Dear Diary,
Welcome 2014 once again.
January has been a busy month - but wait, which month is not busy?
I finally have some solid ideas of what sidelines I want to venture into. I guess sometimes having partners may make part of the work easier and we can share load / pool resources, but sometimes it may be faster to just go ahead and do it by oneself first. Awaiting surveys, coordinations etc actually causes time and potential income (opportunities cost) to be lost. I also should go back to attending more networking events.
New career began quite well I guess - I won prizes at the company's Dinner and Dance - and closed cases rather fast. Once this settles down, I shall proceed to registering for a couple of stuffs I have always wanted to learn - French and Driving (like, finally).
So happy that I managed to settle two issues too - one has been something that has followed me for close to ten years (wow) and one is a brilliant plan that came to me - I did not even have to rack my brains.
I also chopped my bangs off finally. After different hairdos, I finally decided to give it a try, just to see how I would look - since I have tried short hair, pixie hair, dyed hair, curls and straight hair of different colors before. Hmm.. was always curious to know if bangs would make me look dollish or Cleopatra-ish.
This is my usual typical dark or reddish-fade-to-brown long hair with different partings - my natural hair is rather straight, but I did rebonding almost on an annual basis as well. At times I had it layered, but the length is usually past chest level - my hair grows fast, what can I say?
Sometimes I would fasten the hair back into a French Braid or just a half-way knot with my signature black Ferragamo hair-clip.
Sometimes, when I have bad hair day or when I am in formal wear, I would bun up the hair or fasten it up in huge barrettes.
For events or dinners, I would visit the hairstylists to give me curls- well, I have tried perming my hair before but it was kind of tedious to maintain so the temporary curls suit me fine.
Once, I chopped my tresses off to chin length and had it dye red - my bob.
Sometimes, I like my hair cut to shoulder-length, especially before a long trip overseas, or when I tire of long hair. Sometimes, I chop it to this length so the new hair can grow out healthier (the long tresses were permanently abused by chemicals through dye, perm or rebonding).
And voila - the bangs I had been meaning to try out but had never dared to try out for fear I would look odd, or would grow pimples on the forehead. Still getting used to the new look.
Finally, lots of reasons to shop for foodstuffs and clothes this month since the Lunar New Year is here. For more on Spring cleaning - read
this entry, my dears or Chinese New Year greetings, read
this entry. There are also visitations, catching up with relatives and friends and a little gambling, visiting of the River Angpao and some "lohei" lunches / dinners pending.
Cobalt blue dress that is short, sleeveless and simple - for work and outings.
Orange dress that is elegant, has a good material and refreshing.
Finally, the signature little black dress that one cannot imagine me without - with sequins at sleevehole-hem.
I kind of regret not having bought the fuchsia pink tight dress I saw the other day - perhaps I may go back and buy it.
Finally, working on the blogging project still, and more outings to come, dears.
Stay tuned, smooches.
