My POOR eyebrows

This is a continuation of the last posting.

My mom is one person that is quite difficult to get a laugh out of her. So, nothing prepared me (it wasn't that shocking anyway) for her response to my eyebrows.

The day came. I went with support from my buddy to the D counter for eyebrow trimming. She was to be my pillar of support & to stop the sales pitch.

I thought that the girl was joking when she told me that the session would last for about 30 minutes, cos of the "thickness" of my brows. Oh my goodness, she was right!!

Even more interesting, was that D's senior stylist, a MAN, did my eyebrows!! I am not being a sexist but a guy doing my brows? I have not felt so embaressed for a long time. HA HA!!

Now, down to the logistics:

• it cost S$15 per session; if u book FIVE, u get ONE FREE & each of the sessions will cost u S$12
• must pre-book
• each session last for about 20-30 min

I sure made the guy work for the $15. Every time my brows got plucked, it felt like someone was pinching me & I felt like whacking the fella on the head. It only lasted 30minutes but to me, it felt like an eternity! I had to sit there on the chair demurely.

At the end of it all, there was no sales pitch surprisingly. I got up, thanked the fella & scooted off with my friend.

Out safely, SHE laughed & so did I. Then, more laughter. Then, mumblings.

As I went home by MRT, i SMS her. "now the rating has gown down to 5 out of 10 ..." To which she replied, "at the rate u r mumbling, it will go to -5 in no time!!"

At HOME, my mother took one look at me & burst into laughter. What was the laughter all about?

SIMPLE: the guy did away with HALF of my eyebrow on either side!! For the next few weeks till it grew back, I had to apply eyebrow pencil ... Fortunately, I had Lancome to thank, since I do have their pencil.

Still, I wasn't happy. Looking at the pictures of all those female stars with lovely eyebrows, I wondered to myself "why can't I have those lovely brows, too??" Perhaps that is why they are STARS & I am merely, a plain jane.

My EYEBROWS

There is this world renowned cosmetics company that has a counter in Takashimaya, which I shall call it D (and NO, it ain't DIOR).

My fellow female friends have long nagged at me to go get my eyebrows trimmed/ plucked. To make it nice, to be a little like the movie stars, or so they say.

Get this, when I mentioned this in the office, one of my colleagues more senior in rank to me, offered to accompany me there, since I did mention that I was afraid that the D people might try their sales pitch on me. I happily accepted, knowing that she is a lady with a good sense of fashion.

What a let down at Taka (i love shortcuts!) ... an anti-climax!! When the 2 of us ladies arrive at the D counter (no, it is NOT Dior), female staff informed me that I have to book in advance!!

HELLO ... mumble ... is it so hard to do ... mumble ... NO, i will just go for ONE session, cos i just got fed-up by ur sales pitch & i dun care if 6 sessions will be cheaper ... mumble grumble!!

Then, I parted from my colleague, who had other appointments. Me? I think I went shopping to soothe my heart.

Get To GO

I am using MSN Messenger a lot nowsaday, though it used to be ICQ.

In my previous posting, I mentioned that I was going to Penang, Malaysia for a friend's wedding. Well, more on that now.

The FIRST problem I had was asking around our common pool of friends who were going. My friend MSN me, "u dun worry, u just book ur air tix & come!"

PROBLEM No.2: my accomodation. Same friend above," u dun worry, just come. we can fix u up to share room with another gal whom u also know".

PROBLEM No.3: airport transfer. Same friend with "u dun worry, just come. we can fix ...."

He really did. As he was also going along with some others to the wedding, he sort of became the de facto leader of our group, planning which hotel to stay & transport. My role basically boiled down to "u dun worry, u just come!"

I am truly blessed to have such good friends. People like him, don't always happen to one in one's life.