CALLED: delirious, or almost! haha

Monday, April 25, 2005

delirious, or almost! haha

Ok I've almost recovered from that almost-delirious high. Ok delirious isn't the most appropriate word. I was just very glad. Exuberantly so. Why? Because I found the courage in myself to invite 2 near-strangers to Encounter Fest!

Ok let me stop for a moment now and advertise once again. Encounter Fest is a worship fest (or something like a concert) organised by my youth group, Cross Over Generation. Being a youth thing it's gonna be led by youths of course, one of which is me! xP And the other is this very handsome and cool dude called Alvin. So other than the beautiful people (and I mean inside and out - trust me on this), there's going to be beautiful music as well. It will be awesome, and we're looking at you! To make it even more awesome with your presence!

And most importantly, a very very very very Special Guest is going to be there. If you want to know who, come on down. Please leave a note here or email me (qingying@gmail.com) if you are interested and I can tell you how to come etc. For now here's the short of the long:

ENCOUNTER FEST - MUSIC FOR THE HEART N SOUL
30 APRIL
4 TO 6PM
TAN BOON LIAT BUILDING #10-02

Seriously, this has the power to change your life.

Ok done advertising! ;D Ok so back to my story.

I went to do hair treatment today at the Jean Yip at Tiong Bahru. I'd gone there once before, to cut my hair and do treatment. Ok I don't usually go to expensive places like this to cut my hair. But I went that time and got some sort of package deal that involves 3 visits to the salon. I recognised the girl at the counter from the last time. She asked me if I was looking for anybody in particular and I said I couldn't remember the name of the person who cut my hair the last time, so this guy who was sitting nearby served me.

I was really tired and a little bit uncomfortable since usually I have females cutting my hair, so I was pretty much silent. That was until he was washing away the stuff he put in my hair for the treatment and I overheard his conversation with a female colleague - which was really loud thanks to the distance separating them - about how he had seen a rosary at PS made of Swarovski crystal pearl and it cost over $100. I could have told him, "Dude, I can make one for you and sell it for half the price." My mom sells accessories' parts, you see, and we have stuff from Swarovski as well and compared to what they sell outside, it's really cheap. But then again don't forgot how expensive the rent is in Orchard and the fact that people are running a business and need to earn profits. Not to mention that nowadays there is such intense competition in this area!

Ok anyway. I didn't tell him that, though, but I thought, Ok this is no coincidence man! I mean how many times do you hear your hairstylist talking about church. Definitely a first for me, and this being so near to Encounter Fest...

His colleague then said, "What you want to buy rosary for? You're not Catholic what..."

At which he suddenly started trying to whisper something across the distance between them. It was as clear as day, though, what he must have said. He must have had attended a Catholic church and stopped going. Then perhaps recently, he felt a tugging in his heart, perhaps in part aroused by the news of the new pope being announced and all.

I asked him as he was blowing my hair about what he has said earlier, at which he seemed rather sheepish. He said that he used to go but doesn't go anymore. The hairdryer was quite noisy so I didn't catch whether he said he stopped going because of lack of time or interest. After a while he asked me whether I was Catholic, and I said I'm Christian. Then I said I was going to sing at my church this Saturday and so I'm going to style my hair on that day. Which was the reason why I couldn't decide whether to cut my hair yet.

After he was done he was almost going to walk away when I sort of waved and said, "Can I pass you something?" And gave him the publicity card (a very cool one at that, thanks to Bro Ber! =D) with the details and my name and number hehind. I said it was ok if he decided not to come. After he walked away he immediately came walking back and asked if it was in Orchard. I said it was actually very near, and explained briefly how to come, and said that if he wanted to come and didn't know how to he could call me.

At some point I thought, gee, what if he thinks I'm hitting on him? But then I thought, oh, who cares! I really don't care if he thinks I'm hitting on him. He is actually quite cute anyway!

After that this girl who cut my hair the last time came to talk to me, and I told her about this Saturday and my mini dilemna (to cut or not to cut?). This girl is very friendly, but I guess a large part of it is for business. She said she had to work until 6 plus that day, and I said it was alright, she could keep the card anyway. I just hope she doesn't throw it away!

So that was my very interesting trip to the hair salon. I am really really glad because I conquered my fear to sow something into someone's life. And actually, once I'd decided to invite them, the rest came really naturally. And I don't know if you have any idea how happy this makes me! To be able to invite near-strangers to an event! And that even if neither of them end up coming this Saturday, they'll always have that card with my name and number and the church address, if they don't throw it away. And who knows then, what God can do! I don't think many customers go around inviting them to personal things like this all the time, so I hope this sticks in their memory for a long time to come.

Oh one last thing. I liked the guy (but not that kind of liking!) the moment he asked me why I wanted to rebond my hair (which I really did think of doing, to make my hair neat for this Saturday), didn't I like my curls? I said that I really just wanted to make my hair neater and more manageable. What I didn't tell him was, I love my curls. In fact I even used to be anti-rebonding (What can I say, I'm a radical?? Haha!). And sometimes it's a little irritating when all the hairstylists and other people are forever asking me if I want to rebond my hair...what for? I love my curls. As stubborn and rebellious as they are. Perhaps because they are like me in some ways - stubborn! Haha. Of late I have mellowed and now do not mind rebonding my hair (though I haven't done that yet) just to make it neat. And I've been thinking about a change in hairstyle too. But still it was so refreshing, you know, to have someone ask me to keep my curls and perm them to make them more manageable (hmmm...) - recognising, in a way, that what God has given me is good! It's almost flattering, really.

I really hope they come man. And I hope you reading this will be there too! That is unless you happen to be overseas and can't fly here...lol!

posted by esther @ 11:28 PM

2 Comments:

At 1:00 AM, "s0n|c'C@libr3,, said…

Rebonding hair is expensive!!
120 bucks rite -__- ... haa and so i've heard.

I wanna go for that concert but unfortunately i have church service on the same day. Can show me how is it like ??? More details or pics :P

Take care and rock on. Continue sowing.
At 12:53 AM, esther said…

This is going to be quite a regular thing from now on! In fact there is one more this Sat, there wasn't time to finish singing all the songs today. Haha there was someone with a camera but I don't know if I can get my hands on the pics. I'll blog about it another day, it's really late now!

As for hair rebonding, it will have to wait now since the last time I straightened my hair (the chemical type) it turned out really dry, and when I went to enquire at the salon they said I should wait or my hair might snap! I can always resort to mechanical straightening, you know those hair irons? My friend has a good one from a salon, it's really very good. Haha. There are places offering rebonding services at cheaper prices but I don't really trust those...especially since I have a sensitive scalp, I should be more careful.

Haha ok so much about hair! You take care too and rock on! Yep and continue sowing too. ;D