important milestones of FIRST

This post is to commemorate the many milestones of FIRST in my life.
I guess this trip back “Home” contributed as many FIRST as when I step into NUS on 19th July 2006.

ok here goes. (”this” refers to a lot of different incidents throughout the journey back @ Bangsar thus far)

this is the FIRST time I’m going back to my “HOME” @ Bangsar.

this is the FIRST time I slept on my bedroom @ my Bangsar Home.

this is the FIRST time I watched a movie in Megamall.

this is the FIRST time I sat on my father’s Honda Accord.

this is the FIRST time I drove the Honda Accord back to my house from Megamall. (second time driving on auto-gear)

this is the FIRST time I drove on KL Streets.

this is my FIRST and only 23rd Birthday.

this is my FIRST time in my life where I actually bought Christmas presents for my sisters (both blood-related and aiya-sisters) :p.

this is my FIRST birthday celebration on my exact birth-day with two pretty sisters (ONLY) whom are not from my blood-related family.

this is my FIRST time meeting Joyce’s friends SauHong, ShengJie and ShaoSheng.

this is my FIRST time experiencing how it is like to go on a shopping trip to a shopping center and not feeling bored.
We were @ Megamall from 11am till 8pm. (CRAZY…)

this is my FIRST time attempting to process 1600photos from 53rdDCYC and trying to upload it unto Facebook, I hope Facebook doesn’t put a limit on the number of photos that we can upload.

this is my FIRST time celebrating my birthday @ Bangsar HOME.

this is my FIRST time attempting to blow out candles which will not die off, I fan them off after a few blows.

this is my FIRST time bathing in a bath tub that’s only half the size of a normal bath tub with a special curve-in that allows you to sit and bathe… weird.

this is the FIRST time I’ve used FACEBOOK so intensively, more than 4hours straight per day.

this is also the FIRST time I’ve scored so many static electric shocks when I brisk my hands past Joyce’s. I wonder was that my FIRST aura in action… :p

ah.. this is my FIRST attempt to keep my hair LONG… very LONG!

I believe there are more to come.. stay tuned for part II?

ah… so many “FIRST TIME” and I’m reading the book “The Time Paradox”
I’ve contributed to the statistics of the most frequent used english word “TIME”, it beats “money” and “sex”.

Of course, how could I forget to THANK GOD for giving me so many FIRSTs in so short a time. It’s like turning over to a whole new chapter of my life, bursting off with so many FIRSTs.
Thank God for granting me the opportunity to realign my goals, my principles and my life back to where He wants me to…
Let’s start afresh!

Amen.

the story of a guy who keeps his hair long #001

Oh well, if you are reading this post and you are still unaware of your friend here has been keeping his hair long, hop on to my facebook profile and peek at some of the amazing photos taken of long hair joshuatj.

I have long wanted to document this amazing experience of keeping a long hair for a Chinese Guy in South East Asia, specifically in Malaysia-Singapore.

First of all, I am amazed at the amount of people who inherently associate long hair to being a girl. Why must keeping a long hair a girls solely privilege?
Why can’t guys keep long hair as well?

Of course, keeping a long hair brings despair in the form of the hair constantly brushing against your face, the hair tickle your nose, the hair poke your eyes.. it seems to have more trouble than advantages.

So why did I decide to keep a long hair then?
I questioned myself on countless nights.

A simple hair cut in Singapore costs 10SGD and that’s RM24, that, coupled with the reluctance to find a cheap and decent saloon was the motivation in letting the hair grow on its own course.

Of course, my inherent nature of extreme curiousity and wanting to try something new pushes me forward and here I am with a hair-length of 15cm.

Part of me is very curious as to how people around me will react when they came to realise my plans or seeing me in long hair.
The best part of this journey is to be able to stun long-time-no-meet friends.
I’m waiting for the opportunity to meet up with my primary & secondary school friends in the upcoming Chinese New Year.
This time, I will try to jot down what is their first response after seeing me for the first time.

Honestly, I have quite a bit of fun trying to maintain my long hair. From learning the use of a conditioner and actually applying it to buying hair bands and to the most recent endeavor of buying a hair blower myself.
Of course, I have to thank quite a number of girls in being patient and explaining the art of maintaining a long hair.

But seriously, what is so good about keeping a long hair?

to be continued…

next up.. the ultimate plan… queue hair style!