Life in Japan : One Month Anniversary

So, I celebrated my official one month anniversary in Japan (what a thing to commemorate) today with a visit to a local hair salon.

I've been staring at my rather messed up, weed-like hair for quite some time now. And then everytime I walk out, you see these japanese girls walk by you and FOR WHATEVER reason, doesn't matter how crowded the subways are, doesn't matter whether it's pouring rain or 30 degree celsius scorching hot - seriously regardless of the external environment, they manage to keep their picture perfect make-up, with their hair arranged in an orderly fashion, walking the streets of Tokyo.

Total what the heck. I mean at the end of the day, I'm a girl too and I do think about trying to make myself "presentable" - but I'm clearly still a kindergarten student in the school of "human presentation" in Japan.

So, today, after a few hours of studying (i tried anyway), I decided to pay a visit to a hair salon, randomly picked from one of the ads that I picked up from the station. I walked in wanting just a hair cut and...I walked out with a perm too. Dang. I think it's the feeling of "kuyashii" - which in Japanese means one feels defeated but refuses to succumb to such feeling...(hm, I shouldn't be writing dictionary.com definitions - I feel like my definitions really don't add to explaining anything...!!!) Blah.

I apologize - Narcissism alert below. :P But, just thought it made sense to post it just to prove I did it! Next step is to master the art of make-up here. So why was I here again? haha...I hope it's not here to turn myself into a potential trophy wife. Lol.