Day 40 : The Dawn of A New Age

I got meself a tattoo. I've always wanted one, frankly speaking. Then Sunday afternoon, while hunting for a PDA, of which Kuching has no decent ones available; I went over to Kuching Tattoo in Saberkas.

Previously I've been telling the artist, that I wanted the Koi on my left arm, then the feller quoted me RM400.00 . After much thought, I passed.

I've kept this picture of my tatt for a very very long time. Told him about it and he opened the laptop, I went to my page and printed it out. Next thing I could remember was me driving to the bank to withdraw money, took a nice crap at Hilton and had the anticipation of a 5 year old while driving back there. Ehehehe.

First draft was off, and when he placed it on my back, it was lopsided. Boh pien. The feller terpaksa draw another one. Waited and waited and finally at 3.50 p.m, the artist asked me,

"You ready? Let's start."

I was expecting excruiciating pain and then the first contact with the needles proved me wrong. It was actually quite ok. The whole thing took about 2 hours ( and I don't doubt for a moment there is pain involved in the whole process; there is: I SHIT YOU NOT) and the after effect feels as though you've had a bad sunburn. Nothing unbearable. But for those wanting / thinking / doubting / still deciding, all you have to do is ask yourself this question;

Do you fear the high-speed drills dentist use?

Best part was before I actually started, my friend A got a call from J.

J : Lu kin to lok?
A: Ah Siang chia.
J : Cho mik lan ane koo.
A: Wa eh peng yu khi siaw hong, chak hua.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

It's not 'khi siaw hong'. It just happened that everything that day felt right.

Listen to this:

1) Hoku - You First Believed
2) Jersey Ave. - I'll Wait Right Here
3) Amel Larrieux - Make Me Whole
4) Hinder - Better Than Me
5) Jim Brickman feat. Rebecca - Simple Things

Stay beautiful Kuching. Live every dream.