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Ok for the benefit of the citizens of banana republic, my previous post was mainly about my impending colleague’s wedding. I had the honour of witnessing her inai session (where intricate patterns are painted on the bride-to-be’s hands and feet with henna). I am very impressed with the workmanship of the inai artist-the cone shaped tube of henna resembles chocolate icing in a tube.
Here’s a step by step guide how inai is done on the bride:
1. Ensure that bride’s hands and feet are thoroughly cleansed. For a more intense colour, use the juice of a lemon and wipe over the areas where the henna will be applied.
Henna (a plant derived dye) comes in the form of a cone shaped tube. Here’s how it looks like:
2. The artist will apply the henna according to the pattern the bride has chosen. Here’s the inai artist in action:
3.Here are two pictures of the completed designs:
4. Wait for the henna to dry completely. Depending on the intricacy of the design, this can take up to 1 hour- if you remove the henna before it has dried completely, you risk damaging the design.
5. The final results after removal of the dried henna will be disclosed tomorrow.
哈哈，对不起，要结婚的人不是我。今天早上忙里偷闲，去了同事家一趟。友族朋友 的婚礼是多姿多彩的，而且是很grassroots effort 的。负责缝制婚纱的, 是她丈夫的姨妈，家里的 pelamin, 是由另一个朋友接洽的婚姻策划公司所布置的。
看看同事脸上洋溢着幸福，我为他感到开心。明天就是她的大喜日子，待我从婚宴回来之后再给你们看看照片吧。
人长越大，烦恼自然就越来越多。我承认自己是个患得患失的人，总害怕自己做的一些选择不对。必须澄清的是，我指的，是针对我的个人问题。在工作岗位上，基本上我是果断的。
同事的婚礼将在这个星期日举行。昨天去买了她的结婚礼物，碰到以前的学妹。久违了，她还是那么漂亮，只是那双明眸好像带了些许的伤感。跟她寒喧了一番，才知道原来她高中一毕业， 就嫁人了，对象是 个比她大13岁的男人。她自嘲说，”我当时真是疯了，你看，我孩子都两个了。看看身边的同学，不是硕士就是博士，我却只有当妈妈的份。”
我想，既然当时选择结婚生子，就好好扮演自己的角色吧。人生毕竟没有take two, 只能这样走下去了。或许，当她的孩子长大后，她可以考虑重返校园，圆她的学士，甚至她的博士梦。
Updated @ 9.30am:
I thought it would be fun to try out the Google translation tool. The results? Blasphemous.
Here’s a screenshot of the translated text:
And here’s the English translated version. WTF?
People in the greater trouble on more and more natural. I admit he is removed, people are afraid to do the wrong choice. I must clarify, I mean, they are my personal problems. On the job, basically, I was decisive. Members of the wedding will be held this Sunday. Yesterday, I bought her a wedding gift, the school encountered before sister. Returning, and she remains so beautiful, just like His Eyes with a little sorrow. Then she seemed a lot, she knew only a high school graduate, married, the object is more than her 13-year-old man. She jokes, “I was really mad, you see, I have two children had. Look at the side of the students, a master’s degree is not Dr., I was only when his mother were. “I think, since then choose to get married and have children, they play a good role in it. After all, life is no take two, only the same path. Perhaps, when her children grow up, she can consider returning to the campus, a round of her degree, even her dreams, Dr..
LMAO!
My camera bit the dust, finally. Having clocked over 7000 pics, I believe it has served me well. This camera was my very first digital camera~ it captured a lot of happy moments I had throughout the past 2.8 years. It saw me going all trigger happy in my grand hotel room at the Fullerton, Singapore, it caught me digging through cheap handbags at Takashimaya, it accompanied me during my memorable trip to London and Copenhagen, it went to China with me (and refused to work properly for the first two days of my trip), it went to Bangkok and saw in awe the plethora of merchandise in Chatuchak market, it went to Australia with me and survived the trip, and also not forgetting its 2nd Christmas spent in KK, Sabah.
7330, you’ve served me well. True you may be a bit slow when I switch you on, but you have never failed to deliver crisp, beautiful pictures. My memories are canvassed in tangible prints, thanks to you.
I have to let you go now. Take care. And thanks again.
Kawaii was attacked by a street dog last night. My heart froze when I heard him yelp in pain. It was rather dark last night so I didn’t notice that one of his front paws was bleeding. Sighs.
Anyways, this morning his owner came looking for him, so we did the right thing and let Kawaii go home, to where he belongs. I hope his owner gets a vet to check him out though, he looks rather dazed and tired.
It was good while it lasted though. Take care my dear Kawaii.
Meet Kawaii, the latest addition to our humble abode. He follows us everywhere we go. Of course he can’t go in the house, and he’s royally pissed about it.
Have to do something about the matted fur behind his back. Very well behaved puppy. Eats well, poops well, doesn’t chew on our slippers and has vast amounts of energy. An ideal jogging partner 
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