Post 0011: My (Hair)Dos and Don'ts

Bad trip yung ulan kagabi. Sobrang lakas. It's a good thing na kahit may nakisukob sa akin, payat naman (si Ervs, the Lisa Kudrow look-alike). Nag-taxi na lang sya pauwi as soon as we reached the southbound EDSA road. As always, tamang abang ako ng Cher bus (it's the only southbound bus I ride nowadays) and surprisingly, it took about fifteen minutes bago ako nakasakay. Buti naman at hindi gaanong malamig sa bus that time. Nagsimula na yung hassle nung nakarating na ako ng Alabang. Sa sobrang lakas ng ulan, andaming puddles na nabuo. Okay lang yung medyo mabasa ang pants ko, pero nainis na ako nung pinasok na ng tubig-ulan yung paa ko. Shet. Naka-leather pa man din ako. Unlike when we were young na ayaw nating mag-balat na sapaatos, it's an important part of your get-up pag nagtatrabaho ka na. Anyway, buti na lang at yung sasakyan kong jeep e malapit nang mapuno para makapagpahinga agad sa bahay. Based on my experience a couple of days back, di na ako umupo sa near corner kasi baka magmukha na naman akong pinagsakluban ng langit at lupa pagdating ng Calamba. Di naman ako nakatulog sa byahe kasi laging nagsusumiksik yung ale sa kaliwa ko para makakuha ng magandang sitting position tapos yung mastodon na mama sa kanan ko naman uuguy-ugoy matulog. Nung nasa may bandang Parian na yung jeep, napansin ko na anlakas at antaas ng baha. It looked like a raging Mekong River outside the jeep. Buti na lang at sa area na yun lang merong baha. Pagdating ng bahay, wala nang patumpik-tumpik, natulog na agad ako.

8:15 na ako nagising kanina, so tamang madali ako papunta kina Rikki-chan. Nung pagdating ko, yung isang kasambahay (bawal na raw gamitin ang salitang katulong eh) namin ang nag-aalaga kay Sean kasi yung yaya raw nya e may lagnat. Buti naman at kahit matagal ko nang hindi nagawa e naipag-hele ko pa sya hanggang makatulog. Buti naman at hindi umuulan ng malakas nung umalis ako. Nakarating naman sa opisina on time.

Kanina nung pagtingin ko sa salamin para mag-ayos ng buhok, I realized na humahaba na pala sya uli, lalo na sa likod. It kind of irritated me kasi lumiliko na naman yung dulo e syempre pag mahaba yung likod, makapal ang gilid at itaas pero maiksi ang harap plus wavy pa ang buhok mo e equals to Jestoni look-a-like ka (lalo pag may bigote ka pa). I finally thought of having it trimmed after payday at baka ipa-Mr. Kennedy ko na to, complete with off-white hair. I actually wanted to have my usual hairstyle pero kulay puti pero katulad pala yun ng buhok ni Gerard Way (ng My Chemical Romance, you emo posers), so wag na lang sabi ko. You'll never see me in that sort of fag hairstyle. I'll go for those hip-hop cornlocks, afro even – but NEVER the emo hairstyle. Pilit itinatayo yung likod tapos anhaba ng isang side tapos babading-bading pang make-up at damit tapos naglalaslas ng pulso, hindi naman tinutuloy. Yak.

Speaking of hairdos, I think I've done but 5 styles in my entire life – the default kid hairdo, undercut (yung “Keempee” hairdo), spikes, skinhead and mop-top (the most common hairstyle you associate me with). Let's start analyzing the various periods and inspirations for my crazy tops.

Default – I guess this one needs no further explanation. Most boys had this sort of barber's cut style of 'do. Wala ka namang magawa dahil yun ang gusto ng magulang mo since sa mga schools dapat daw malinis tignan ang mga pogi at magagandang bata. LIES!

Undercut – Early 1990s ata nauso itong style na ito, popularized by Keempee De Leon. Yung tipong bowl tapos may hati sa gitna and shit. I have to say na considering that my hair was a bit wavy, it turned our to be more of an Ely Buendia than a Keempee. Okay lang, at least I could associate myself with a rockstar. Haha.

Spikes – Mas kilala sa tawag na “Oasis” cut (hanggang ngayon I'm still trying to connect the dots but to no avail). You basically put gel and brush the back and sides neatly, then raise your bangs. A lot of chicks dig the cleanliness, but there were too many people sporting that 'do at the time (and up to now I can still see some people having that kind of style). I remember nung high school, it seemed as if it was a prescibed haricut from a communist government because everyone had almost the same 'do. Of course, adolescence meant scoring so having a good hairdo was one step towards getting you around all three bases and back, pero sadyang magastos ang mag-gel araw-araw just to keep those bangs up high.

Skinhead – The “master reset” button. Normally done pag may drastic change sa buhay ko (or pag nagising ako at naisipang magpakalbo for no apparent reason). I've done it 5 times already, the most recent was more or less 5 months ago, after the “Betrayal of Flesh” incident, and it was done out of repentance.

Mop-top – The Beatles look (or Orange and Lemons look, whichever you prefer). This is the hairstyle I've had for the longest time. Nagsimula nung second year high school, and I still have the 'do up to now. Nagsimula as a declaration of myself being an Oasis fan, na-retain because of my fanboyism of Asian Kung-Fu Generation's vocalist Masafumi Gotoh, nagpatuloy dahil biglang sumikat ang Orange and Lemons at mukha daw akong member ng nasabing banda. Plus chicks dig it. I guess this was finally what defined me as ME, together with the black-framed glasses. Most people recognize me in this indie-looking son-of-a-bitch imagery, and of course I'm glad of the little hint of fame there. Haha.

So on with my office life saga. As expected, andito na nga si Mr. Oh. Hindi namin sya nakita pero sabi kanina ni TL he was behind us for a while. Utot naman nya, feeling nya makaka-isa na naman sya sa amin. Wala naman kaming ginagawang masama. Malamang nito kasi e nakarating na sa mga panginoon namin sa CDI ang report ng mga incidents na nangyari involving him at nag-usap na ang magkabilang panig. Hay naku, kung ako ang CDI, kukuha na ako ng sarili kong building at magtatayo ng sariling opisina dito sa Pinas.

Record time ako kanina sa pagtapos ng critical thinking question responses: under an hour. Madali lang yung tatlong topics. Yung una, all about user-created content sites (blogs, YouTube). Pangalawa, plastic surgery. Third, about celebrity comebacks. Well at least I had something to do today na work-related. And now, everyone's sort of having questions like:

What happens now that Mr. Oh is here again?
Will we see Jane again? If so, how will things work?
What was that call involving Alan really about?
What will be CDI's moves now regarding this project?
Magkakaroon pa ba kami ng maraming students? (sana hindi... LOL)

All for now I guess. Funny trivia: December 22 is my best friend Rain's birthday, and coincidentally, pati pala si pareng Jake. For more of the most handsome blogger in blogging history, click nyo lang yung link sa kaliwa (ang pinakapoging blogger sa balat ng lupa). Class dismissed.~