My Very Hairy Adventure

Ok that title sounds kinda off. But oh well. I made the mistake of having a cappuccino at like 7pm last night and I only had around 6 hours of sleep. My mind is a liiiiitle wonky. (ask my friend...I think she mighta thought I was going mental or something ;)) So just a warning...this post is going to sound VERY scatter-brained. You all get to have a taste of what I'm like with too much coffee and too little sleep ;)

Anyway! Onto this very interesting "adventure".  First off, I should probably say, I rarely ever go to a salon to get my hair cut. The last time I went I think was around 6 years ago? But Mom or my sister normally just cut it and there done. However, this time around, since we were in Singapore, Mom thought it would be a good idea to get it cut here. So I did.

Oh yeah, so have I ever told you all of the first (and so far only) time I donated my hair? I was 6 at the time and Mom did my worst nightmare. She made a mistake and my hair ended up at my chin. MY CHIN. That was a very scarring experience...I'm scared every time scissors come near my head now.

So what happened when I went into that salon? Well...I understood less than half of what the hairdressers were saying. They were speaking English, but Singaporeans have well - a very Singaporean accent and I can't understand it. They also don't understand me. Don't believe it? Here's what happened at a bakery we were at a couple days ago.

Me: May I have the pork floss please?
Them: Peanut butter?
Me: Nooo...floss
Them: KAYA??
Me: help

So there. Aaaanyway, when I realized I couldn't understand barely any of what they were saying, I was starting to freak out. I mean, what if they cut off too much? I only wanted to trim it since I'm trying to grow it out. I started to back out...but Mom really wanted me to get my hair cut there. So I sent up a quick prayer and went in.

The minute I sat down in the chair and let my hair out, the hairdresser's eyes just about popped out and this time I understood what he said. "Wow. That's...long" (And in my head I was just going "yep! it's long! I want to keep it that way!!!!)

Then he started playing with my hair (which feels perfectly horrid just staying. I mean, a strange man feeling my hair and looking at it and YEAH). Anyway, he commented again on how long it was and then said something about layers and he made an indication about where he was gonna cut it and I nearly died. I don't remember much of the conversation following,  but I know that I stressed over and over AND OVER again that I wanted to keep it long. "just trim it" "keep it long" "LONG layers" "long" "long" "LONG"

And then the dreaded moment came. The scissors went snip and I closed my eyes and reminded myself "Don't worry. Hair grows back. It'll grow back. It. Will. Grow. Back."

I finally found the courage to open my eyes...and there was the smallest little bit of hair on the ground. *happy sigh* Seriously...by the time he was done, my hair looked like it hadn't even been touched xD I mean, the dead ends were gone...but the length was there! YIPPEEEEEEE (yeah yeah yeah, you all probably think I'm crazy :P)

Oh yeahh and also some funny things I also observed at the salon. So when your hair is long:
// people keep saying how long it is

// your hair fills the entire sink (and they comment again on how long it is xD)

// the guy washing your hair takes several pumps of shampoo and starts to rub it in...then realizes he's gonna need waaaay more

// it takes TWO guys to blow dry your hair (i just about died laughing when this happened)



Oh yeah. And guess what? I'M A BRUNETTE.

Kinda. Because yeah. I was being super adventurous and ended up going into TWO salons in one day. So basically, a few weeks ago, Mom thought it would be fun if I got highlights. I was a little skeptical of it at first, but finally decided to give it a try. So after I got my hair cut, we found a salon and in I went.

You all. I came out looking like a brunette.

It was supposed to be black with brown highlights. Instead...it looked waaay more like brown with black highlights.

Hehe soooo remember that little fiasco where I stressed long layers? Oops...not the best for highlights. Anyway, not the highlights I was looking for. Instead of highlighting the nonexistent layers...he streaked the top....and then pretty much dyed my entire bottom half brown. I will say, it's a very nice brown and a natural brown at that...but STILL. I'm still in disbelief about my "highlights". I think I do like it...but I doubt I'd ever do this again. Really...every time I see my hair I just keep going "IT'S BROWN"

So yeah! That happened this week. How has your week gone? 😄

Greetings from Halfway Across the World...

Hello again! Been awhile since I posted again..aghhh I'm trying to keep up but yeahhh. This time, I'm writing in a very warm, very humid country that is almost half way across the world from home. Imagine this. 12 C degree weather in Canada...(oh beautiful cold) to - near 40 C degrees. It's a wonder I haven't already melted into a huge puddle xD 

Not sure how much I'll be able to blog, but I suddenly have a ton of time on my hands. Like...wowzers. From juggling a full-time job, school, and everything in between that to...basically nothing is quite an experience. We'll probably get a lot busier later on once we visit people and stuff, but for now, we're just trying to recover from the flight.

Strangely enough, all three times we've gone to Singapore in the past 6 years, we've always had a kid that was around 1. So yep. 8 kids and two adults (mom and my grandfather - dad's gonna join us later on) on a plane for roughtly 15 hours. And then transferring to fly for another 4-5 hours. 😴

Our first flight

So actually...Sweet Pea wasn't as bad as we thought she was gonna be. Quite proud of her actually. She had a few hyper moments (too many M&M's given to her by yours truly xD) and a couple tantrums, but then again, she IS only 18 months. So all in all, I'd say she did a pretty good job considering she had to stay in the same place for over 15 hours. 

Trying to maintain sanity...almost there...

These two got together fairly well, although sleeping next to Toblerone...ughhh. He kept kicking me in the ribs :P

We finally reached Singapore (after a stop at Taiwan where we sat for a couple hours in a vividly pink Hello Kitty sitting station thing. It was SO pink xD) then tried not to die stepping outside the airport. The humidity was oh my goodness. It was like you could feel the water in the air. Once we reached the apartment, we piled in, ate some snacks and then - the jetlag hit. The past few nights for me are basically summed up in these quotes:

Thank goodness for the pools though! They really help to cool down.

Being our typical crazy selves, we decided to make a train on the kiddie slide. So yep! All eight of us piled onto that slide. Took a little longer than it probably should've, but we did it! Proof below xD

Aaaaannnd yeah...the girls' hair has not gone too well with the humidity and heat. Sweet Pea's hair is finally growing out and getting longer but yeahh. Her bed head is hilarious xD

And my hair...let's just say I think it's been trying to go for a Mother Gothel look lately.

That's it for now, but hopefully I'll be able to post more updates on our trip later on! How are your summers going? Finally summer weather or is the spring-winter-summer-all-at-the-same-time thing still going on? xD 

Family Vacation Photos...Finally!!

Wow...it's hard to believe it's been over a month since we went to Virginia!!! Seriously though...I loved Every. Single. Moment of it. Sunsets and beaches and horses and ahhhhhh - it was so dreamy...I would definitely go there again :D And now FINALLY - here are those pics I promised you. A mix of photos from my camera and phone...145 in total (although I'm fairly certain the photo count went down when I deleted some accidental duplicates.)  It took pretty much all night to upload all of these, otherwise I think this post probablyyyy would have gone up last night xD 

Anyhoo, here they are! Hope you enjoy them :) 

On the road! 

At Cracker Barrel! Love at first sight ^_^ 

Found the end of the rainbow! 

Totally went crazy with sunset pictures this trip xD 

At Jackspot...a beautiful restaurant in Cape Charles. Seriously peoples, THE BEST! Dinner outside, by the beach, cool breeze, watching a sunset, delicious food, and country music. *dreamy sigh* 

Crab cake burger thingy :P No clue what the exact name was...but oh my goodness it is SO GOOD!!!! 

'Twas windy...

Beach Day!! 

OH! And the house we rented...was on a RAINBOW street. It was AMAZING *insert a million hearts* All the houses were different colours, it was soooooo cool! 

Ok...so I love chocolate ice cream...And I found out about this other flavour that had even MORE chocolate in it and I'm totallyyyy in love. But they don't sell it in Canada :( Marsh mud...SO DELICIOUS. (it also stains my teeth all brown.... #reality)

Misty of Chincoteague!! 

All ready for the Sunset Cruise! 

First wild pony sighting!!! 

Just saying.....these particular horses INSISTED on hiding their heads in them bushes *sigh* But I still love how the sun is reflecting off their bodies and making them look so golden and all :) 

😍

All them crazies :D 

Ok this picture was by pure accident. Had NO CLUE Sweet Pea was doing that when I took the picture and it wasn't until I was looking over the photos I had taken that I finally noticed xD 

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