if i were a painter…

After my exams 2 weeks ago, I went off to London to

a) eat some good food!

b) and more good food….

c) cut my hair

d) shop

e) spend time with sis (and potential half)

f) more shopping!

I realised that a lot of the clothes in my wardrobe are from 2 years ago (mostly consisting of t-shirts), and since I’m going on 24 soon, I should do away with my haphazard ‘anything will do’ style of dressing and acquire attire more befitting my age.

But I’ve also come to realise that sometimes I tend to have unrealistic expectations about myself, and whilst I’ve got more clothes to play with (tee hee), I think my dress sense is still as haphazard and temperamental as ever. Ah well…

I went to Covent Garden to cut my hair at my sister’s favourite place. It was a nice posh place which served drinks (and also the most I’ve ever spent on my hair, but working sister paid )

The lady (she’s a LOVELY Japanese lady in the early fifties I think, very motherly-ish, my sister’s fav hairdresser) played around with my hair (which was as unruly, unblown, unstyled as ever) and said "I’m gonna make you look elegant and sophisticated". OK. Yes I need that.

I asked "May I have a fringe?"

She said "No.. you’d have to blow dry it into shape everyday and I don’t think you’d want to do that." OK. Yup, she obviously understands I don’t spend much time on my hair.

She gave me a nice bob and told me to blow dry the sides into shape everyday. Simple. She gravely added "You know, you have a nice face, you just need to put in more effort."

HahahaHAHAhHAhahaAHHahahahahahahaha… I found that strangely hilarious.

But it was the kick in the butt I needed to put more effort into the way I look. Not that I should be more vain, but perhaps it wouldn’t hurt grooming myself a little more as befitting a lady of (soon to be) 24.

So I acquired a hairdryer and hair straightener from my sister (who had gotten it from her friend who went back to USA and left lots of stuff behind including clothes and belts which I’m helping to make use of - oh man, I love charity shopping for free! especially if the person has lots of awesome clothes they dont want *HINT)

So for the past 2 weeks I’ve been faithfully blowing my hair and even straightening it into shape (Quite an achievement! Am quite proud) But being the klutz I am, I broke the hairdryer last week.

At least I still have the hair straighteners!

PS My favourite restaurants in London are ‘Food for talk’ in Covent Garden serving the bestest ever vegetarian food. You’d want to be vegetarian just eating their food (and I’m an established carnivour, so it’s GOOD). And another Indian restaurant called Diwana near Euston. The afternoon Indian buffet is DIVINE.

I passed my exams!!!! Praise the Lord!!!! Am free to bum around for at least half a year more :)