Going for a hair cut is really therapeutic. I feel so destressed after a great haircut. I feel as if the burden of my hair that has been weighing on my shoulders is gone. Needless to say, I feel and look younger too :P When my hairdresser first snipped off large amounts of my hair, I felt really upset coz they had accompanied me through the months. But if they had added weight to my body, I would be glad to be rid of them.

I was amused by a Shanghainese lady who was next to me. She piled up magazines on her lap while getting her hair cut and when she was reading the magazine, the rest that were piled up started falling off her lap every few minutes. And the best part is, other hairdressers who happened to pick up the magazines from the floor started to pile them up on my table instead. hehe. Anyway, I am glad that I had sucha good deal on this haircut and protein treatment. It was rather cheap because of ongoing promotions. Phew, at least my pocket isn't burnt.

I was just thinking about the Merlion issue that was raised in Sunday Life yesterday (damn, I prefer the word sunday plus to sunday life). I have never figured out how the hell did Singapore come up with such an ugly creature as a national icon. Is it some kinda effort to make it look like a Greek creature? I understand why they chose to use the lion but the fish? So what even if Sg started off as a fishing village? It just doesn't make much sense to put in a fish tail. Why don't they simply stick to one creature? It is really gross to combine two creatures into a colossal freak. Worse still, they have to compound the words to call it the Merlion and they are so proud of calling it the Merlion! Gee, it sounds like the name for a female lion. If primary school kids do not know that the female lion is called a lioness, they would think that it is the Merlion since Mer comes from Mermaid which belongs to the female species. Those goons also had to add a water feature to the Merlion but getting it to vomit out the water. And they do not even realize that by doing so, Singaporeans use the word Merlion to refer to vomitting out something And they are still proud about this national icon. I am so darn amused that the government spends so much just to move a "vomitter" and glorify it. Perhaps, we should drag a few drunks to vomit side by side along with the Merlion and we shall see how similar they look.