Acquired Skill of the Week: French Braids

Boredom led me to browse Youtube videos for some hair braiding tutorials and play with my younger cousin's hair. The only braiding I could do before this was the very basic three-part one, so I focused on learning the French braid. Good thing my cousin has long hair and didn't mind sitting uncomfortably for prolonged periods of time. Once I'd thought I got the basics of French braiding down, I proceeded to play around.

Behold:

Day One: Attempt #1

Of course, I'm still trying to get the hang of this, so it's all still a bit messy for my taste, but hey, the day before yesterday I didn't even know how to make a simple French braid.

Here's another:

Self-Love

Last Friday, a coworker and I decided to eat out for lunch. While waiting for our food to arrive we started talking, as we usually did. She was quieter than usual, and looked confused about something. When  I asked her what the matter was, she asked me a question that made rendered me speechless.

 I can't wait for the movie. Have you seen the poster?

Kids

I've always been frustrated by the fact that I know very few kids who could be goaded into doing something like those on the videos. I've never dreamt of becoming a film director, but I've always been fascinated by the creativity (not to mention perseverance) that goes into creating even just a two-minute video.

Cultural Exchange

An entry taken from my journal, originally dated 09 August 2010.

This afternoon I came back from lunch with a small white envelope that simply had my name scrawled on it.