The pink hurr

So while I was back in Malaysia I decided to colour my hair. I didn't know what I wanted to do with it when I went there but I knew I HAD to do something cos I was getting really sick of it.

Actually when I saw this picture yesterday I suddenly miss my hair  HAHAHA.

So I was basically bored of the length and colour. Before I went back to Malaysia I kept telling Wk "The next time I dye my hair it's going to be black!"

Well I'm such a big fat lying bitch lol. Can't help it ok, I'm just a very normal woman who cannot make up her mind.

I have this tendency to not make decisions until the very last minute. Ok maybe not even minute, the very last second. If we're out eating and everyone has decided what they would order and I haven't, I'll say yes I'm ready and only decide right when the waitress asks me what I want lol. Terror leh.

So there I was in the chair with Hikky beside me at Number 76 Style in Mont Kiara. I knew I wanted to cut and colour, but I dunno what. While I was flipping the colour chart, I decided I wanted to highlight it. Not only that, I decided to highlight it PINK. Dunno where that came from. And to match the pink highlights, I went with a pinky brown base for the rest of the hair.

I didn't know how short I wanted it to be, I saw her hair and it's about up to her shoulders so I told her "Cut like your length lah". And then she looked at it, she asked me you want about here (*points) or shorter? I looked at it, didn't seem like there's any difference to me lol so I say "Just make it short lah".

After 3 gruelling hours of sitting down and reading the same magazine 271854 times....



(Picture taken at home not in the salon cos I shy hehe)

I LOVED IT!!!

Such a great change to what I'm used to! I've never walked out of a salon feeling so damn confident ok? To me my fringe is the ultimate most important part of my hair - it makes or breaks my confidence. This time I told her I want to grow my fringe so she didn't really touch it. And she didn't cut my hair too short either, it's the perfect length! It's shorter than what I expected but I actually liked it! And the colour... just wow hahaha.

I was actually expecting light, pastel pink because I was really concerned that I couldn't go to work with pink hair. I even ask her many many times, like maaaaaaaany times "Its not going to be bright right?" x 8387625 times. When the guy painted the pink (which was really bright) I panicked a little and asked "It's not going to be this bright right???" lol.

So yes it's not bright but it's definitely not light! You can so see the pink and I was thinking to myself, "Shit. How to go to work??" Pink hair in a 5 star hotel? Sure, if you're staying in there not working there wtf.

But at the same time I really liked it! Otherwise I wouldn't have taken a gazillion pictures of it LOL.

This was taken a day after.

Basically what they did was (in the exact order):

1. Cut. I took about 6-7 inches off.

2. Highlights. Using a rat tail comb, the hair is carefully sectioned into a few small, thin pieces and then bleached. They are then wrapped in foil and left on while they colour the rest of the hair. This is probably the most laborious step out of the entire process. And by the end of it you'll look extra fabulous with all the pieces of foil sticking out of your head.

3. Colour. The rest of the hair that's not bleached is then coloured with the base colour I chose, which was a pinky brown.

4. Rinse and coloured highlights. After all the dye is being washed out, the pink is then applied to the bleached sections of the hair. I believe a special dye is used as it only adheres to the bleached hair and not the unbleached ones.

5. Rinse, touch up and blowdry.


This was definitely not cheap, but it was worth it for me because I loved it. If you've had your hair done and EVERYONE can see it (and not forgetting that few compliments you managed to fish), that's thumbs up, job well done and you've gotten your money's worth already.

The only thing I regretted was not doing a treatment. My hair was quite dry from all that bleaching. But the thought of sitting through another half to an hour scares me already. At the end of it I was starving and couldn't wait to get the hell out of that chair lol.

Now. I did my hair on the 8th of January. Here's how it looked like on 31st of January:

You can still see a few strands of pink (there's more in the insides) but almost 80% is faded already especially those that are more exposed to the sun.

To me it's a relief because that means I was able to go to work without any problems. But no more pink hair liao :(

Here's how it looks like now, just brown with highlights which I still like.

If you're thinking of highlighting your hair with colour (not blonde highlights), you need to know one thing.

Anything on bleached hair will NEVER last. Ever.

You can probably get a way with 1-2 weeks max with whatever colour you put on top of your bleached hair. After that, it will fade into your original bleached colour which is blonde (with many variations depending on hair type). And this is even if you're using colour-protective shampoo/conditioner.

Eventhough it didn't last long, I loved it while it lasted.

Now... gotta grow out this hair cos Wk insisted I have longer and darker hair for our wedding wtf. Look who's the demanding one in a wedding now, it's not even him in a dress. Groomzilla wtf.

For the past 2 weeks

Long time no blog! Here's a pictorial update of what I've been up to besides school:

Tried innovating and recreating a golden sweet potato dessert I absolutely loved from a Beijinger restaurant in Shah Alam. Used purple sweet potatoes instead because I think the colour's uber intriguing for a dessert. By the way do you know how outrageously overpriced purple sweet potatoes are here in Melbourne? Totally outrageous. And do you know purple sweet potatoes are white when unpeeled, yellow sweet potatoes are dark purple when unpeeled? I didn't, haha. Anyway, my dessert didn't meet my expectation. It wasn't as smooth and creamy but I will keep working on it to find out how.

Ever since I was introduced to 流沙包 lao sha bao by Maggie (the foodie, haha it rhymes!) I was hooked. Not to be mistaken with 奶黄包 nai wong bao, also called sweet custard buns, that one uses different type of custard and doesn't 'drip'.  Lao sha bao basically is a bun with melted salted egg yolk custard - SUPER GOOD! But it has to be melted completely to the point that it drips when you tear the bun in half, hence the name. I managed to find frozen packs of this in an Asian grocer and it's pretty close to the good stuff we get from the dim sum place we frequent!

Found another place which serves yummy Malaysian food - Grand Tofu! We had Fried Kuey Teow and Yong Tau Foo with curry soup which tastes exactly like laksa soup base, in a good way! And it's so near our place, only 1 train stop away!

Tried hair chalking after seeing it on Youtube. It works! Basically you take chalk pastels and rub it in your hair and tadaa! Instant washable coloured hair! But you gotta spray it with damn a lot of hairspray to hold it in place otherwise it gets everywhere, even on your fingers when you brush your hair! And it's really really drying to the hair as well. Will only recommend doing it for a special night out, and only do it to pieces of hair or the tips. It's too drying, not to mention super mafan and messy to do the whole head. 

Had barbecue on Sunday night with Maggie and Kai Mun. That pit seriously needs to be made more use of. It's literally sitting in the balcony collecting dust.

Made jap chae (first time!) as a side for barbecue. It's actually really easy to make! But uses a hell lot of sesame oil and soy sauce it's not even funny.

And finally the grand finale...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! 

Now I won't have to hog Wk's phone to take Instagram pictures or do whatever. Hopefully with a new gadget like this I'll be more diligent in blogging? Haha. Hopefully...

Dinner on me :)

Was looking at my meal planner when I was surprised by this:

:)

Went out for a haircut today. Really liked it! I asked for side-swept fringe and a trim. Hair feels so much lighter and looks healthier! Although while my hairstylist was combing through my hair, he casually mentioned that I need some serious treatment because my hair's so tangled -.- After a wash, he was struggling with combing my hair he had to ask another stylist for help hahaha! And I had to sit there and endure 10 minutes of hair-yanking. Aiya no money do treatment la not that it'll last. Once my stupid bleached ends are gone it'll be healthy no need waste money on whatever treatment. Have to wait about... 2 years la I think hahaha!

Wk took a picture of me while we were waiting for our train and told me I'll look better without my specs. So I took it off and he said I look 10 years younger without the specs. But I'm blind without my specs @.@ Actually kind of cheating one la. The angle in the second picture made me look so much better than the angle in the first. If he took a picture of me from the front without my specs, I'll still look like a grandma wtf.

Remember I said I will never complain about the cold? I take that back. We had to walk home under the rain today because we forgot our umbrella. Omfg so cold. Wk laughed and asked me "Would you walk under the rain in the sun or in the cold?" I said "In the sun" wtf.

Quarter of a century

Does anyone absolutely hate it when you get uneven eyelids? I do. Check out my regrowths. It's as though I dip-dyed/ombre-d my hair. Mine's better. It's FREE! But takes almsot one year for 'results' to show lol.

Hahahahah this picture. I was cooking while Wk was playing Plants VS Zombies. It was kinda chilly that day so he wrapped himself with the throw, which looked really funny so I took a picture. I literally squtted and laughed really hard when I looked at this picture. Oh yeah if anyone's wondering, that's a TV slash PC monitor screen.

Fruit Ninja is dabombdiggity! It's a game in iPhone, super addictive at first but I got bored when nobody could beat my highscore, except myself *proud*. 

Another one which I really like (and am really good at *proud*) is Vege Samurai. This was my last best score, before they supposedly 'upgraded' the game, screwed up the audio and the control system.

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I've been through birthdays for so many years I think I'm too old to be excited over it already hahah. Tomorrow I'm turning a year older. My usual friends and my family are not with me this year but I'm still grateful that I won't have to be alone. Wk's taking me to a steakhouse for dinner tomorrow. Perfect timing to wear my newly bought Topshop dress.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Hoku hoku

Curling my hair with a straightener is fun! Aaand, it saves money cos I can curl and straighten with it, no need to buy a curling iron.

Hello! Anyone still reading? Haha.

Did anyone watch The Royal Wedding yesterday? I must say it was quite an entertainment. I didn't give a damn about it and found all the hoo haa quite ridiculous at first. I mean, it's just a wedding why all the excitement? In the TV there were like swarms of people (like ants, when viewed from the top) around the church, it looked almost like a celebration. Well, it is a celebration cos to them it is THE wedding, not a wedding. And I was joking and telling Wk wow if any terrorist wanted to attack the country, this would be the time to do it lol. Just saying.

Honestly, it was beautiful. Not just Princess William's (Kate Middleton) dress, the whole ceremony was, albeit very overwhelming. If it was me I would be so damn stressed and nervous to know that billions of people are watching me and my wedding. 

Something funny to share - someone in my twitter mentioned that while everyone's singing God Save The Queen, it was cute that the Queen just stood there while everyone's singing about her. It would have been funny if the Queen sang "God save me" LOL!

24 April 2011 - Japanese Night!

Easter was last weekend and Maggie and Kai Mun came over. We joined forces and cooked up a storm! Haha. We decided to call it "Japanese Night" and cooked Japanese dishes. Everyone had a role, or I should assigned to a dish to prepare!

Me - Hoku hoku croquette. Croquette is a type of deep friend ball rolled in breadcrumbs, and the ball is made of mashed potato and minced meat. Very interesting! My recipe is from this really funny Youtube cooking video, there he also explains the meaning of Hoku Hoku which is hillarious, I cannot stop laughing everytime I watch it! We also found the Bulldog Sauce in an asian grocery store! It's posing in the picture as well, can you spot it? :D

Maggie - Tempura and curry chicken. The tempura powder we both love is by Nissin. It's the only tempura powder I'll use! So good. The curry mix is actually a Japanese instant curry paste, so easy to make and tastes good too!

Kai Mun - Garlic fried rice. Very easy to make as well. Just fry it with lots of garlic, add some egg and spring onion and seasoning, kao tim.

Wei Kiat - Grilled beef-rolled enoki. This one tastes really good but very tricky to prepare, not forgetting it's also very costly. The marinade and sauce is premade but the rolling step is difficult cos the raw beef is really thin and fragile. Also, you need to have a really sharp knife to cut the cooked rolled beef into bite size  because it is almost impossible to bite the enoki off... if anyone gets what I mean. Go to Sushi Zanmai and order one and try it.

Wei Guan - He's the kitchen helper of the day!

It was quite a fun day. Esther I wish you were there :(

As for life, as usual, it sucks. Like I've mentioned, things aren't as simple as I thought they would be. I will strive, of course. Just like how I'm striving to play well on the violin. Wk and I created this little 'game', where I will have to achieve 24 hours of practice in a week to earn $50, if I don't I'll be fined $50. It's a little motivation to make me practice. So far, I've lost $50. And I've yet to earn back or earn additional $50 cos... I have my ways to not pay haha. But I know that's definitely not the whole point of this game. 24 hours honestly is not a lot considering I am free all the time. Gotta work harder!

Oh one more thing. Thank you to everyone who has been supporting and cheering me up whenever I feel like crap :) You guys are amazing!

Tong tong tong chiang!

Bored!

I shouldn't be cos I have a shitload of things to do but I have not felt bothered to get anything done so I shall blog now.

Major change in my life? What else... my hair of course. People who follow me on Twitter or are friends with me on Facebook will know that I have turned from brunette to...

... a redhead!

I posted this picture in my Facebook and Kin Wai asked, "why the lala pose" and I answered "lala hair colour of course must do lala pose"

No offence and please don't perasan, I'm not generalizing redheads as 'lala', it's just a joke. Everyone's definition of a 'lala' is different so don't get too sensitive.

When I first saw Mustardqueen's new hairdo it instantly made me want to go get my hair done. I've been wanting to dye my hair red since forever (no, I'm not saying this only to justify myself just incase anybody thinks I'm trying to 'copy' Mustardqueen, it's a fact) but everytime I'm in a salon deciding on what colour I should dye my hair, the hairstylist will persuade me to not go for red saying it will fade very very quickly and once it fades it won't look nice, the colour isn't versatile blablablaaaa.

Her pictures inspired me so much that I didn't want to give a shit anymore. Do it now or never, how many youths does a woman have, right? And if another hairstylist ever suggests me to do otherwise, to hell with it. 

I went to the same place she did (Wenawave @ Times Square) and I'm glad I did, the stylist didn't comment on a single thing about my decision. Of course she did tell me it will fade quickly which I do not blame her because it's just how the dye and Asian hair work. Once I said "Ok, do it" she told me "You're gonna look like Rihanna".

They use L'oreal and I'm not sure which one I picked, it was either a shade from the Majirouge  or the Majirouge Mix+ series. I didn't expect the colour to turn out soooo vibrant even without bleaching! Well honestly, I wanted something different, not just a burgundy or a mahogany but something... different. And this is exactly what I wanted! But for a day or two I was too afraid to show the big change to the world I wore a cap around -.-

By now, the colour has already faded slightly. It's still red, but not as vibrant. Each time I shampoo, the foam turns pink. I see water with red tint running down my hair. It stains my towel and when I'm not careful, my wet hair will stain my clothes! Well, I'm not complaining since this was what I wanted. I just wanna share a little bit of info just incase anyone out there wanna do this this, at least you're prepared.

I paid RM 220 for my length (it's over my boobies) and RM 95 for the treatment. The place is quite small and  busy so I suggest making an appointment before going. The creative director (whom I consulted) is Yen but the one who did my hair was another stylist.

Now I need to scratch my head and think of what to do once my hair grows out. I can actually see a little bit of regrowth already :(

Mahogany?

To push all the negative/angry/ranty post down, let me fill this with lots of pictures of my new hair. Ok not very new actually, about a month old already haha.

 Before and after the big chop.

Doesn't look too different but trust me, it's A WHOLE LOT shorter than before. Before this it was long and super choppy - very short and long layers. The longest layer is ridiculously long, people often told me they thought it's extensions :( What's the point of having long hair when people don't think it's real, right? So I decided to get a blunt cut - chop them all off to the same length but still maintaining a few layers so it doesn't look to thick. I'm planning to grow it out again. I miss my hair when it was like this:

Left: Indoor, fluorescent lighting. Right: Facing the window with natural lighting. 

Also coloured it. This time it's a mahogany-ish brown, not some atrocious looking gold/blonde which I know Esther hates and thinks it looks lala. Wk hates it too HAHAHA. Actually it's not THAT bad lor I don't understand why they hate it...

Ok maybe a little too light but I've never regretted it and never will. We only live once so if you wanna do something which doesn't harm yourself or anyone, go for it.

So now I'm between a redhead and brunette cos the colour kinda faded a little and it doesn't have that much of red tones anymore.

Ok gtg.

Go For It

Totally hate this disgusting length of my fringe - neither long nor short.

Final-freaking-ly removed my ugly, horribly chipped yellow nail polish and repainted my nails this beautiful sky blue. When I say horrible, think of one patch of yellow at the centre of the nails of random fingers. I'm  THAT awesome-ly lazy.

Bought this Chanel tattoo set which I've been eyeing for some time but never had enough (non existent) balls to fork out the money until I saw it in this website, selling at a fraction of the retail price! Sweet. Not entirely sure if they're authentic but who cares! It's just a tattoo for goodness sake. Not that its going to sink into my skin and be permanent wtf.

Also got this double eyelid fibre thingie which Ringo aka Cheesie from Cheeserland talked about in this post. Bought everything from Minimaos.com :)

I told my brother about this double eyelid fibre thing, which naturally he asked, "Why do you need this when you already have double eyelids?" Ok normal.

I told Cat and she said, "You have TRIPLE eyelids, why do you need it???" 

LMFAO! Sometimes our exaggerative conversation just amuses me.

Bought these 3 Dior lipglosses off a sale, for the price of only ONE of it *peace sign :) But we all know how you pay for what you get... these were manufactured probably a year or two ago. I hope they don't kill my lips.

Today's goodbye kiss is from...

Purple lips! Purposely downsized it cos I know it looks a bit disturbing =P but I absolutely adore this lipstick!

Ekor Ikan

I tried to Google Translate "fish tail braid" and it gave me "ikan ekor jalin" WTF -____-

I'm soooooo happy to have managed to do this! It took me about 15 minutes cos this requires a lot more work than the usual braids. I've seen tutorials of this in Youtube so many times and personally have tried doing it a few times but always gave up cos it's so demotivating! The process is really really slow before you can actually see something so I always give up after trying for about 5 minutes, cos I thought I was doing the wrong thing. The mistake I did was of course not having enough of patience haha.

It helps a lot to have longer hair cos with this you need to look into the mirror and see what you're doing. If your hair's short you can't possibly bring them to the front can you? And also it helps if your hair isn't too layered like mine. Look at all the little hair flicking out! So irritating.

The thing I like about this fish tail braid is it's not as chunky looking as the normal braid. And also, after braiding, it doesn't make my hair look shorter than it is, unlike how the normal braids would.

A little practice and lots of patience and you'll be good to go!

My Wish

I'm in a lovey dovey mood now so if you can't stand stuffs like that, don't bother reading.

I was reading The Time Traveler's Wife and came upon this page which talks about how much Clare wants to chop her hair off but can't because Henry loves it and then she says she will miss it but it's just so much effort. It felt so familiar reading all that because, for the longest time I have always wanted to cut my hair short (when my hair was super duper long) and when I say short, I mean super short. Has anyone ever noticed how long my hair used to be?


Crap would you look at that? It reached my hips. My freakin' hips.

And honestly, I do miss it T_T

Not that my hair's super short now. It's heavily layered and the length still remained about the same but it doesn't look as long as it was, like in that picture anymore just because it's much thinner now. The reason I kept the length is because, like Clare, I know I will definitely miss it and also, Wk loves my long hair (he tells me that, I didn't assume this myself ok) and I know he'll definitely be upset if I cut it short.

Anyway, I must say, having it layered has been the best thing I could do for my hair cos all my split ends are now gone, it's more manageable, it doesn't tangle as much, it's easier to comb and the best part is I still get to keep the length eventhough it might not look as long as before :)

Ok I know, that's like totally random. I just thought I would share that small part of that novel here cos I can relate to it so much. That book has been ok. I won't say it's as interesting as Life of Pi but I do enjoy reading it. It's so freakin' thick lah 500 pages wtf. Probably need another month or two to finish it cos I only do about 8-10 pages a day.

Ok that aside, I have been missing Wk so damn freakin' much these few days. We skype/msn /webcam almost every single day. We sometimes wake each other up. And the best part is, we motivate each other to do what we're supposed to do - I'm supposed to practice, he's supposed to work on his design. And I must say, having him around is sooooo much better cos otherwise, I won't even bother to take my violin out!

Everytime I look at him in my laptop's screen, I think of the day we're going to live together, in OUR apartment, OUR room, OUR kitchen, OUR bed, OUR computer (haha next time about this), OUR place. And it just motivates me to want to work hard and just get freakin' get accepted by the university.

The next time I go to Melbourne, I'm expecting to say... "OUR" apartment instead of "HIS" apartment, or "HIS" bed. The next time I we wish each other "good morning nigga" (inside joke), I want to be able to laugh right in front of him and not just typing "ha ha ha" and punch 'Enter' on the keyboard. And the next time I expect all these, is next year.

The more I think about all these, the more I want to practice, and the more I think about all these, the more I'm afraid of rejection. It's stressing me out seriously.

This is not just a diploma or a degree. It's a master studies. It's not something you can apply by sending in a bunch of papers and forms and whatnot. I sometimes wonder if I'm actually fit, or good enough to apply. A lot of people tell me I can do it and I can get in and all that. I know everyone's being nice but whether they really think I am good enough, I don't know. What I know is I want to just do my best, and apply and hope for the best.

But I constantly think about a lot of 'what if's. What if I get rejected?

I cannot take rejection. At all. Not at this stage now. He has given up the contract and hasn't even found a new accomodation, all because he's expecting me. How can I even deal with a rejection when I'm thrown with all these expectations?

Another reason to not being able to handle rejection is that I seriously cannot stand this LDR any longer anymore.

I just want to stay beside him and have someone to touch my hair. I just want to stay beside him and have someone to keep me warm. I just want to stay beside him and have someone to tell me how much he loves me everyday, right to my face and not through the computer or phones. I'm just someone who's like many others out there, who needs her dose of affection everyday. I hope it's not too much to ask for.

Haircut again!

Ok so it's Raya today. But I've got to work in the afternoon FML.

Well, I could have cancelled both classes cos they're actually replacements for the lessons when I go to Melbourne and if I don't do it today, they'll all pile up and I'll have a hard time arranging later. So, yeah.

I'm leaving on Tuesday btw =) Gosh how time flies! The wait has not felt like forever because I most of the time just forget the fact that I'm going there again haha! Probably because I bought the tickets like 4 months ago and omg it has been 3 months since I came back! Time sure flies. I'll only be there for 2 weeks but I guess 2 weeks is better than nothing. It's spring over there now so tulip farm here I come!

And I don't know if anyone agrees with me but don't you find that the clock ticks especially faster when you're procrastinating, or you're just doing something unproductive when you SHOULD be doing something else?

=( Not good. I hope I can get a good violin teacher in Melbourne to give me some master classes when I"m there.

Anyway, on another note, I cut my hair again! I couldn't stand how it's puffy on the side (my ears) and STILL flat at the top! Cos the last time I got my haircut the hairstylist wouldn't give me more layers. It was long in the inner layers, but at the outer layer it was like bob-short and that's really long if you wanna have volume! And after a while the sides just puffed up. I was ok with it for about a week or two and then I got really fed up that the volume on my hair just couldn't stay even after having hair products on. I went to Kimarie again but this time at the Taipan branch and told the hairstylist what I wanted and I'm glad that finally there is one hairstylist who actually listens his customer.

He made the sides A LOT thinner now and the crown of my hair super layered. I have hair as short as like only 3 inches at the crown of my head! He did a sucky job in styling for me though, just some hair spray but its okay because I am now pretty sure that my volume will stay better already.

Ok gotta get ready for work now.

I wish everyone a happy Raya.

Hair Routine

Extreme amount of self-obsessed and vain pictures. You have been warned.






Actually only 9 la.

Before:

Flatttt

In the middle:

My did-it-myself polka dot nails nice or not!




Almost there but needed more practice.



After:

So I finally bought hair products and managed to enhance the process of styling and at least, got the volume I want though I still think I need more shorter layers hrmm. I even did a video showing my hair routine. Did I hear people go "VIDEO AGAIN???" ahahahhahah!

I seriously don't know what's wrong with me and making videos :S

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Goshhh I'm so obsessed with my hair!!!

And yeap, that's Brunno, a new Rottie at home. Max (the previous Rottie) passed away a week ago. It's really sad. I don't wanna go into that. Right now, Bruno's like a piece of toy for me haha. So adorable!

Anyway, I've just arranged replacements for all the lessons when I leave for Melbourne. So excited! It's only a week away now! Can't wait for the holiday. I saw the Priceline catalogue and omg they have so many drugstore cosmetics that we don't have here in Malaysia! I'll definitely go check them out. And oh yeah NARS I'll definitely go see them at David Jones's beauty department this time. The last time I passed by the counter I totally forgot to go back there to really take a good look at their stuffs.

Ok. Time to continue with my super slow Life of Pi. Finally it's beginning to get interesting. The ship finally sank. And it all happened so suddenly.