The one with the one hour hair-cut

Every once in a while, we all like to pamper ourselves, go to a spa, get a massage, go to the hair saloon, a mani & pedi treatment, a facial... You would think that after a hard week at work, the one thing you would want to do during the weekend was to relax and enjoy and give yourself a little treat. I, for one, think that the best way to enjoy and relax is just to either hang out at home doing almost nothing, or hanging out with friends, watching movies or karaoke-ing. I dare say that I am not the kind of guy who pampers myself by getting a massage or going to the spa and I only visit the hair saloon when I need to (that's like once every 2 months???).

Today happens to be one of those days after 2 months that I needed to get a hair cut. And later today, I would be catching a movie with some friends. So I had it all planned. Leave my place at about 11am, get my hair cut, reach One Utama roughly around 12 noon, enjoy my Star Bucks fix and get some work done, all before the movie. So, I got to the hair saloon at about 11:15am. To my surprise, it had just opened. So I went in and sat down at one of the saloon chairs when the boss came up to me and asked me if I wanted to wash my hair. Initially I said no, but then I eventually agreed to it... which was a big mistake.

To those FRIENDS-natics out there, do you remember the episode where Monica gave Chandler a back massage which was so bad that Chandler thought he was going to die????? Well, I felt like that. Here this guy was, with his big-ass hands trying to squeeze the bejezuz out of my head, as he was scrubbing away at my hair. Fortunately he did not have long fingernails, or it would have been like combing my hair with a metal comb. Then, as all hair washes go apparently, he starts to 'massage' my neck. Now, I say massage just to be kind, but it actually felt like the guy was trying to do the Vulcan Death Grip on me. And to make things worse, all this squeezing and scrubbing and Vulcan Death Gripping went on and on and on for like 45 minutes....!!!

So after washing out all the gunk out of my hair, I told the guy to hurry it up as I was kinda in a rush. In actually fact I was getting restless and wanted to get out of there... FAST... The hair cut only took about 10 minutes (I don't have that much hair) and then I was done... after one whole hour. And 45 minutes of that was spent on washing my hair... I don't even wash my hair that long. In fact, I don't even bathe that long.

I paid and got out of there and here I am now, bitching about it... He he he... I think it's time for me to look for a different hair saloon to go to. I wonder if those 10-minute hair cut places are any good?

The one with the new mobile

I've been using the Nokia N70 for close to three years now and previously, other than a few 'minor' scratches here and there, the phone was working fine. At least until a couple of months ago. My N70 decide to behave like a PC, and starting hanging all the time. Fortunately for me, all this 'hanging' did not happen during critical times like in the morning before I wake up (I rely on my mobile to be my alarm clock). However, after a couple of months of restarting my mobile on a regular basis, I decided that it was time to change.

Being the person that I am, it took me a few more months to decide what new mobile to buy and another few months to decide if I wanted to buy it or not. So it came down to a couple of choices; Nokia N95, HTC Touch, and Apple iPhone. Being a Nokia user for so long, it was only natural for me to have Nokia model in the mix. Plus, I always thought that the Nokia N95 was a good phone, with its large screen and many features. Then, there's the HTC Touch, which is a Windows-powered PDA phone. My dad just got an LG PDA phone so I was intrigued with the idea of owning a PDA phone as well. Then of course, the widely talked-about Apple iPhone; slick design, knock-out features and not to mention something totally new in the mobile market.

After long deliberation, the final winner is... (drum roll)...

the HTC Touch...

I am not going to elaborate on the features. You can click on the link to find out more about it. All I will say about this mobile is that it is really slim and feature-packed for a PDA phone and of course, being Windows-powered, there are many applications out there that can be installed into the mobile. As for the Nokia N95, everything was good except for the fact that it was a little too pricey for me. I don't see the need to to spend that much on a mobile. And the iPhone, with all its niceties and what not, did not come with warranty or support (because it is not officially being sold here in Malaysia yet). So, that was a major drawback. I find it risky to buy something so expensive and not have any support for it in case anything happens to it.

Well, in any case, so far, I'm quite satisfied with my HTC Touch but will still need to do lots of customization to the settings and stuff before it will be considered fully operational to me.

Cheers...