Tattoo
This post is back dated.
On the morning of my birthday, I got to sleep in. Took the day off and the night before, had a fantastic Korean dinner with KL and Co. Plus, well wishes from the girls in the office which includes a Birthday Card.
Co got me these - Mimco Pacific Opal Studs. I love it, and nearly bought it. It’s great that she remembered and got it for me. So sweet of her altho I think it’s a bit expensive. KL thinks the stud is too big for me, but I haven’t found the right occasion to wear it out yet.
I digress. We started the morning with yummy brekkie at our favourite cafe but I was nervous and couldn’t really finish my food. Thats because, right after that, we were going to head to the tattoo parlour. Yikes! Anyway, we didn’t go there right after brekkie coz I had to go home to *ahem… sit on the throne. Its my nerves I tell you.
Anyway, as I sat at tattoo place alone coz KL was going to pay for my tat. I was nervous and text BS. Prior this day, I told BS and GL that I wanted to get a tattoo and BS call me bluff while GL thought I was doing thru a mid-life crisis since I was hitting the BIG 3 O. And GL wanted to talk about it as she seemed pretty disapproving, but unfortunately, she went on her travel before we could talk. And if GL knows that we (KL & myself) only confirmed the design the night before, she might flip.
Actually, KL was also uncertain about my tat idea. Coming from a person who already have 2. His idea is that one should take about 1 year to think about getting a tattoo and another year to finalise the design. Although I have been thinking of getting a tattoo for a long long time, the thought only materialised 1 week ago and the design finalised the night before. *heh.
Stupid BS kept telling me that its so painful, I might faint. I was worried. It was bearable. Actually to be honest, quite shoik. Hahaa… now i know why some people are so obsessed with getting more than one tat. But I think I would stop at one. According to KL’s research, the tat palour is quite popular and famous. My tat artist is from Canada and asked me about citizenship and all. How strange.
I used the same font as KL’s and he designed the butterfly for me. I guess the butterfly signifies me leaving home and reminds me of dad keeping caterpillars for me so that I can watch them evolve from pupa to butterfly. Somehow, it also reminds me of the time when BS, GL and me went to the zoo and we were 3 goondus pointing our fingers at the butterfly hoping it will land on my finger.
Anyway, I did it. At a fine age of 30. Well, at least I can’t say that I was young and foolish when I had my tattoo. Besides, its unique and definately original - not some random picture I picked out from the folder.