Hairsalonfinder

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 =)

I travelled all the way from boon lay to find a good hair salon. hahaha! Yes.. First I went to Jurong Point. They had 2 salons.. Reds by Monsoon and Jean Yip. I checked the package in Reds, and they're actually not bad. $190 something for perming, cut, and treatment. But I figured that I should check other places first. Besides, the place was quite crowded at that time.

I went down to Jean Yip and my eyes widened as I gasped for air. $220 for digital perming (given the fact that my hair was considered long), and that does not include cutting nor washing! Siao! So I stormed off with a sulky face. I messaged a few friends, asking for suggestions, but they replied me pretty late, so I ended up in the purple line when their suggestions were to the red and green line. Haha. In the purple line, I zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZzzzzZZzzzzzz... until ...

*ding dong* ... Kovan station!

I don't know why I woke up and got out of the train. So blur already! =P I walked over to Heartland Mall, in search for hair salons. I took the elevator up and turned left where all the teen stuff were sold. I was about to give up when I saw ... in the corner ... with bright blue lights inside ... I saw .... .... .... ...... ........ a hair steamer! OMG! I found the treasure!

I quickly rushed in and to my surprise ... they were having a promotion on digital perming and straightening. It was only $170 without GST. I was Soooo happy! So I asked whether I have to pay extra for the cutting and shampooing. They said NOPE! It's all included! I felt like I'm the happiest person alive! =D

Amazingly, the woman who did my hair was the owner's wife! She's an EXPERT! Sooo cooolll!

In the end, I found myself a friend, whose name is Joyce. She's working there as well. She's very friendly and she's my age. It's really memorable! =D

After my 3 hours of hair-do, I went down to Hong Kong Cafe to discuss on my research paper with Leovine KorKor (eeeeewww!!). I was only there for 15 minutes when I realized that I left something in the salon. I digged my bag for my file, the file that contains ALL of my AAH 104 - Dawn of Asian Civilization lecture notes, handouts, and outlines.. and I couldn't find it. I rushed back to the salon and I must say that this salon (NX) deserves a salutation! Joyce bagged it for me. Isn't she nice!? =)

Overall, my day was great! This is how it turned out, please don't snicker! =P

BLOODY IRRITATING! **WARNING!**it may raise sensitive feelings!**don't read if you're not MATURE!**

"We have found a witch, may we burn her?"

A line from Monty Python's The Quest for the Holy Grail that served as a ridiculous comment from the villagers. It happen to be ME who's now saying that to my ALS tutor. Yeaah! It's the first time I hate a teacher. And call yourself in NIE and this is what you get.. a very bad role model.

WHY do I hate her badly?
Few reasons. Don't think just because my friends hate her, I also hate her, NO WAY.. I'm not the "up-to-the-trend" kinda person eh.
1. First lesson is alright. You gotta know her more and see her style. "Oh, okay! She's a sporty cool type of tutor" I thought. She's single and wore Adidas brand most of the time.
2. Second and third lesson, I felt sorry for my friends who were scolded "indirectly" by her because they didn't do their work. I mean, HELLO! who on earth check individual readings in university level?!? She checked and commented, "Hey! How come there's no highlights here." or "Why don't you criticize this?" or "Why aren't there any comments next to the paragraphs?" SLAP HER ON THE FACE
3. She gets really irritating before the recess week. She told us that there was a make up class on Saturday, coz on Monday, she had to go for conference, etc. So here I was, in NIE (Boon Lay) early in the morning, travelled all the way from Hougang, 9AM, nobody's there. 9.02AM, Elizabeth came. 9.05AM, Yee Yan came. Waited.. Waited.. Waited.. 9.15AM, I was jokingly commenting to those two, "Don't tell me she cancelled the class." We were laughing, while Elizabeth was getting ready for her presentation (she uploaded it to her email, so she checked her mail). 9.20AM, it's only the three of us still, when the class supposed to start at 9AM. Yee Yan suggested that we should probably call the others and ask. However, nobody had the others' contact numbers. I told them that I had the tutor's. I smsed her and guess what ... she called. Yes! The witch called. (so much for the medieval times!)

W: Hello, Angelene?

Me: Ya, hi! What time does it actually start, witch*?

W: Ohmy! I didn't have your contact number so you didn't get my message?

Me: Err.. no..

W: I told the others that today's class is cancelled coz I have an urgent ... [some text missing]

Me: Err.. okay..

W: Who's there with you?

Me: Yee Yan and Elizabeth

W: Oh! I also didnt have their contacts. Can you please tell them ... [some text missing]

* name changed to de-popularize

And that was it! We're all quite pissed by her. In the end, we had to take breakfast at Canteen A. The bright side of it ... I got to know Yee Yan and Elizabeth better, they're DARLINGS! =)

4. To gain favor from someone after you've just lost your integrity, what would you do? Continue to piss them? EXACTLY! That's what the witch did. Cornered us like there's no tomorrow. During the short presentation, I was the 2nd one to present. I did not do it in Powerpoint, I did it on Microsoft Word. At the end of my presentation, guess what she said.."Angelene, like what my other students always said, we don't want to offend you, we love you, BUT ... [more text missing]" Hey! C'mon! It's a tutor-peer feedback kinda stuff laa.. we know that it won't be offending if your purpose is to help that person. But the way she said it makes it sound ... INSULTING and OFFENDING lor! And she never agreed to my points. Just because I did not write any bibliographies down for the presentation, or the questionnares (who would want to complete their questionnares on Week 8 when the actual sumbission date is on Week 13 laaa! Sheesh!). And again.. Throughout that lesson, I was always the target of her lecture. She had this indirect sarcasms but when you're the target, you'll know that it's YOU! SLAP HER ON THE FACE

5. My impatient self arose when I got back my Reader Response. Like what Charmain said, who on earth would want to mark your thoughts and reflections! As in giving grades on it. wadda hellll!! You actually got grades for your own opinions, and they tell you which one is wrong and which one is right (for her case, everything seems so wrong except for those done by the crossovers and returning teachers). Yea yea.. if they're the "holy ones", why not make a class of her own with "their" species. It's not that we hate the crossovers. They're nice people. But sometimes, it's just hard to like them when you're always being compared in class. They're the "ALMIGHTY" and us the "PEASANTS". I feel like cursing lor but .. hey.. patience patience.. grrrrrrrrr..... So anyway, I didn't like my results for my Reader Response. And what makes it even worse are the comments. Who on earth would comment such things like, "Which question is this?" or "How many words?". And that's IT!!!! I guess the witch had no time marking the freshmen's assignments coz she's working so hard to make and mix her LOVE-potion for her to get married FAST. Ha!

Tis quite bad right. I don't blame her for my grades. Maybe I did something wrong or I didn't write what she'd expected (yeah! her expectancy level is SOOOO high, that only "holy people" can reach her standard. SLAP HER ON THE FACE!) But if I'm wrong, I need correction! But she didn't give ANY comments at all on my paper regarding the academic writing. YA! Talk about "academic discourse skills". Pfffftttt... Puhleeeezeee..

Conclusion:

2 more times to meet her then it's OVER. She can burn all she wants, we don't mind. So if you're a teacher and you're reading this.. this is how it'll sound if you irritate your students and show biasness. Pledge yourself to always be kind to every students that you teach. It'll benefit you LOVE even more. Don't suffer and side-track yourself to becoming a witch that'll burn in stakes. You are a teacher, you change lives; not making lives miserable. That's why I can't consider my ALS tutor a teacher, she's a witch. Therefore, what shall we do with her? (refer to Monty Python's The Quest for the Holy Grail)

A Beautiful Dream

Eighteenth of March - Early morning at 9 AM - Place? My room, sitting on a wooden chair typing this entry.

Beautiful day isn't it?

I feel like writing after I had this beautiful dream. Wanna guess what's it about?
WRONG!
Hunks don't cross my mind, neither will they! Any other guess?
WRONG!
Exams are coming up, so I know I won't be going back til' May 6th. Another try?
Err.. WRONG!
I just ate McDonald's yesterday! Soo, I haven't craved for it yet.
I think your psychic skills are quite pathetic. You should go home and practice more before you enter this blog site. =)

So here's the right answer. And I shall elaborate.

Beautiful it is. We're having a party in a nice 2nd floor room. I remembered there are my siblings, the Wowors, and Matthew L. (he's my fan back when I was teaching him. how did he get here into my dream? =P) The night was really amazing. We chatted and laughed until ... I saw a blinking star outside the window. --Btw, the setting of this room is special. There are big windows on one side of the room.-- So I went to tell everyone to come and watch that blinking star. Amazingly, this star can be seen on an eye-level sight. It is not something that everyone had to turn their heads up to see. Right where you're standing, straightly, you can see the star. We were all amazed by that star. You know, when people get excited, they tend to chatter here and there, giggle, gasp, and TAKE PICTURES! =) And so we did! But by the 2nd round of the picture taking, Matthew noticed something. He cried, "Look! It's a moon!". We all turned and our eyes widened. Sure enough! It's that moon we always see every month, but this time ... it's on the eye-level! It's really close that when you see it, it's so impossible that it can land on Earth! Another effect that made it look beautiful was the sea in front of our room. GOSH! It's really indescribable. I think I should draw you so you can have a clearer vision on what my beautiful dream is.

There was another dream last night, but that one, was not as nice as this moon experience thing. =)

Gosh.. sometimes I feel like going somewhere where I can enjoy the universe! These things made me wonder, how on earth can God make all these. He is sooooo creative! (no wonder I inherit some of His genes! =D) Imagine, the universe is so vast. Planets, stars, comets, meteors ... aaaaaaaargh! I just wish to explore the universe! I wanna see those wonders that my Creator had done! If that's the case, I shall put this as my dream. TO go explore the universe someday. It's gonna be beautiful. I think I would cry once I pop out of the Earth. I'll be having goosebumps by the time I reach the stratosphere. I'll be muttering OMG to myself when I see the black vast area. AAAArgh! it's sooo cooooollll!! Okay. I shall pray hard to be filthy rich so I can afford the rocket and my astronauts. =D

If you wanna tag along. Tell me yeah? So we can go together! Hehe..
Let's all see the wonders that our Creator made. He's sooooo cool! ^^

hypocritical studies and stuff.

Selamat pagi, dunia!

I've been up for almost 15 hours now. It was a hectic day today, although my class started at 2.30 PM. I went early to school coz SJ decided to give me a cheese brownie, and she said it's better to eat that brownie right after it was cooled in the fridge. But hellooo! She came out of the house early in the morning and in the end, it's still soggy. ><" Yet, it's deliciously indescribable! Thanks beib!

What else.
After class, I went to Vivo for Life Group. Today's sharing was great. Tony talked about "integrity". He touched on how our lives shouldn't be hypocritical. And what you viewed yourself may not be the same like what others viewed you. It was quite interesting coz we did some activities like naming 3 things that describe yourself. I said I'm "blur, smiley, friendly", then the person to the right will have to describe me in 3 words also. It was Wayne Dell! He described me as "domineering, sweet, ..." and I forgot one more! haha! Domineering?? Dick described it as "bossy". WOW! I never knew I was bossy. It's just some things that I can't see it but others do. Which concludes that when friends see something's not right in me, or they critique on my behavior, I would check again coz again ... it's not about how I feel, it's about how others feel when I behave that way.

Same thing like make-ups. I'm not saying that ALL girls use make-ups to cover up their ugliness. Heck no! But for me, make-ups represent "neatness", especially if we meet a lot of people. Imagine talking to someone but that person can't help staring at your almost-bursting-red pimple. Eeww! Experienced that before? Or, that person has a really puffy dark circles below their eyes. Hey c'mon! You don't wanna be seen like that right, girls? And guess what, those things become a distraction to people whom you're talking with. I can go on and on about beauty make-overs, but one thing for sure ... our security is not dependent upon make-ups. Someday Body Shop will close down. Sometime later, your skin can't handle make-ups anymore. If our identity is upon make-ups, we're slaves to make-ups! It's as if make-ups SAVE the day and nothing else can replace make-ups in our lives. DUH! Get a life. You're placing your identity in an object, girlfriend! Can make-ups solve your problems? Ask yourself where are you placing your identity now. What is the thing that you prioritize more. Things that you prioritize first becomes your identity. You'll do things based on what you prioritize.

I thank God that He has called me to do great things. I know that my identity in Him will always be secure coz He's the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. Fashion changes. Techonology changes. Boyfriends may break our hearts. Husbands may be unfaithful. There's no WAY this corrupted world offer true love and identity. Let's just be realistic. Just look around you and what do you find but divorces, anger, rebellion, lusts, etc. For me, I don't believe the world anymore. What good are they offering? Even if I have a higher degree or high pay or high job position, I won't survive coz I'd probably have no LIFE! But by the grace of God ... He who gives me peace, love, and joy so that I can live my days grateful and enjoying every moments of it. And I'm glad that I don't have to please all my friends coz I'm secure in who I am in Christ. He accepts me whenever, however, and whatever I am, even since the day I was born. It's so good to be loved, especially when you're loved before you're even born. (Jer. 29:11)

Religious? =) Haha.. if it doesn't make sense, then it is religious. But I hope ya'll can relate to your current situation as I've related mine. This thing that I believe is a lifestyle that I follow, not some freakin' "another Christianity" type of thing. Haha! Seriously, I'm also sick of those on-the-air Christian teachings ya coz it just don't make SENSE! It's so unrealistic. Although we need to know those spiritual things also, but what's more important is the values and principles that the Bible wants us to learn. Then why do you think Jesus came to this Earth? Why do you think He is called the second Adam? And why was He always opposed by the Pharisees? Because He changed those traditional teachings into actions! What did the Pharisees do? They taught godly and spiritual stuff, but did they do anything about it? Nope. Did they do what they preach? Nope. Again ... hypocritical.

I really ponder a lot on these things. It's quite amazing. Btw, without Jesus coming to Earth, there wouldn't be any timeline. That's why they named it B.C. (Before Christ). Interesting eh? Hehe.. It's my Father's name! Soo proud of Him! =D
Anyways.. It's quite late already. I'm feeling the fatigue. I love you peoples who read this. Hope it blesses you all, coz that's what I'm living for. To serve and to influence people for GREATNESS.