say how much, coz I know I would be laughed/ridiculed/jeered/spat upon/etc for that wilful amount spent...Trust me, it's really a BOMB. So now, I'm broke liao. Actually I swiped my card, so technically I will be broke next month when the bill comes. But I've gotta cut down my expenditure this month too, to face what's coming in the next month. Thankfully for that Progress Package last month. And not to mention the amount of shopping I did till date...though I feel that I still don't have enuff clothes (Gosh, what's got into me). Not to mention that dig cam I bought 2 months ago. But of coz, I do think that was a gd buy. Let's see, it's probably high time I look for a sugar daddy to support me. Hmm....

Ok, enuff ramblings...think I'm probably KO-ing soon also...Tiring day today. Brought mom out to buy her Mother's Day present just now; and bought a watch for her (Money going out again...though the four of us are sharing this present for her). Went to celebrate grandmom's bdae cum Mother's Day just now with the whole extended family. N gotta wake up rather early tomoro morning. And there's the wedding dinner tomoro nite, which I haven't decided if I wanted to go. Presently my bro and my eldest sis would b going. I tried my darnest to snuck out of it initially. But the reason why I'm contemplating on going again is coz I remembered that I will get to see this distant cousin at the wedding dinner. He used to give me lessons when I was in Pri Sch, and I haven't seen him for the longest time! Just wondering how he looked like now, and I would be glad to see his reaction when he realises that it was me. Ha!