my tattoo...

hahaha!! finally got my tattoo...yes..this is MY tattoo..on MY very own body...i actually got it done on saturday....well..this tattoo is found on the right side of my body..at the back..near my butt near my waist...although i now this picture kinda dumb...cannot actually see where it is on my body..but hey...i had a hard time taking this...my neck ALMOST break ah...*laughs*

mmm...must say was rather shocked that i actually did it...actually i was rather determined to do it last week..and was asking people to go with me..and my dear friend cum colleague (Jolin )agreed to go with me as she's rather tempted to do as well...and so we made a date on saturday to go recee Far East on saturday...but actually i had in mine which shop to get it done...*laughs*

anyway, to side-track a bit..her name is not Jolin..but i forcefully called her that because she has the same chinese name as Jolin Tsai...but she's not a Tsai..she's a Chia...but then again..do i look like i care..ha ha ha..anyway....she also responds when i call her "Jolin"....*laughs*

so...we went to the 4th floor where most of the tattoo shops are located..and walked around...we passed by this shop..and there were this indian man inside doing his back..and Jolin said :" hey..he doesnt look like he's in pain leh... " and true enough..he looked cool...and there's another indian girl doing her neck...mmm...this shop seemed to attract indians and i dont want to go in...*laughs* go ahead and call me racist...i just have some rather bad encounters with indians...

anyway...we found a few shops here and there and we walked past those shops like hundreds time...but yet was not brave enough to go in and enquired...*laughs* found the shop that i had in mind..and it looked kinda scarry..with a big tattooed man standing at the door..and i had thoughts of backing out....but finally, we mastered up our courage and went into the shop and started to look at the designs and all...asking for price...etc...

well..although the uncles of the shop look scarry...they are rather nice people...they gave me a few books to choose from..recommend some designs for me...and kept asking them if it's painful..and they told me..." if i tell you not painful..i am lying...pain will have..but it's bearable...a lot of girls did it and they take it well...guys are worse...some guys faint...haha " *laughs* i guess we women are the stronger sex...anyway...finally i decided on the pattern and the position to do it...initially, wanted to do a tribal motif at the back..then the uncle suggest this motif and do it at the side..which didnt cross my mind...and i thought it's rather unique...and so into the room i went...

Jolin went in with me to see the process...actually i was really nervous..i was not really scare..but nervous...and when the needle first poked into my skin...it's not as painful as i thought it was...but it's painful...and the sound of the drill is not as bad as i thought it was..and the drill is not as big as i thought it was...and then the art began..the whole process took about half an hour and it was not as long as i thought it would take too...so in general..it's not as bad as it thought it was...and it cost me 100 bucks..so it's not as expensive as i thought it's going to be...

afterwhich, the uncle gave me a bottle of cream and asked me to apply twice a day for 2 weeks, no sun-tanning and swimming for 2 weeks and to go back to him in 2 weeks time to see if i need to further color it....but seriously speaking..i thought the cream smelled like some baby lotion...although they called it the "healing cream" *laughs* anyway..i have been diligent about applying it regularly...

actually, i think after the whole process it's the painful part...i started to feel numb and hot at the tattooed area and my skin is red and swollen...and there's even blood....*laughs* but now it's alright..slightly red and not as swollen....actually was supposed to go clubbing on sat...but it's painful and bleeding that i decided to go home and sleep....*laughs*

ooh....the indian man...when i finished and walked past the shop again..he's still getting his tattoo done!!! amazing...anyway, didnt tell my parents about this..*laughs*