A NICE BREAK FOR A WORKHAHOLIC...

Are you a workhaholic? I admit I am; because I love what I do. My works nature requires long hours; but I believed I have been working without an off day; 12 hours a day for more than 3 years now, along with my hubby, and 2 other colleagues. It's not a job anymore being a hairdresser...It is my lifestyle and it blends in very very well and I love it!!..

18th July was a great day for all of us; as it is the first time after so many years we get to get our 5 days break we longed for. Well, trust me, we count-downed 18th July since November 2010..So... these 5 days were our precious moments. We spent every moment every day every hour every minute and every second like there is no tomorrow.. It was really a break without having to work even 1 second after so many many years...I finally realised the pure happiness...the tattoo on the back of my neck reminded me at all time...

We chose K.L. as it is nearer and convenient and most importantly RM currency is more useful haha..; and with my hubby, daughter, mum and 2 other team mates; it was the time we shared our love and time together...GOLDEN TIME....

We craved for so much shopping and "fooding" and finally we reached Bukit Bintang KL 18th July at 6pm and straight after checked in, we went for food hunting!!! Woooohooooo....we eat, eat and eat...buy buy and buy....walk walk and walk..We did not even felt tired until we went back to hotel...from morning till night.


Below are some memorable photos taken during our golden holiday...


My quality time with my baby..golden breakfast session..English breakfast..our favourite!!

Tyan was so happy to see such a huge plate of breakfast...

My precious...we may not have the quantity time..but we have quality time...I love my jobs too much...hehe...

Look at my mum...She was so happy and hungry all the time..I was so happy that during this trip she enjoyed herself well. Bringing her along making my holiday so perfect; as I got to spent more time with her. She has been complaining about me for ages hahaha but still she is the most understanding mum in the whole wide world..muaksss love you mum...! And not forgetting Pei..look at her..she concentrated too much on the food..serious eating..muahahahaha.....but am happy seeing her happy too...!


Hubby Lewis with Tyan..playing and shopping at the same time..seeing them playing was so nerve cracking..too noisy haha..


at Bintang Walk...


Meeting old time pal from Kuching, Edmond..He is my egg tart...So fun and loving..and creative person...happy to know that he did great now..and made Borneo proud too..Bravo darling...







If I were in KL, I will surely meet up with my idol Winnie Jie for a chat, and updates myself with her. Thanks Jie for the nice dinner hehe...

She is truly an inspiration..and great mentor. She updated me about her progress...Wow..she has been progressing so far far far..and she is really an asset to Malaysia... She won so much awards ..Ernst & Young was the most valued one ...and how she has been involved in New York fashion week etc..Hope one day I can be like her but after all the past pressures and stresses, I told myself I need to take things easy and if it is really happening..I am blessed...but if it does not...I have to be okay but I will still do my best.,hahaha...

Jessie J said; "It's ok to be not ok..and don't lose yourself in the blur of the stars...Be who you want to be and be a go getter..!" True....




Best colleague Pei,with Mum and Ern..

Durian!!
My favourite "cucu" haha...

Made Mum and Tyan took LRT to KLCC haha...

My Angel, Mum...

My growing up baby...



Has been with Lewis for more than a decade now...and from there we produced our love, Tyan.. It's a blessing and I thanked God for it.. 3 of us have been gone thru so much ups and downs, and pains and failures...Life is never smooth and in between these years, we might forget each others but at the end of the day the bond is still there..I prayed to God for health and love and I hoped that we will stay happy like this forever..



Being a full time hairdresser since 2000, has made my time became so limited for love ones as commitments and pressures were too high...Going thru all the ups and downs in my career trying to be a good hairdresser is never easy and I finally realized the more I try the less is working.. 2011 is a first step to really relax and balance my life as I promised myself pure happiness..my 2011 resolution..

I felt good...that now I can give some quality times for my love ones...because honestly I confessed I love to do what I do now..even worked everyday from 10am to 10pm doing salon works..I felt it is just part of me and my work is already my life...

I really can't imagine my life would be like if I wake up one day not being a hairdresser...


Love,
Jac

Uniqueness...The Naked Truth..

THE NAKED TRUTH.....

How do you want your hair to be like? Long? Short? Curl? Straight? Blonde? Blue? or Red? I bet you do not really know... The conclusion about a great hairstyle is about wearing UNIQUENESS as your crown.


A simple question to start with.. Do you know what kind of hairstyles suit you? You usually don't and will very much depends on hairstylists to give you recommendations. From my years of experience, "uniqueness" and "personalisation" in the haircut is usually the most important point to keep clients coming back and wanting more.

Let me share with you the meaning of unique.. According www.ardictionary.com, unique is Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.

In hairstyles context, unique means the haircuts must look very much different from others; which has its own identity. Look at celebrities like Agyness Dean, Rihanna, Jessie J, Emma Watson, Victoria Beckam, Faye Wong or Lady Gaga. They have very certain hairstyles and styles that make them look so different..And they are usually trend setters and never really care about what people comment about their look because to them Uniqueness is something positive, strong and beautiful. Being unique is risk taking...In other words fashion is risk taking.

Before getting any unique haircut; there are several things you may need to consider. Is your facial shape suitable to have that haircut? And is it practical to your lifestyles? These are the 2 main things you need to think about. A good hairstylist will be able to help you on these. Well, they are the professionals; aren't they? Get a good long consultation before you choose your uniqueness. A hairstylist who give you a haircut without thorough consultation will end you up being really "OH NO!" UNIQUE.

Let's see some unique haircuts photos.

The Lady Gaga

Faye Wong

Gwen Stefani

Victoria Beckam



Rihanna

Travia Yeung

Agyness Dean

Emma Watson

Jessie J




The trick of whether the hairstyles suit you or not depends on the hairstylists' ability to balance it for you. If you are bored with your current hairstyles; get a brand new haircut. Please don't stick to one hairstyles for years. It will only make you look stale and unattractive. Please dare to try and take some risk to be unique:) Being unique is POSITIVE!

Happy trying...

HAIRDRESSING IS WHAT WE CALLED FUTURE!

All You Guys Need Is PATIENCE....

In my previous blog I shared with you about what is "life" as a Hairdresser. What do I do for a living? I am sure you all know. ;) ....

Let me share with you a little detail in my hairdressing career. I do not only cut hair, perm hair, color hair, or style clients’ hair; but I am also sharing my long learnt skills with my students at the hair academy with a group of great trainers whom I admire and respect for their hardworking and sincerity in performing their work.

I have my Monday as routine; sharing my haircut techniques with my students at Cutting Edge The Hair Academy, Jalan Abell Kuching; who has a twinning programme with Toni and Guy Singapore. Monday is always my favourite day of the week as I get to mingle with my students and fellow trainers.

HairUp -only with real hair..
Students Daphne and Eason washing real hair..Clients are happy with good service at RM 6 only for HairWash And HairBlow.

Student, Erica and Eason, cut hair...they are happy because they get to cut real hair. Clients are happy because hair cut by student is only RM 5.

Usually we will start the day with revision of the previous haircuts that they learnt in the previous lesson. I would oversee the students’ body postures when performing certain haircuts. I would also check the haircuts, ensuring the cut is precise and accurate. A good haircut is a balanced cut with balanced sectioning, allevation, and distribution of the hair. Other than that, students learn how to draw technical drawings of the haircut they learnt.

I am quite a strict trainer as I hope I can pass the most of me to my students. I wanted them to learn as much as they can from me so they can excel in the future as a hairstylist. During the training, Cutting Edge The Hair Academy’s students get to cut not only dolly head, but real hair. Where do they get to cut the real hair?

Award winning Trainer Lewis Fong guiding student Erica, how to cut 'ang moh" hair. "Ang Moh" client is happy because to she only pay Pound Sterling 1 for that haircut.

The trainers would bring them for charity cut at blind centre, orphanage home, etc…Besides that the hairdressing students get to cut walk in clients who want SUPERLOW Prices at our academy.

These walk in clients became the hair academy regular and always come back for hair cut done by the students. They come back because they trust the students’ skills; and they saw how the trainers guide the students; making sure their hair is properly cut.

Students Erica, Eason and Gerald focusing on their haircut...

Students Natalia, preparing to cut hair...

Students MingKang and his academy mate enjoying their training...

Student Sharifah, get to learn how to shave. FUN!

All the students get to learn with real hair...Clients get to enjoy hair services at SUPER DUPER LOW rate..In other words..WIN WIN is achieved.. :)

Check out the hair academy SUPERLOW PRICE:

Price Lists (Hair done by hair academy students): HAIR WASH RM 3, HAIR BLOW RM 3, HAIR WASH & BLOW RM 6, HAIRCUT RM 5, HAIR COLOR (SHORT/LONG) RM 38/50, HAIR PERM (SHORT/LONG) RM 38/50, STYE Hair RM 5, HAIR TREATMENT RM 10. Be our academy students' LIVE MODEL!

Hair Academy Opening Hours: 10am-5pm Monday - Friday only
Tel: 082-238969

So guys, please visit Cutting Edge The Hair Academy in Jalan Abell if you need a hair cut, color or perm at a SUPERLOW bargain. Give the hairdressing students there a chance to learn more on real hair. Less worry, the hair academy has reputable and experienced trainers to guide them.

Hope to see you guys there!

What is 2010 to me; and Hello 2011!

What is 2010 to me; as a hairdresser?



Well; I have so much to share about life as a hairdresser this year.. I have changed a lot; psychically, mentally and spiritually. I considered myself a very lucky person because I have enough food to eat; clothes to wear and a shelter to sleep. I really thank God for his blessings. And as an extra, I met people I wished I could meet and even personally knew them and had a life with them inspired me along the way.

This year itself I met all kind of people; positive and negative. To all the positive people; thank you for being an inspiration and motivation; for it kept me positive throughout 2010.

But; to all the negative people; I would love to express my gratitude and appreciation for your free trainings; I honestly do felt thankful to you all because, if not because of you I would not have learnt the most in 2010...You guys did keep me mentally stronger; and improved me in some aspects of life; and I learnt a lesson money cannot buy. Without you; I will never realize the fact of life and the meaning of the life. After all life is a learning path. Like Winnie Loo used to share with me; "Anything that did not kill you made you stronger!"


Whatever it is..."Happiness" is always my priority ...And I am searching for pure happiness within me...as a person...and as a hairdresser. That is why I had a tattoo "Happiness" on the back of my head.

This year I have being very brave. I used to dislike tattoo; and percepted it as gangsterism..As I grew older and travelled around for awhile, I fell in love with it as I felt it gave me a strong feeling of being tough like Rihanna. I loved it as an art on my body. But; too bad I had to lie to my daughter that it is just a sticker haha....

I have 3 nice tattoos..which I've got them mid of this year; first one was Mystic Knot - pure happiness, health and wealth. The second one was a bangle tattooed on my hand, Maori for warriorism as I am a fighter...; third one was a word tattoo - "happiness", which very much inspired me to discover and share happiness with people surrounding me. I do not know if I would stop having new tattoo on me but I hope I can stay with 3 for now..ones that I really loved and kept me stronger and happy in facing anything in life would bring me.

P/S: I had to take 4 tablets of Actifast with a can of 100 Plus to overcome the pain...oopsss...I am still alive haha...




Mystic Knot


Maori Hand tattoo

My Happiness

Besides tattoo..my hair has become my own victim ...I used to have a very nice long hair in 2008; to mid length in 2009, with hair color of orange copper, blonde and white.... I enjoyed short hair this year and it's getting reallly really short now to welcome 2011. I loved the transformation as I enjoyed being different. In short I love doing total makeover on myself and; even enjoyed making over my clients. I love seeing them being unique and most importantly YOUNGER!! plus an easy maintaining hair....

2008 -Me, Winnie and a friend in Hong Kong

2008- Me, Hubby Lewis and Manne

2008 - Me and Amber

2008-Me, Lewis and Camelia

2009- Me in London Vidal Sassoon

2009- Me and Lewis in Bayswater London

2009-Sarawak Autistic Children Charity Gala Show in Kuching with Gilterama Girls

2009- Me, Brenda, Selina Aenie, Frederick in Kuching for good cause..

2009- Me and gangs for Malaysia Hairdressers Talent Night KL

2010- Me, Manne, Alvin and Richard at Stylo KL

2009- Me with Copper Short Hair

2010- Me with Blonde Hair

2010 Me in Sereni&Shentel head band.

2010-Me in platinum white

2010- a photo of myself taken by myself...

2010-Short platinum blonde

2010- Me in action

2010

2010- "Nyamuk Aedes"

2010- Enjoying fashion

2010- My Mohawk..

2010- In action

Latest - Oopsss - Brave short hair

From the photos you can see...how different I have become..but I love it....my mum love my short hair....she said I am cute haha....I am happy I am unique in my own way...

I would summarize that 2010 is a positive year for me as a person.. Firstly I had a drastic change in my appearance - take a look on my transformation from 2008 to date...

Secondly; I learnt to overcome my fear of travelling alone...Winnie Jie, you are my witness...Haha..I used to scare taking flight alone worrying that the aeroplane may explode..so I always make Lewis travels with me...But amazingly 2010, I traveled alone to Singapore lots of time to meet my TG team in Singapore for training and meeting...even traveled to KL alone for the transit flight to London for Toni and Guy yearly training and updates..I am proud of myself...haha...I really do..

2010 me and my no.1 Idol Winnie Loo

Thirdly, I learnt to look at things at different point of views; and did a lot of self monitoring and appraising in handling problems that arised at work. I worked everyday with my small team of great team players from 10 am to 10pm..and only get to see my daughter and hubby for couple of hours everyday..I believed quantity is not the issue but the quality times shared together is most important.. even just for just a couple of hours everyday...At least I still get to see them everyday..unlike some family, due to oversea work they only see each other two or three times a year...

Lovely every morning with hubby and baby..

Being a hairdresser, 2010 is also a great year for me and my team. We often get invitations for charity function; mostly charity cut to raise fund for Kuching Autistic Children, Sarawak Children with Cancer, Perkata etc. I hope in 2011, we can help more.

2010 Go Bald

2010, is another year that me and my team get to share our ideas of hair in Malaysia Hairdressing Gala Night in KL; which is also another great year of myself in supporting Hair Malaysia Competition; being one of the judge for the event. I am proud being a Malaysian Hairdresser as I saw many young talents have mushrooming in West Malaysia...and I hope it is also the same in my own home town Kuching....To my students..you guys are really talented...and keep up the good work and improve yourself everyday...

P/S; I learnt a lot from you all too as much as you guys has learnt from me...

Me and my students..

Me and Students during Spring Fashion Week.

Me and my team at MHA

Me as a judge at Hair Malaysia Competition 2009

Me as a white hair judge at Hair Malaysia Competition 2010 :)

Me with other esteem Judges of Hair Malaysia 2010

Getting model's hair ready for MHA 2010 in Toni and Guy Academy KL

Gratefully, my clients base has also increased and I am so happy that I get to do hair for so many great people in my beloved hometown Kuching everyday. I am so blessed that my work is greatly appreciated and loved. Here, I would like to take an opportunity to thank all of my clients for supporting, trusting, and believing in my skills. I will try my very best to give the best to you all..Thank you for your great supports.

2010 London

2009/2010 as Toni and Guy Team

My most excited moments this year was meeting Toni Mascolo , founder of Toni and Guy and all the Toni and Guy Artistic Team in London.

Besides that; when Sereni Linggi and Shentel Lee of Sereni&Shentel (an upcoming and leading headband business ) visited our Essensuals salon for haircut and haircolor; I was very excited too. Both of them are super friendly and talented woman..Hey...it's great to be East Malaysian..and there are so many great talents yet to be discovered in this island Borneo we called home...

Sereni&Shentel

I also catched up with my Singapore team in almost every month in Singapore and went to London last Oct 2010 with some of them (super cool people).... Xavier Mah during MHA (gosh he is another young and talented man...and he has a fan page guys...checkout http://www.xaviermah.com/), and Brenda Chiah during her chinese new year programme shooting in Kuching lately (her new drama series will be on NTV7 soon, 30th December 2010). So, tell me.....I do not have any reason to not like my job as a hairdresser ....haha...

Me and my TG Team from Singapore. My idol Mr David Mercer is standing right next to me..

Me and Xavier Mah

Me and Brenda Chiah

Despite of all the positive things that happen in my life as a hairdresser, I faced 2 saddest incidents this year; incidents that really put me in great tests..incident after another continuously without a break at all; which I admitted that I nearly failed at it..

First incident was when I lost all my ten pair of scissors when some bad guy just smashed my car window and stole my precious 10 years collection of scissors which I hide in my car boot. I lost everything..identity card, passport, phones and my more than 10 years red bag which I always brought with me whenever I traveled (you can spot the bag in some of the photos).

Second incident was when I lost a great loyal friend Tung Tung of 13 years of great companion..I had to let him go due to his great suffer in pain..I remembered clearly the effect of the just one shot that end his pain and of course his life....It was heart breaking...and I was so down for awhile...but I told myself he will always be around and he will never be forgotten..I really miss him; and how handsome he was ...

Tung Tung, in rememberence forever (a day before he left me forever...)... I love you..

2011 is a year I am looking forward to; as my resolution is to search for pure happiness...2001 would be the time I am pursuing the happiness in life as a woman, a mum, a wife and most importantly a hairdresser..

2010 make me realised something in life....

"Prosperity is not Wealth but Happiness....Prosperity is Happiness"

To Pei, and Chung, thank you for your great contribution to this unique team and I wish us all a great success in the future and more excitement in 2011.

To Winnie Loo and David Mercer; both of you are always my idols and thank you for all the guidances and inspirations.

To Henne, Dict, Quester, Isaac, Janice, Jacky, Patsy, and Roy; thanks for the sharing..

To Cherrine and Tiger, thank you for everything and thank you for showing me what true friendship meant in life.

To hubby Lewis, thank you for being the strongest one among us all; overcoming all the stress in life and showing me what persistency and consistency really mean. I wish you more success in 2011 and years ahead...Stay Happy and Healthy. To Tyan my little girl, thank you for making mummy happy at all the time even by just looking at you...

To my mum Alice, thank you for being the most understanding person; good or bad, happy or sad...without you..I am not who I am today...

Goodbye 2010....Hello 2011!

Love,

Jac