Next time I cut my hair, remind me to bring someone who speaks hairdressese, ie hairdresser language in Chinese.

I keep forgetting that my understanding of hair-related terms in Chinese is like.. zilch. The ensuing conversation between the hairdresser(H) and me(J) went like this:
*Conversation is translated from Chinese. "???" represent unintelligible Chinese words.

H: You want to cut?
J: Actually I want to trim.
H: Ok.

H: Your hair is quite thin.
J: Uh-huh.

[After trimming for awhile]

H: ??? ??? ???
J: Huh?
H: Your hair is very ??? ???.
J: Huh?
H: *says louder* You hair is very ??? ???.
J: Er, ok, so..?
H: So, not many people have hair like that.
J: Like what?
H: ??? ???.
*H takes a mirror to shows me how my hair looks like from the back*
J: *looks just like my hair to me.* Er.. er.. If my hair is not like that, then what should it be like?
H: Oh, other people's hair normally would be ??? ???.
J: Oh, issit? Er.. aiyah anything lar.
H: OK, done.
*H starts to remove the cloth around my neck*

Needless to say, I was kind of confused.

Next time I go, I'll pretend that I don't know Chinese, I wonder if that would help.

Imagine if I go in and say in an upperclass British accent:
"Aunty, I would like to trim my hair. No, I don't speak Mandarin."

Nah, prolly not believable. My skin tone is too dark, but I don't look Malay either leh.

"Aunty, boleh awak menggunting rambut saya?"


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But what the heck, my haircut only cost me $3.80.

Labels: =(, chinese, haircut

Have to review this website for the zone mag - basically it's a Singapore based free sample website. When you join you're awarded 6 points (to redeem 3 samples). You have to verify your address (they managed to find one-north! Joy to the world!) and pay a small postage fee via immediate ATM transfer or iBanking. I had to pay SGD$2 for my samples.

Samples include cosmetics, face products, perfume, body wash, etc. It's more tailored towards the women (as you will notice if you look at their "about us" section), but there are samples for men too. My guy friend who referred me got some facial wash or something, his samples arrived fine in the mail, so it should be quite reputable.

Granted, their English ain't so good (I would LOVE to edit their English), and their web interface ain't that great either, but for us very web-savvy people, that shouldn't be a problem. English-wise, well, what can I say? We're in S'pore. :(

Interested? Click the image above to register (and help me get some points too :) and try it out yourself!


P.S. The final verdict will come when I get my samples.

Labels: reviews, shopping

(blogging frm email now - Note to self: add in labels later)

Labels: happy, movies, reviews

I wanna make a link at the bottom of my blog page that says "older entries", is it possible without Major modifications to the code on my template?

I'm aiming this question at tech whizzes like *coughs* G.. *coughs*

U know, like those they have for the standard templates.. "older entries", "newer entries".

If it's too difficult, forget it! =X

Labels: template

Recently started to play B$ again. This is bad timing! Exams are coming, more importantly, my Malay oral is coming, but I totally don't feel prepared.

Oh yes, when I surf random blogs (over the course of my B$ game), I realise that Singaporean blogs tend to sound the same. Even for the singlish-less blogs, I can guess that the author's a Singaporean. Really lor. :)


Ok, tomorrow's my Malay oral, so maybe I should practice some:
(mouse over some words to see their meaning :)

My favourite eating place. (Kegemaran gerai makan saya?)
Saya suka makan nasi itik di Gerai Makan Dunman Road. Makanan di situ murah dan sedap. Sepinggan nasi itik harga dua setengah dolar. Saya selalu makan di situ dengan keluarga saya pada hujung minggu. Kami juga suka makan laksa, mee udang dan telur dadar tiram di situ. Ia sangat sedap!!

Jiran saya (My neighbour -- i dunno my neighbours, gonna pretend that I stay at 102 sunbird...=P)
Jiran saya nama Encik Tan. Dia bekerja sebagai jurutera. Kadang kala, dia akan berniaga di China. Isteri Encik Tan seorang guru. Dia mengajar kimia di Sekolah Menengah Tanjong Katong. Dia ada ramai pelajar.

Encik Tan ada dua orang anak. Anak sulung nama SY. Dia sedang belajar di NUS, mengambil kursus komunikasi. Biasanya, dia akan pergi ke NUS dengan menaiki MRT dan bas. Tetapi, semasa bapanya ke China, dia akan memandu kereta ke NUS. Anak bongsu sedang belajar di Dunman High School. Dia berumur tiga belas tahun.

Saya selalu menghabiskan masa dengan mereka.

Keluarga Saya
-- Too lazy to write out. Let's see..
Kimia - Chemistry
Fizik - Physics
Ilmuwan - Scientist
Maybe I can just adopt my "neighbour"'s family. *nods*

Estet Perumahan Saya (my housing estate - slightly fictitious to protect my own privacy)
Saya tinggal di kondominium. Kondominium saya terletak di estet perumahan Marine Parade. Saya tinggal di situ sejak saya dilahirkan.

Estet perumahan Marine Parade ada banyak kemudahan. Saya boleh berjalan ke pusat membeli-belah. Pusat membeli-belah ada banyak kedai. Saya suka makan dan membeli baju di situ. Di dalam pusat membeli-belah ada dua pasar serbaneka - Cold Storage dan Giant. Barang-barang di dalam Giant murah tetapi barang-barang di dalam Cold Storage mahal. Ibu saya selalu membeli sayur-sayuran dan ayam-ayam di giant.

Estet Perumahan juga ada perpustakaan. Semasa saya percuma, saya akan ke perpustakaan meminjam buku. Saya suka baca buku cerita ditulis oleh Michael Crichton. Kegemaran buku saya "Jurassic Park".

Saya suka tinggal di Marine Parade.

Labels: blogshares, games, malay

I'm quite sure I had something more sensible and much less frivolous to say. (Oh! Blogger spell check says I spelt 'frivolous' correctly. Amazing.) But after the Tomorrow post, I guess I got distracted... Whoops!

Ok lemme think..



I gave this book to Pak for Christmas one year but I didn't really read it before buying. Big mistake! Borrowed it frm him yesterday (in case it proves useful in my arrow publications work) but nah, I don't think it's what my dept head is looking for. Although I remember this particular page:



(I added a bit of noise to the photo, don't say i nvr respect copyright.. har har)

Sarah recommended me a book to review for the next issue of my church's youth magazine. It's a good book (so she says) even though the author has some stuff about law (which our church doesn't agree with), so she told me to read it from a Grace perspective. I'll see how that goes.

Back to the page in question:

Yes, like the song we sang at the beginning at end of service today,

Our God is an awesome God, He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power and love, our God is an awesome God

Of course lar! Where got people worship "lousy" gods one? Like, DUH. The very meaning and definition of God (as a concept even) is greatness, might and power.

and for the other things that we seek, like compassion, mercy, goodness, blessings, it depends on your god lor. My God certainly has! Hahaha.

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OK, so I haven't properly reviewed the book. Nah, don't want lar.

On another very unrelated note, I just got distracted by a photo album on facebook, featuring lots of people I've lost contact with and haven't seen in years. Ah, the wonders of facebook stalking. =P

After looking through all 128 pictures on that album (it was the 21st bday of someone I know), I was quite surprised at the way some of them turned out. When I knew them we are all kids, now some of them look quite different. (There's the good, the bad, and OF COURSE! The... ____) The glorious! Hahaha.

I think I've blogged myself crazy. No wonder, it's 1.42am. Time to sleep.

P.S. the sheer amt of labels for this post shows that really, female minds DO jump all over the place. =P

Labels: books, christian, facebook, history, memories, ramblings, random

Ok, have quite a few thoughts on my mind right now. Last night after procrastinating very nicely the whole day, I sang myself to sleep. I sang "tomorrow" (from the musical Annie), only I changed the words:

I will do work, Tomorrow!
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow,
I'll do work!

Just thinking about, tomorrow,
gives me so much headache, so much sorrow,
oh, what fun!

[... .... ....]


Tomorrow, tomorrow, I'll do work, tomorrow,
you're always a day away!

Well after checking the real lyrics, I realised there's more verses and sort of a bridge. Hahaha. Of course this is all entirely in jest (and I did do *some* work today...) I still have things I really should do, but then, there's always tomorrow! Wahahahahha.


Original song on youtube:

Labels: humour, lame, lyrics, song

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