I spent it shopping in town with Jo. We walked quite a bit and she kept complaining that she was hungry and hungry and tired and hungry. We both got 2013 agendas and couple shirts from GAP (Jo said, "Aiyo so fast!" HAHAHA)! I also bought my favourite marshamallows ever- the strawberry chocolate ones from Muji, boring black socks, a new iPhone cover and a diamond screen protector.
The most exciting part of today was......... I GOT MY CONCH PIERCED!!!!! Now, I'm going to read to you the Adventures of Mr Conch.
I took interest in the conch piercing approx two years ago and it has been my favourite ear piercing since. I always admired it on others (Sungyeol, Amber and Lizzy, just to name a few) but I never once imagined a day where I would have a stud through my own conch. I would always say "Oh I really want a conch piercing" but I would never get round to getting one because we had school rules to follow and I am not that much of a rebel.
Then on Tuesday, I suddenly had the "feel" to just do it. Since I've already graduated from secondary school and the teachers now couldn't care less about how many holes you have through your ear, why not just do something different? I wanted to get it done there and then, but I was so hesitant. I was physically prepared, I've done enough research over the two years and I know how it's done, the risks, the healing process and what nots. But I was not mentally prepared at all. I'm all for spontaneity but I couldn't decide within a night whether or not to let someone stick a needle through my ear.
So I thought about it for a while and decided to get it done on Wednesday. Bestie accompanied me to get it done, but after travelling all the way, the woman who did the cartilage piercings was not in. We made plans again to get it done on Friday, but on the morning of that day itself, I decided not to get it anymore (I'm fickle as hell, I know). I ended up just going over to bestie's to watch some movies.
From Friday on, I was pretty darn convinced that I was not going to get it done anymore. That was until today. I do not know what exactly got into me, but I desperately wanted it again. We were at Far East Plaza and the tattoo place upstairs charged $55 for the piercing, probably because they were professionals with experience and were going to do it with the needle. Then we went downstairs and I spotted X-Craft, so I went in to enquire about the cost and whether they were going to do it with a needle or gun. It only costed $15 but it was with a gun, so I was hesitant. I knew that guns were dangerous because they could shatter your cartilage and it was not the right way to get your cartilage pierced. I had some time to think it through while we went to KFC and Jo ate her cheese fries and popcorn chicken.
In the end, I decided not to take the risk and get just a simple lobe piercing on my right ear instead. So we went back to X-Craft, and the woman totally talked me into getting my conch done. Before I knew it, the gun was already at my ear. Heck, if others' ears can survive the gun, so can mine. I just squeezed Jo's hand and lol (that's the only expression I can find) it was over. It did hurt just a bit, I mean obviously there would be some sort of pain, there's now a hole in my ear. But it was nowhere close to what I was expecting the pain to be like, so I can proudly say that it did not hurt at all.
Right now it's just a bit sore when I touch it, but other than that, I don't feel any pain at all. I hope it will heal well and not give me problems like my earlobes always do.
Bestie hates it. Kalista hates it. My mom doesn't hate it, I think she secretly likes it, but she hates the fact that I "self-mutilated" (I quote, and I don't see how it's self-mutilation when I love it) and she even made me swore to never get another piercing or a tattoo ever.
But oh well, I love it!!!!!!! <33333
Okay this is the end of my long ass story. Such a long story about a tiny hole! I enjoyed myself a lot today but the fun is really over this time. School starts tomorrow, fantastico! For now, it's back to reality. Good night.