Jan-chan’s Tidbits

For those that haven’t seen or were not aware of it (although the link IS at the sidebar), I’ve recently put a check mark next to the “get a qi pao” of my wedding checklist. It’s red with gold dragon & phoenix design. There are other stuff on there also but I forgot what they were. Al said they are pairs of fish. For more details, visit my post on the my Wedding Notebook.

A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting up with Benny while he’s in town. The last time I saw Ben was I believe 3 years ago? I’m glad to see that he’s still skinny as a stick, a stick with a masters degree from Harvard! Congrats!

Talking to Ben always make me realize one thing: I love talking! Ok, maybe it’s the fact that we haven’t seen each other or talk much online (because -someone- doesn’t reply emails), but the conversation never stops during our three-hour meeting. Hopefully he’ll check his email often when he moves back to Asia so we can meet up when I go back for my honeymoon.

Ok this isn’t June but I forgot to post it so here’s a recap. Several weeks back Nathan and I met up again on MSN. I haven’t seen him online for ages, especially since he moved down to the States. We did a lot of catching up and found that he got engaged also! Congrats! I’m still waiting to see a picture of him and his fiance wearing matching WoW T-shirts.

Talking to Nathan brings back the concept of “little Jan”. He was the one that introduced this idea to me. Little Jan is like this part of me where feelings usually gets hidden away due to various reasons. For instance, people asking “How are you doing?” would generally get a “I’m doing OK.” reply. But is that how you really feel? Are you sure there’s nothing on your mind that excits you or bothers you even just a tiny bit? After talking to Nathan I kinda dug around to find little Jan and over the past month had done some self reflection on various areas. That was pretty interesting.

Does your girlfriend gets mad if you check out other walking species with boobies?

Most of you would probably answer “yes”. So now my next question is: why? This topic came up several times between me and a few male buddies. My argument is there’s nothing wrong with looking. It’s like reading/watching porn, but more “3D” as the subject is almost (or is) right in front of you. I think it’s pretty natural to look at what we find interesting, pretty, admirable…etc. It’s like if you see a car on the street that you find interesting, you’d probably give it a good stare, so why can’t it be a person? I confess, I check out guys and girls(!) all the time. People are interesting to look at. From the way they talk to the way they dress. That’s why we have outdoor cafes.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying it’s alright to invade one’s privacy and peep at things you shouldn’t be peeping at (like someone taking a shower). Oh and drooling is bad. Keep that mouth closed while you lock on the target.

I also find it funny when I hear things like “I don’t check out others when I have a boyfriend/girlfriend.” Right. Maybe the idea of “checking out” have different meanings for everyone. Like maybe they just “glanced” at the person. That doesn’t qualify as “checking out” right? Recently I heard this from a person who claimed that they don’t check out other people, “Oh so you didn’t get the cute waiter?” Oops?

Al forwarded this article which I found very interesting: “My ogling makees my girlfriend furious” - by David Eddie. Read it if you want to find out how to train yourself in the art of “nogling”.

Yes I’m talking about Y-O-U. I know you’re reading and you’ve got something to say (because some of you would talk to me about it later), why don’t you take a minute or two to jot down your thoughts, opinions, point-of-views in my comment? Seriously, speak up. Your feed back is valuable to me (ok now I sound like some PR for customer service). Dave had recently wrote a post on this and I totally agree with him.

“I find that a lot of people don’t like to express their opinions for the the fear of being judged or inciting conflict. No one likes to be judged, and no one likes conflict (okay, that last one isn’t totally true), but not being firm and opinionated means you’re being wishy-washy. And besides, people with opinions are much more interesting than the me-too’s.” - David Chan’s Everyday Extra

Anyways, hopefully you ghost visitors (you know who you are) will come out of your shell (ghost in the shell?) and start letting me know what’s on that mind of yours after reading my blog.

PS: I’ll be replying to your comments with my own comments instead of making a little blurb on the following post (cuz sometimes I’ll forget to do that). Check back on the comments you’ve posted if you want to see my replies.

Hello, here’s another “PR” by me regarding the site.

I’ve recently got on Twitter and it’s pretty addicting (gotta thank my brother for the introduction). It’s an easy way for me to leave little notes about my day on the blog without logging on to write a post about it (see left right panel). This way you can keep up to date on what I’m up to and “follow” me around.

Let me know what you think and if you’re on Twitter, I’ll be following you. (lol)

The short answer is - YES.

**The following contains semi-detailed information on my personal underarm waxing experience. Readers should proceed at their own discretion.**

So I’ve always been a shaving person since it’s quick and I can do it at home. There’s just one little problem with shaving the underarm - sometimes there are hair that just doesn’t want to get trimmed off and ended up leaving the area with tiny little black dots. Usually that doesn’t bother me much since why would people ask you to lift your arms up so they can check your pits right? However as I have a couple of weddings to attend as well as the wedding photo session this summer, I’ve been thinking maybe I should get rid of those annoying hair for longer than just a day or two.

I’m presented with two options: waxing or laser hair removal. I’ve looked up some information on both and decided that I’ll give waxing a try first. It seems like a quicker solution which should free me from a week or two of shaving.

To prepare the area for waxing, I was told to let the hair grow for about a week so the wax can actually grab on to it. Also, hair grows at different cycles, giving it some time to grow allows for a cleaner hair removal. However, after about 5 days, I couldn’t handle having underarm hair so I called to make an appointment today. I don’t know how to explain it. It just feels weird having hair where there usually isn’t any (at least not that long).

I went to the Pink Nail Spa which is located near Joyce Skytrain Station. It’s pretty small but the staffs there are really friendly. The whole process took about 15 minutes. The esthetician (sorry I was so nervous that I forgot her name) first applied some body oil and baby powder on the area. Then she spread the hot wax (which isn’t really that hot) and put a piece of cloth over the wax. After rubbing it for about 10-15 seconds, this is what happened:

Esthetician: “Are you ready?”

Jan: “Noooo. Don’t ask me, you’re making me nervous.”

*giggles*

*silence*

*rip*

*hot, stingy, burning sensation*

Jan: “Oh that wasn’t so bad. The ripping sound kills though.”

Esthetician: “Ya, now are you ready for another?”

It seriously wasn’t as bad as I thought but it is still painful. It’s like someone peeling off extra strong duck tape from your skin. After waxing both arms, the burning feeling stayed for about an hour and the area was reddish which is normal. I still have a bit of hair left because my hair is very fine and the wax didn’t catch all of it so I’ll need to get those last few strands by shaving.

Would I go back and get my underarm waxed again? Maybe. I’ll see how long this last before making a decision. I might try laser hair removal but I’ll probably do that in the fall/winter time if I do try it.