touch. feel. immerse. discovering more of the world to discover true self, this is the adventure of an innocent into the great unknown

Showing posts with label korean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label korean. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

double standards

for people like me who has unhealthy scalp, salon experts recommend scalp treatment. of course, i took it. i am still too young to be bald. i don't want to be bald yet. though it is in my genes, i don't want it to happen now. no no no... gosh, back to the topic.

so one day i went to "tony and jackey" to get the scalp treatment. it was a nice salon with good service. but hairdressers were all koreans. i have no complaints on koreans, don't get me wrong. they cut hair well and have an out of this world style. but i do feel a little frustrated that filipinos now hire koreans to style their hair in the philippines. hmmm... but i still support the salon. i am such a hypocrite.

the salon has filipino assistants attending to the desires of the korean hairdressers. the korean hairdressers only cut the hair and guide the assistant on all the procedures needed. so there i went at around 11am to have my treatment. the assistant shampooed my hair and then applied the treatment, heated it up via a bubble shaped heating machine, and then shampooed again, and finally dried it up ready for cutting. it was around lunch time when the hairdresser finally got to me.

i just asked her to trim my hair shorter. she cut my hair as expected. massaged a little as expected. but then, she continued the treatment (this should have been done by the assistant), massaged my head some more, massaged my face, massaged my neck and then my back. it was enough to ask, do they also offer body massages in here? it was a super nice experience but it was not the usual. i've had 4 treatments before in the same salon but it was not like this. it was so good to the point that i thought bad of the korean stylist. it seemed that a good service was only made because she was asking for a "tip". she even waited by the doorway after i paid as if waiting for the "tip".

but my double standards surfaced. i paid the amount and "tipped" the filipino assistant, but not the korean hairdresser. most of the huge sum i paid would surely go to the hairdresser and the assistant would only get a small portion of it. i pity the filipino assistant and i would rather give more to her than to anyone else. call it double standards but i don't want to receive good service just to get a "tip". why won't they treat all customers the same? do i smell of money? does my face spell money? i don't like that. good service should be for all.

now, just for the benefit of the doubt, maybe she fancies me. i don't look bad, so maybe i am here type. too bad she isn't mine, i have higher standards. wahahahha.



Saturday, March 17, 2007

39----3-in-one

feb 16, 7:30night 'til midnight


meeting old folks is really fun to have...


met up with fellow mathematicians at ayala center cebu. talking of stuffs past and present... talking of plans now and onwards... getting connected to the world outside of work is always a pleasure of mine. simple conversations, getting updated with each other really matters a lot... reached home at 12+ midnight feeling refreshed... never thought to see light while still in the tunnel... i forgot that there is electricity even inside the tunnel..... slept with a very happy feeling.




feb 17, 8:30 - 12:00 morning


phil-it gce failure....


swu was a first time for me... never been there so i was surprised by what the school offered. but i was more surprised by the exam.i have never seen an exam by an organization/institution held with so many flaws...


a) the test started at near 10 am which pissed me a lot because i only slept 6 hours.


b) our entire exam group transferred a room on the second floor because many of us can't log in to their online exam. hello........ they knew that this will be online, so didn't they check the internet connection in the first place.


c) it takes more time to save answers and transfer to other page of the exam than answering the page itself. it is such a waste of time to transfer to the next set of questions. but it took more time to even save the answers. hello again... this is a timed exam so this issue should never happen...


d) when i was going to my 7th out of 10 pages their system broke.... all of us can't open our page... we waited till 12 before they announced of the neccessary action plan... what a waste... we took more time talking than answering the test... we never got to finish it even...


e) last but definitely not the least, there will be a retake.... oh God........ isnt this enough burden? rescheduled to another day....


is this an exam? are you even serious? this is about it so why aren't they testing their softwares?




feb 17, afternoon


a film to watch


"a dirty carnival" was such a heavy drama but i enjoyed it.... its a korean movie on the joys, pain, success and betrayal of a gangster... such a complex story... action packed but heart piercing, its a joy watching a narrative like this... hope i will not be betrayed by people i call friends... hope i will not experience the pains he felt....


you should try watching this movie... i recommend it... although it was predictable but because you will grow to love the character, you will constantly wish your prediction is wrong...... best movie ive seen so far...


collections

alcohol (6) aquarium (1) asian (8) at work (31) babble (66) baguio (1) bayanihan (3) beach (7) blood type (2) blue (2) book (1) boracay (1) boredom (14) celebrities (2) chatroom (2) childhood (4) christmas (2) colorblind (2) complex (9) computer issues (5) crush (6) dance (1) davao (1) dead tired (12) depression (4) derek ramsay (1) disappointment (5) drama (27) dream (5) drunk (2) earthquake (3) envy (2) exercise (9) experience (2) eyes-chan (2) facebook (6) faith (1) fare hike (1) ferris wheel (1) first (13) flood (1) food (11) friendship (3) friendster (7) germany (1) ginza (2) hachijojima (4) haiyan (1) hanami (2) happiness (4) hendri rachman (1) hot spring (3) housemate (24) itch (16) japan (41) japan pension (1) jeepney (2) karaoke (3) kawasaki (1) kiss (3) korean (2) kuala lumpur (1) laptop (1) lips (1) love (19) lss (1) malaysia (2) maximilian befort (1) mcdonalds (2) medical exam (4) meet ups (3) messenger (2) mmorpg (1) motorcycle (1) mountain climbing (3) movies (3) mt fuji (4) multiply (2) naked (3) natural disaster (5) necktie (1) no other woman (1) onsen (3) park (2) peeping tom (3) philippines (10) poopie (1) porn (4) prank (2) praybeyt benjamin (1) predictions (4) prose (6) quotes (15) ragnarok2 (1) ranch (1) rant (1) realization (51) rick okon (1) romeos (1) sakura (2) salon (2) samal island (1) sarushima (1) sauna (1) scorpio (2) secrets (3) sex (3) sexuality (2) shinjuku (1) singapore (1) sinulog (1) skating (1) ski (1) skype (3) sports (3) sugarcoat (1) sunrise (1) swine flu (1) taxi (2) test (9) the hunger games (1) the vow (1) tokyo (4) tokyo dome (1) tokyo tower (1) train (2) transformation (8) travel (15) tv show (5) typhoon (1) usagi-chan (17) valentines (4) vodka (2) whiskey (2) ya-chan (2) yokohama (1) yolanda (1) yukata (2) zipper (1)

in demand entries

mentors out of innocence

connections