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Hair today, gone tomorrow

Posted by selmaleung on 23 April, 2007

I had my hair cut today, which is always a thoroughly enjoyable experience for me. After years of looking for the elusive perfect hairdresser, I eventually found THE ONE, recommended by a friend.

Moga is now the place for my hair to be chopped off in peace. They pamper to my hair needs – this includes a hairwash + head massage that seems to last for ages, which is followed by a soothing hot towel placed just under the neck. Not only this, they also give you a head, shoulder and back massage – now this is what I call service.

So, back to my hair cut. After watching my hairdresser, Hiroki, spend an hour sculpting and perfecting every strand on my head with immense precision (how I enjoy watching his hands work), I feel slightly guilty knowing that I will end up ruining his creation after the first wash. And I wish that I could have the ability and patience to preserve the salon effect. However, my laziness means that I can’t even be bothered to use a hair dryer (in fact, I didn’t even own one until my friend came to stay at mine).

So, for those of you who won’t get to see me before I ruin my new haircut (which will be most of you), here is a photo in memory of it (with my head looking a bit squashed):

New haircut

And here’s one of the back. As you can see, I’m a bit of a mullethead, but I think I can live with that for the sake of fashion. (The white flecks are actually from my phone – where’s Photoshop when you need it!).

From the back (mullethead)

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Graffiti, a very big fluffy penguin, and the important thing about ice cream

Posted by selmaleung on 15 April, 2007

So finally, the sun has decided to come out and project its rays of hotness on the UK. Yippee! Which also seems to give license to people to not wear much (spotted: bikini-wearer in Hyde Park – it’s only April!).

With the sun shining on us, Andy and I decided to do some exploring of this fascinating city we now live in. So, to Portobello Road we went via the No. 27 bus to Turnham Green (this is my favourite bus – takes me to Hammersmith to see my friend Agathe one way, and to Chalk Farm with the yummy ice cream parlour the other way).

The market was packed – and we walked the whole length of Portobello Road. On the way back to the bus stop, we missed out the busy market road and walked along Kensington Park Road instead, on which I took a photo of this brilliant graffiti on the front of a bathroom shop (which I’m not sure was or was not closed down):

Graffiti on Kensington Park Road (Portobello)

So that was exciting photo number one. Exciting photo number two I took today in front of HMV on Oxford Street (Bond Street). This one is for you, Elisa! (Wow, it’s REEEAAALLY BIIIG!!!!!)

Very big fluffy penguin in front of HMV

I shall end on exciting photo number three, which will also serve as my thought for the day. Walking along Oxford Street past Selfridges, we also passed an ice cream stand where the servers wore T-shirts stating a very important point about ice cream that I firmly believe in (this one’s for you, Chris, my ice cream buddy)…

ice cream

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