The past couple of days have been fantastic. When I last posted, I was taking a break from my programme notes. That ended up taking 4 hours, but I finally got it done. I got some non-musicians to read it (it has to be interesting, well-written information that does not have too many technical words, so a general audience can understand it) and they said it was really good. Even my MOTHER said it was well-written, which is a superb compliment!
Ooh, a quick side-track note, I might have mentioned this but a (really horrible and rushed) story I submitted to an online magazine accepted it for publication! Yay!
Okay - back to my programme notes. It is only the first draft so there is still a lot of room for improvement. It's not due till JULY, so I have TONS of time. Ooh, I also registered for my exam, so they will be e-mailing me with the dates soon!
Since I spent all of Saturday working and playing piano, I felt I had the right to spend all of Sunday out and about
. I left at 11 in the morning to buy one of my best friends a birthday card and a necklace. Her other presents include: Davidoff Echo perfume (okay, I just liked the bottle!), some eyeliner (she LOVES eyeliner), and 3 products that I made for her. I'll write more about them later, because I might end up selling/swapping some like them on the Loom swap board.
Then, after buying the card, I went to a voice rehearsal (I am the voice coach for a quartet of boys singing "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch" for our talent show this month) for an hour, and then came home to have a quick lunch. I dropped off some money at my friends house to pay for dinner - it ended up being 3000 taka, which is about $43, but you can buy a lot more stuff here for $43 than you can in America. Anyway, at 2 PM I went to pick up Esther, my friend whose birthday surprise I had planned.
I would not tell her where we were going! I picked up two guy friends, and we were on our way to Ashulia, which is an hour outside of Dhaka. First, we went go-carting, which was tons of fun! I wore my hair in a french braid and it was fantastic for the day. The last time I went go-carting I drove SO slowly because I was scared, and this time I drove a little faster - although not crazily like my friends! Then, after go-carting, we took her to a theme park and a place called Water World. We went on lots of rides, then got into our swimming suits and had fun at Water World. My french braid stayed intact and kept my hair out of my face!
By the time we were done at both those places, it was 6.30. I had to drop everyone home, and by the time I got home it was 7.50, but we had planned a dinner at 8! So I had to get ready as fast as possible. I just rinsed through my hair in my shower to get all the dirty water out, but I knew I would be washing it later so I didn't bother with that. I quickly put on nice jeans and a pink top (oh yeah, Esther dared me not to wear black all week, so I am trying!) and was out of the door. I left my hair down but I took some sticks to put half of it up later when it was in my face.
I blindfolded Esther and took her to my friend Ifrad's house. At Ifrad's, he arranged to buy all of Esther's favorite foods. We had made a list the previous night and got everything she absolutely adores
. Arriving at his house, I opened the door slowly and took off the blindfold, and everyone shouted "surprise!" She was really ecstatic! I even got her to wear her gorgeous new pink and white striped dress that she bought in Malaysia. It looked fantastic on her, but I was in such a rush that I didn't remember to take my camera
. My friends took pictures, though!
It was a small dinner, only about 20 people present; all of Esther's closest friends. After dinner we started watching a movie, but it was "American Wedding" and after watching it for a few minutes, I decided it was a bit too vulgar for me! So I decided to leave. Esther didn't like it either, so I dropped her home. Before being dropped off she told me that she had a great day! I am so happy!
Today, I am going to bake her a cake and take her the presents. Oh yeah - about the three things I made. I made a hair conditioner, a glittery body lotion, and a face scrub; all lavender-scented because they are her favorite. I even wrote up a leaflet of the products (I will make a post that is a reply to this one and put some of what is in the leaflet up) so it would make them sound like professional products
. It was quite funny! Anyway, I hope she likes them!
Oh, yes! I got home at almost 11 last night, and was really tired, but it was henna night! So I made a henna mixture with some shikakai added to it, applied it to my length and a little to my scalp, and left it on all night. This morning, I rinsed well, dunked my hair in an ACV mixture, and then left the ACV rinse on for a minute while I got my plastic wide-toothed comb and conditioner. After rinsing out the ACV, I put conditioner on my length and combed through. I had to make sure to comb my scalp very well also! A LOT of henna gunk came out. Then I rinsed the conditioner out, shampooed my scalp with Body Shop Honey Moisturizing Shampoo, rinsed, and put my hair in a towel to dry. Now that it has been drying while I typed this journal entry, it should be the perfect wetness to comb through and measure!
Love,
~*Leia*~
2bMiii
36.4"
Growing since January 2003, found TLHL end of June 2003 and was at 25". I am 5'5".
Major Leia of the
Forehead Liberation Army
Leia's Hair Journal
Last Updated: April 4, 2005
