Black + Purple = Maroon-ish

Returning to the hair saga (see Part 1 and Part 2. Lol.), on new year's eve, I made another episode for this series. It's called, "The Exit of the Black."

Ok cut that. On new year's eve, I dyed my hair. If you've read the post on me rebonding my hair (part 2), you would have know that it took some effort to convince my mom to allow me to straighten my hair, while my dad said, "You can do anything to your hair but cannot dye it.". So, yes, it took me a few days of convincing my dad until I was finally allowed to dye my hair. But wait, with the condition that he needs to approve the colour. In other words, my hair still need to appear black ==

 My natural hair colour.

How did I come to the desire to dye hair? Truth be told, I actually kind of like my natural hair colour- black with little tints of brown. On the 28th of December 2009, Shiau Ping came over to my place and asked my sister's help to dye her hair. While she was dyeing her and I was talking to her, Ah Wei messaged me. She said she's dyeing her hair as well. This got Guat Shan and I excited. Then Guat Shan said, "If Ah Wei really dyeing, I will also.". Another reason might be because it's like everyone is dyeing their hair, so I want too! Lol.

Before dyeing my hair.

Next day, Guat Shan dyed her hair and on that very night itself, I gain the permission to dye my hair! Of course, my dad looked through Guat Shan's hair colour before allowing me to dye mine (because Guat Shan and I planned to dye the same colour). We chose purple :D

The mixture after oxidized. Looks like strawberry yogurt.

Two days after that, I waited for my sister to get back from college and have my hair coloured. Not really dye, more like highlighting. Or it was supposed to be highlight because I don't want my head to look like a mass of purple thing but somehow it turned to be like dyed ==

 While dyeing my hair.. Macam ada style la clip here clip there all but result like normal je.. ==

I wanted the tips to be coloured but the top remained black with a few strands here and there coloured. But I guess my request is 'high-skilled' for my unprofessional sister to follow. So it turned to be like what I have now.

 The tips are all coloured but not obvious.

I wouldn't say I dislike how it turned out to be though. It's still black in a way but appeared to be colored under the sunlight. Kind of like a mysterious feeling, a bad girl thing, as how Guat Shan put it ==

 Hmmm... can you see the black part?

The colour is fading everytime I wash my hair. I'm just worried it might fade to a certain weird shade of colour.

Random Discoveries In Hatyai

I just came back from Hatyai, Thailand last night. It wasn't the first time I been there but I made some discoveries that I wonder how come I did not the previous times I went there.

Like the 'story' behind this piece.

Not in Thailand.. Took this on one of the highways.

1) Every girl, yes EVERY, applies cosmetics there. And no, it's not just a plain thin layer of powder with some shades here and there and light lipstick. Instead, the cosmetics I mean involves thick foundation, excessive blusher, eyeliner, mascara, eye  shadow, fake lashes, lipstick, lip gloss and.. what else did I miss? Well, just everything one can apply on the face. What's more? Not just growing-up girls or young adults put on make-up but this is applicable females of every age group. 25-years-old road side hawker stall chicken rice seller, 10-years-old primary school kid, 60-years-old fruit seller aunty, to name a few.

2) Out of 10 people, only 2 of them wear spectacles. One of the two is a tourist and the other one is a man. I see no girls, seriously NONE of the girls wear spectacles. Why? I thought wearing specs look  nice.

Old school picture.

3) Look around you'll see a few dogs wondering around. What so special? Well, the dogs you see on street side are not plain stray dogs but those beautiful breeds- poodles and those you know, fur balls kind of dogs. But of course, there are a few stray dogs as well.

Extreme cute-ness!! <3

Bought several stuffs there, mainly clothes- 2 pairs of trousers, 5 pieces of tops, 3 pairs of shoes, 5 pairs of earrings, 2 bottles of Listerine... Yea. That's about it.

 

One of the store I bought clothes from. Totally new to me. Never thought of buying clothes from a porn shop.

Oh! A must when you visit Hatyai, massage! Previously, I went for full body massage but this time, I went for foot massage. Twice! :D

What was his name again? I forgot.

While I was in Hatyai, I have this very strong urge to get a tattoo. I don't know why but it's just there. I want to get one!! So, Gs, remember what you said! And Prince, remember what to do XD

Fake punye la...

And look at this plant I saw.

Look properly, there's no flower. The 'flowers' are actually red leaves. How special! Hmmm.. well, maybe some of you might notice this in other places, perhaps even your own home, but forgive me. This is the first time ever I saw this kind of plant == From this close up pic, it might be very obvious that they are leaves but when I see it as a whole, I wasn't very aware that the so-called flower was not exactly flower.

Oh yea, Ah Ken once told me about these oranges when we were on a trip in Sarawak. He said he wanted green oranges. They are extremely sweet. I did not manage to snap a pic that time but here it is..

Why are they call orange when they are green in colour? Should I start calling Orenar (Orange) Greenar (Green) instead?

P/s : I was stopped by the immigration officers when entering back into Malaysia. They doubted me for being Malaysian.

Happy 2010!

Well, I did not went for countdown or anything but I counted down with my nieces at home with a few cans of cincau drink. And from where we stood, we were able to watch fireworks colour the black sky from almost all angles. It's very simple, probably something some might even not consider as counting down or celebrating new year but hey, guess what? I toasted a can of beer with my dad! :D

Happy New Year, everyone!

Christmas In Penang

For Christmas this year I went Penang! Yea, I know. Like, "Penang again?", right? Well, can't deny the fact that I like Penang and that location doesn't really matter as long as there's friends, right?

View from our apartment.

Night view of Penang Island...

So anyway, the 13 of us (10 are from TD8), went on a 3 days 2 nights trip.

Another 2 are Bryan and Sardin.

Lepak-ed at McDonalds while waiting for the agent to bring the keys to our apartment in Tanjung Bungah.

The machos! 

There! Finally all of us! But unprepared. Lol.

For this trip, I spent..

Accomodation : RM 47.70

Guat Shan and I checking out the guys room.

Pathway to our apartment. The apartment was lovely~ The view was breathtaking.

Petrol : RM 40.00

Tol : RM 27.00

Entertainment : RM 85.00

Fish spa-ing in Queensbay Mall.

Food and Misc. : RM 30.00 (approximately)

Dinner on 24th in an 80-stall hawker place.

Free lunch in Edwin's place. Thanks auntie! Thanks Edwin!

Fun and Memories : Priceless.

Esplanade on Christmas eve.

Ekit and I (with Sardin popping up behind Ekit) on the sun clock.

Photo session in Esplanade. Enjoyed the salty breeze.

Beach on lower part of Batu Ferringhi. Were trying to fly?

Walking towards the beach..

Spent like an hour or so on the Rasa Sayang beach.

Leaving our marks in Penang.

The 3 non TD8.

SS-ing in Queensbay.

Merry Christmas and Happy 2010, everyone!

Christmas deco along with Batman exhibition in Queensbay Mall.

HoHoHo! Santa in Golden Sand Resort. They have a choir of Girls Guide coralling. How cute ^^

We curi-curi masuk the restricted area in Gurney Plaza.

P/s : The pictures here are more towards the random side since most photos are already uploaded in Facebook.

Being Random And Spontaneous

Random

–adjective

1.     proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern

Spontaneous

–adjective

1.     coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned

How about an example?

- "Let's go Kampar, weh." "Ok. On."

That was exactly what happened on the 14th this month. At about 11 in the morning, while I was at work, Shiau Ping texted me asking if there's anything I want to pass to Sardin or anyone in Kampar. She told me she was leaving to Kampar on an 11.30 a.m. train with Edwin.

At Tapah tol. Ah Wei sesat. wakaakka!

Later that night, at about 12 midnight, Ah Wei, Bryan, Kok Loong, Ah Chau, Yong Hui and myself pop up in Ghany surprising our friends in Kampar.

Oh~ Ghany! Missed you so much! XD

It was just a random idea that came up and we spontaneously followed the idea. Lol.

Basically what we did in Kampar was lepak-ing at the lake...

 

Went to Jusco Kinta City for pool and bowling...

 

 

Went to McDonalds at Gopeng...

 

 

 

 

 

Visited the new Ghany, Haji Gani (According to Guat Shan, someone needs to tell the boss he spelled his name wrongly. Lol.)

And then we headed back to KL. Some might think it was a waste of time, some might think we're crazy. But when I think about it, how any times and how long more can I be so spontaneous? Then I think again, it was fun! ^^

Random facts about... Rats?

Ah Wei just complained ealier that I haven't updated my blog for a certain period now. I agree. Well, that's simply because there's nothing really interesting happening and another honest reason, I can't think of anything to blog about. It's kind of like my 'vacation' now and I'm letting my brain rest. Lol.

I'm in my final lab now and there's nothing much. I mean, there is supposed to be a lot of work (according to one of my previous lab collegue) but since the lab technician who I'm supposed to follow is on leave till the 8th this month, I practically just linger around and 'cabut' home early everyday.

Today, I was very fortunate to be given a chance by Yen Ee's department to well, dissect rats. I did this once when I was in foundation but we're talking about bulk here but not much, just 40 of them. So, there were three steps- extracting the blood, removing the organs and removing fats from the organ. I was involved in the first and last step.

All dressed up for the post mortem. Can you spot me?

From what I did today, let me share with you some very random facts about rats, which I know you might not need it but well, just take it as general information. Lol.

1) A male rat's testicles are imbalance- the right testes is slightly larger than the left.

2) Liver is the largest organ in a rat and the smallest is the adrenal gland.

3) The adrenal gland is no bigger than a quarter of your keyboard keys.

4) A rat's testicle is bigger than it's heart, and probably it's brain.

I guess just 4 is already enough to bore you.

While I was there witnessing and killing the rats, I actually feel so very sorry for them. Some of them weren't even asleep before they were killed ><

Well, I guess that's why I'm in Biotech, right? I deal with creatures which when I take their lives, I'm less sinful XD