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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Managing my mane
I really regretted dyeing my hair colour blue black. Regretted letting her persuade me to dye blue black with red colour streak running down my right. That was in July, when i wanted to try something different and of course, look different during my cousin's wedding. Anyways, I have been wanting to try blue black cos they say your hair will look very radiant and shiny.
Little do i know that once you dye blue black, you have to either wait for your new hair to grow out or bleach it if you wanna do another dye job. I went to 2 hair dresser, one in Singapore and the other in Beijing, both tell me the same thing. So since I am in Beijing now, i might as well do my hair once and for all. SO that next time i will be free to dye or highlight my hair and not wait for new hair to grow out.
So i went to the salon near our apartment. They were having some promotion. 30% discount on hair cuts. I chose to let their 总监 cut my hair, since it only cost 98Y or approximately SGD 17. He suggested to remove my present colour from my hair first, then dye the colour that i want and then do a treatment. I managed to negotiate for a free haircut from him. My days of bargaining at 秀水 (a flea market like place in Beijing) works.
I was ushered into an area where the 总监 serves his clients. He and his assistant then started working on my hair. I was given lots of magazine to read, green/red tea to drink and even lap top to surf net. Not bad hor? Then I was given a hand massage by his assistant. I felt really uncomfortable cos i am not used to such things over in Singapore. I rejected her offer but she insisted. I prefer to either sleep or stone when doing my hair. But Ok, what the heck, just try la.
Overall, i am rather pleased with his cut and colour. Here's the before and after shots: Ok, it actually looks much nicer last night..it sort of flattened after one night of sleeping.
Little do i know that once you dye blue black, you have to either wait for your new hair to grow out or bleach it if you wanna do another dye job. I went to 2 hair dresser, one in Singapore and the other in Beijing, both tell me the same thing. So since I am in Beijing now, i might as well do my hair once and for all. SO that next time i will be free to dye or highlight my hair and not wait for new hair to grow out.
So i went to the salon near our apartment. They were having some promotion. 30% discount on hair cuts. I chose to let their 总监 cut my hair, since it only cost 98Y or approximately SGD 17. He suggested to remove my present colour from my hair first, then dye the colour that i want and then do a treatment. I managed to negotiate for a free haircut from him. My days of bargaining at 秀水 (a flea market like place in Beijing) works.
I was ushered into an area where the 总监 serves his clients. He and his assistant then started working on my hair. I was given lots of magazine to read, green/red tea to drink and even lap top to surf net. Not bad hor? Then I was given a hand massage by his assistant. I felt really uncomfortable cos i am not used to such things over in Singapore. I rejected her offer but she insisted. I prefer to either sleep or stone when doing my hair. But Ok, what the heck, just try la.
Overall, i am rather pleased with his cut and colour. Here's the before and after shots: Ok, it actually looks much nicer last night..it sort of flattened after one night of sleeping.
Saturday, December 06, 2008
How i love the sun in Beijing
Although i always complain about the sun's warm rays shinning onto me in Singappore, I was so so so grateful for the sun in Beijing. It is able to give me some warm midst the cold winter weather in Beijing.
Today we went to "Long De Plaza" to look at Gymboree for Isaac as well as to "Bo Kai Kindergarten" to look at the kindergarten we intend to send Isaac to. Unfortunately, they are not open on weekends, we will try again on weekdays. Here's some pics we took at the park near the kindergarten as well as the kindergarten itself. More pics can be found in my facebook.
Today we went to "Long De Plaza" to look at Gymboree for Isaac as well as to "Bo Kai Kindergarten" to look at the kindergarten we intend to send Isaac to. Unfortunately, they are not open on weekends, we will try again on weekdays. Here's some pics we took at the park near the kindergarten as well as the kindergarten itself. More pics can be found in my facebook.
Friday, December 05, 2008
TIC
Desmond and I went to the BJ Municipl Public Security Bureau to settle my residence permit. Summer, her office girl, prepared all the documents for us and we went down right away after all was done. We waited for almost 2 hours for our turn, reason being, there was only one counter open cos the rest went for lunch. ----->> Shouldn't they practise staggered lunch hour?
Finally our turn came. We went happily to the counter, hoping everything will be accepted by the officer. She went through the documents, saw my medical documents and then said crudely, "No, this one will not do, you have to go to the BJ Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine, to exchange your Singapore medical report to BJ one." We were like WTF (*excuse my language, i was really pissed off. I came here, early in the morning after barely touching down for 2 hours and then you tell me this. Well, if she had said you need to do another medical checkup in BJ for this application as your singapore's medical checkup was to apply visa, then, that would be acceptable...but to go there, just to exchange for a report??!!!) So silly!!!!
But then Desmond told me...well TIC
P.S, Make a guess what does TIC stand for.
Finally our turn came. We went happily to the counter, hoping everything will be accepted by the officer. She went through the documents, saw my medical documents and then said crudely, "No, this one will not do, you have to go to the BJ Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine, to exchange your Singapore medical report to BJ one." We were like WTF (*excuse my language, i was really pissed off. I came here, early in the morning after barely touching down for 2 hours and then you tell me this. Well, if she had said you need to do another medical checkup in BJ for this application as your singapore's medical checkup was to apply visa, then, that would be acceptable...but to go there, just to exchange for a report??!!!) So silly!!!!
But then Desmond told me...well TIC
P.S, Make a guess what does TIC stand for.
Busy November
It had been a busy November. Busy packing stuff over to Beijing, settling Isaac down, went to HK mid Novemeber, etc. So many things, tiring tiring.
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