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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
About next year's classes...
(Warning: Long entry ahead, not for people who cant stand long-winded entries)
Haha!
I am super happy and unhappy. Well, I am too happy to tell you what made me unhappy, so how about I tell you what made me happy for a change?
Well....I think you guys know how much I love tattoos and henna right? As in like, you can see under "Loves" under my profile right at the side of my blog and you will see them and also from my past entry that I love them:).
And when you read the past entry you will realise that I always do henna, and not tattoo cos' well, I am scared of the pain involved (and also afraid I will regret the tattoo when I grew old)...I mean, I have watched a documentary on it before, and it totally freaked me out, what with the needle and the blood:(
BUT......nothing beats trying it. HAHA! Yes....I went and got myself my own tattoo!!! And of course, my best friend accompanied me which, cos' of her neverending courage (if you know my bestie you will know she has a high level of threshold of pain) boosts my own courage:)
Well, I am so happy, I don't know how to start telling you the whole story. I mean, I didnt get anything extravagant so it is not so painful, but I am super happy cos' I overcome my own fear. You know how happy you can get when you overcome your own fear, and realized that your fear is not as fearsome as you think it is?
If you know what I am talking about you will understand how I feel. It's like being on top of the world:)
Let me show you my tattoo shall I? Then, I can tell you the story:)
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Nice????? I love it! Before you start anyhow guessing what it is...the tattoo is just a fanciful design of my own initial "J". Ok??? Not butterfly or the letter "f" or "t".
Well...Cos' a tattoo is going to follow you for life, you don't want to put a picture that you will regret. And I don't want one that is like, too big like an Ah Beng or Ah Lian (cos' I personally feel a tattoo is a piece of art, not a piece of vulgarity). Let me tell you what other pictures I considered besides my own initial: butterfly, dove, dolphin, snowflake, Neopagan pentagram (or called inverted pentagon) and northern star.
In the end, I decided on a fanciful letter "j" cos' that is my own name. Cos' I can never get sick of my own name, AND, it is so fanciful, it looks like a butterfly as well, which is just as good cos' I also wanted a butterfly.
But the thing is, I didn't choose other pictures cos' they held no meaning to me. I mean, I read from website dove and butterfly symbolises feminism, but, what if I regret it when I grow old???? I mean, in real life I am scared of all insects (which I hope I can overcome one day), and it includes the butterfly of course. So it is really stupid to put something you are afraid of, right?
Moreover, I don't know whether as I grew older I will find butterflies, etc....not as nice and pretty anymore, you get what I mean? As we grew older we change in our taste of things...like I used to prefer wearing short mini skirts, but now I don't, that kind of changes, you know? And since I felt a tattoo is a piece of art, I don't want something common...it should be unique and individual:) (My tattoo is kind of customized by my tattooist)
That is why I used to think that people who tattoo their husband/boyfriend/girlfriend/wife's name are crazy. I mean, what if you guys break up??? I don't know, it's a bit too show off about your feelings right? I mean, I know a tattoo is usually for show off, but not too much cos' a tattoo is also about the art and the meaning it has for you:)
Anyway, mine simply means me, cos' it's my initial, and it is simply to tell myself to love myself more:) Cos' when you love yourself, then you can love others. Of course, you don't overdo it. Like you know, become the kind of arrogant self-centered person that I hate. BLEH! I met that kind of girl and guy before. It's super disgusting.
Anyway, let me tell you the experience. It is really just like what you read on the website....the anticipation is worse than the pain. It's like, I really thought it was super painful, and that I will faint/vomit/cry, but when the needle touched me, I felt so -_-. If you get what I meant.
So I gave a blank look like this -_-, and Qi and the other guy from the shop thought I was too stunned and shocked for words, when I really feel like saying "CHEY". (I really should practice my facial expressions, seemed to be giving the wrong expression about my true feelings).
I mean, it IS painful. But it is tolerable...in fact, it only got more painful when Malvin (my tattooist) had to colour after outlining my tattoo. Qi said some people feel outlining is more painful than filling (colouring). But in my opinion, filling is more painful, cos' you imagine using a toothpick to colour your skin (you know like the stroking that you need to do when you colour on paper?). PAIN right????
Whereas outlining is just like writing, one stroke and it's done. And the needle is moving so fast, the pain is just like a toothpick touching your skin, unlike the filling part where it feels like the toothpick is colouring/scratching your skin.
BUT it is all tolerable. I have encountered worse pain than that, both emotional and physical, so it is really not THAT bad.
BUT of course, I have got one wonderful tattooist. I reckon those who had not gone for tattoo before but intending to go for one to go to him.
Cos' he is so passionate about his job, that he rather you get a tattoo you like than caring about earning money. Did you know when I went to him, I was the last customer (Qi went for touch up on her tattoo) AND, instead of rushing me cos' it's already 10p.m. and most shops are closed, he customized a tattoo for me???
He was also very patient with me, and charged me real cheap ($50, which other places charge at $100) and before you start thinking it is some sleazy shop, it is at Far East Plaza and the shop has been around for some time, and there are many tattooist in that shop and quite a number of people before me...
Actually Far East Plaza's tattoo shop usually charges at about $50...cos' Qi actually wanted to go to another shop where she got her piercing, but that bloody person lied to her. What happened really made us mad.
The whole story went like this:
Qi wanted to have a touch up on her tattoo. She asked me along cos' she needed company AND she knew I wanted to tattoo but I was too chickened (I hate to chickened out). So she wanted to go to the place called Exotic Arts at Far East Plaza where she got her piercing. They charged at $50 for touch up of tattoo, which is cheap. And cos' she trusted the place, she went there for her touch up of tattoo (after all, we don't want to go to a sleazy shop for a tattoo).
However, she already went down with her sister the day before and cos' the guy said he had full appointments, he asked her to come down the next day, which was yesterday, Friday and call before she goes down, but he should be free. Then when she called yesterday, he (freaking liar) said he has got an appointment till 9p.m.
SO that idiot told her to come down another day again! But Qi already made plans to meet me. So she told him she would come down anyway cos' that freaking liar told her it only takes about 10 mins to touch up. So after 9p.m., he would only need to do touch up for her for only 10 mins. (If you asked me, 10 mins for $50 is easy money).
AND that liar agreed to do for her after 9p.m., but he would call her. And Qi told him she was already at Orchard, just waiting for him to be done so she would just walk to Far East.
YOU know what the liar did??? He never called. By 9.18p.m., I was beginning to think that that guy could not be trusted. (After all, he kept telling her to come back another day despite the fact that her touch - up only needs 10 mins so it goes to show he is just not interested to stay after 9p.m., even if it is for 10 mins).
He really lied. He didnt call, and when we reached Far East at about 9.20p.m., that liar has long gone home. The whole bloody shop was closed!!!!
Anyway, it's just as well. A blessing in disguise!!! I am glad I gave my first time to Malvin (no pun intended). He is really patient, understanding(if you are a first timer), reassuring and gentle:). He reassured me that he would be gentle with me, and he really did. It was late, as it was already after 10p.m.(I think I mention it earlier), and yet he did not rush into things, from custom designing my "J" to tattooing it for me nice and slow, cos' he took about 45 mins to finish one letter "j", which is really not rushing.
AND he was funny. He jokingly told me to quickly pay up, which I asked him how come he didn't ask Qi to pay up before her touch-up, and he laughed. (I actually said I dont want cos' I am broke, honestly, not only cos' I was scared, but Qi is really nice about this, think she doesnt want me to chicken out) Then I got it that he didnt want me to backout last minute! Heh:)
I think he really knows I wanted a tattoo but didnt dare to do it, so he made up my mind for me, since according to him and his friend (who is also a tattooist), it is all in the mind, and the pain is tolerable, and that girls have higher level of threshold of pain (we can tolerate menstrual cramps)
And just like what I have read at Xiaxue.blogspot.com, hers also didnt bleed much, and mine certainly didnt. Usually only good tattooist will not let you bleed much:)
AND not only he is nice and friendly, reassuring and patient and understanding (after all, he could have tell me to hurry up and decide, rather than joke with me and customize my tattoo and patiently reassuring me to relax.) His friend, also a tattooist, was there waiting for him. He is very nice and friendly too, kept joking with me to reassure me, and telling me it is all in the mind:) He even tell Qi to take a picture of my expression when the needle first touch my skin, cos' he said my expression is priceless:D
So for first timers, I reckon you go to him (or his friends) cos' the environment there is friendly and nice (which is very important cos' usually this kind of places look intimidating, and if they are not friendly and understand that you are a first timer, you will feel so stressed out from the anticipation).
I have his name card below:)
