Throughout my years of being a body art enthusiast, I often get asked if I've gotten any new ones recently.

The answer is, yes. I did it mid last year and this tattoo marks my sixth ink so far.

If you've not read the story of my tattoo journey, you've GOTTA read this – here 

Let the games begin. After six years, it's all too familiar now, really.

Two (or was it three?) hours passed and I was done… ALREADY? 

This pain was nothing compared to what I endured on my ribcage. That was torturous haha!

End result.

A pair of iconic eagle feathers from the tribes of Native-America (Red-Indians)

So.. what's the significance of these eagle feathers, you ask? 

Legend has it that it symbolizes trust, wisdom & strength, and those who were granted these feathers were hand-picked by their tribe leaders.

It was considered most honourable & rewarding to the Native American warriors and braves of the tribe.

Okay, I'm done with my story.

Bet you didn't know that right?  Now you do.

Saldy, my inkmaster, discussing with me on preferable positions of my tattoo

Always the first step to tattooing. It is first carbon copied onto your skin for guidance.

Don't want anything to go wrong with free-hand sketching, right? 

Waiting for my tattoo artist to prepare the palettes of my chosen colours into his tattoo gun

After so many tattoos, you'd obviously think I'm used to the pain, the fear & the whole shebang, right?

WRONG.

Do not want 🙁 I still get the chills and turn into a nervous wreck with each session

I honestly have no clue why I still feel like a bundle of nerves after so many!

Perhaps it's just a psychological thing. People don't exactly like to be in pain nor would anyone look forward to feeling multiple piercing sensations, do they? Unless they have a fetish for pain…. 

But I put on a smile anyway. Despite being hesitant and scared of needles,

I was looking forward to seeing my new ink!

He first started by drawing in the outlines of the eagle feathers.

It hurt. But no matter, I'm a tough cookie.

Keep it still & steady, Jess. Don't flinch. Don't fidget. Don't twitch!

Trying my hardest LOL

Outlining in progress

After outlining, he proceeded with the inner linings of the feathers

After almost an hour, all the solid black linings were done.

Saldy began to fill in the shadings, contours & texture of the detailed feather itself as well as the red & blue colours of the string & beads which fasten the two feathers together.

Finally, it's over and done with!! Like it? What do you think? 

I know it looks a little red and swollen in the photo above as it was taken immediately after the session.

After a week, it's fully healed now! 

Photos of my other tattoos:

My body art canvas from 2006-2012

Konzy & bestiePam was there with me throughout today's session.

They kept me company, helped me take photos and endured my moans LOL 

It's always great to have company. Thankyouuuuuuu 

As we speak, a very talented tattoo artist is conceptualizing & designing an epic work of art for me this year

Having a horrid blank in the middle of my cat & camera tattoo makes the art on my upper-back look amateur! It has completely no relevance to one another despite being placed so close together; screaming a result of bad placement.

Duh! They weren't done together… two years apart, in fact!  That explains why.

See the ugly, wide, giant, empty space between my shoulderblade (cat) tattoo

& my back of the neck (camera) tattoo?

Have always wanted to fuse them both together – getting rid of the ugly wide space.

I knew I had to do something about it once and for all… to fill in the empty space with a shoulderblade sleeve that makes it a seamless, fluid one-piece, instead of scattered pieces.

Which is why, for 2013's addition into my canvas of body art/mod, I've decided on a sleeve 

A void such as this would be best filled with some magic. 

And I meant that literally  My upper-back sleeve will be a metaphor of a poignant, beautiful tale.

Anyway, I'm now looking forward to see the final drafted design!  

Yay me! Will show ya'll soonest okay? 

Hollaaaaa! Hope your weekend is going swell, dear readers

Mine has been hectic but fun thus far! I just returned from a full day at the 'Avengers With Harley' event.

Many thanks to Harley Davidson for inviting me as their guest!

I had a swell time checkin' out and even riding your buncha sexy superbikes. It an was out-of-this-world experience! The private screening of Marvel's The Avenger's with good company & all the bikers was amazing too

More of that in another blogpost!

Random photo : sunny skies ahead!

   Oooh and here's a Health & Money tip for today! 

Steadfast in my daily routine is lots of gymtime and fresh fruits & vegetables everyday.

My gym essentials

To complement your healthy lifestyle, blend your own fresh fruit juice at home!

Theboyf and I bought a whole lot of fruits & veggies yesterday at the market and it only costed us 6 bucks altogether.  

Imagine buying fruit juice from a juice bar – 10 bucks for a blend of only 3 fruits, sugared, watered down and filled with ice.

Nope, not wise at all. 

This morning, we had a power combination of 5 types of fruits & 2 veggies

Let's see. Green apples, red apples, oranges, pears, a pineapple, celery sticks & carrots.

100% fresh, pure, concentrated fruit juice including the pulp for only RM6 FOR TWO HUGE GLASSES! 

Apart from the labour of cutting & juicing the fruits by ourselves (and rinsing the equipment thereafter) it is a fun thing to do together, I must say! 

Upon taking our 1st sip of our homemade fruit juice, we nodded in approval and high-fived each other for a job well done. 

Did some juicing with buddy Pamela at home too!

We used a combo of red apples, oranges, carrots & pears 😀

By the way, some of you have been asking me why I haven't been updating much this month.

Now that you've mentioned, it kinda struck me.  

Probably 'cos I'm often out and about even more lately that I hardly have the time to sit at my computer anymore.

Apologies! 🙁 You can still catch up with me via my twitter page 

Promise I'll be updating a whole lot more, aight? 🙂 

Oh, and to make up for lost time, here's a back to back of some photos & happenings I've missed out on sharing with you peeps.

Saved a kitten from being crushed in the middle of the road

Speaking of felines, here are a few latest piccies of my furkid, Chivas.

He's such an adorable ball of fluff, 10 months old now 🙂

Just got him neutered!

Was extended an invitation to Werner's @ Changkat Bukit Bintang to attend a launch party jointly organized by Corset Me, Rarablack and Lovely Legs.

They held a sexy corset party – CANDYGIRL – and it was fun trying out their corsets, leggings and other outfits!

The ladies from Corset Me did a live demonstration of the proper & correct way to wear a corset

I've personally never worn an *actual* corset before!

I only own those corset-look-a-like tube tops from Guess, Forever 21 and MNG. 

This live demonstration was informational & pretty fun to watch

They then offered to let me try their corsets. I got to choose whichever corset that suits my style the most!

The kind lady-boss of Corset Me – Jaycee – helped me wear it properly. Thanks again!

Before I knew it, I was ushered to the studio area to do a photoshoot with their corset on.

My style was evident tonight – an edgy, rockerchick look with a feminine touch 

I picked a black Ed Hardy inspired corset

Felt so jittery throughout the photoshoot!

I've always felt more comfortable being the photographer than being photographed. But I hope I pulled it off!

Mui Victoria and I during the event

Michelle and I just before we left the event!

Two photos : one from my camera & one from hers 🙂

It was a fun and enlightening night. I had a great time!

Attended Carlsberg Where's The Party event

Thanks for the photos, Ed 🙂

Just some photos from ze clan's Christmas potluck party. I made roast! 😀 😀

Again, thanks for the photos Ed!

Brought theboyf back to Penang for the 1st time

Had my Industrial Piercing re-pierced because I didn't like the initial positioning

Went for a double date with my pals!

Some relaxation + shisha with good Iranian food at Shisha Lounge!

Had an amazing & fun-loving valentines!

Exchanged gifts! (More gift-exchange that I forgot to take photos of cos he opened mine real fast)

Had a milkshake phase

Speaking of which, it's been a while since we last had our dose of Milkshake Factory, ey? 😛

Played with food

Ate too much good food

…….. that it's time for a moneydiet

Went to Semenyih for the 1st time to accompany buddy Pam's trip Nottingham University

Photo taken while waiting for her 🙂

Played and experimented with pretty contact lenses!

Clockwise : olive green, ash, brown, violet

Had a random burst of OCD and I started to reorganize my contact lenses

Bought new grey diamond ones! Love how they have sucha strong affinity to the eyeballs

  Just so you know, all the contact lenses I'm wearing are plano ones.

Zero power, as I am neither short-sighted nor long-sighted.

But unfortunately, I have very high astigmatism.

Got my eyes checked!

Fell in love with this tiny car with a Union Jack roof!

Also fell in love with this random cloud I saw by the display window in the mall!

Camwhored in the car while waiting in the bubble jet carwash machine!

Attended one of the series of Guinness's St. Patrick's Day celebrations at Jarrod & Rawlins!

Brought along buddy Pam to join in the greeeeeeen Irish fun 

Massive retail therapy when I got real moody sometime last month

Pampered my nails – DIY at home! 😀

Random shot via iTouch at KLCC carpark

Random shot via iTouch at The Curve's carpark

Also a random shot, this time in Sunway instead!

Had a scrumptious dinner feast with the Aussiemates at Souled Out

Camwhoring with theboyf with full hopes of getting a nice photo but………

Such is life 

Attended the Laura Mercier Spring 2012 Collection & Swatch launch

Had my make up done by the professional make-up artists there!

Met the amazing Jodi Riley, the official, international make-up artist of Laura Mercier

She's so bubbly and full of personality!

Lastly, went back to school with buddy Pam to visit our high school teachers &

eat the famous Char Koay Teow at our canteen!

Surely you must miss your high school food after growing up with it for 11 years of your early life 😛

We certainly did.

That being said, have a good night (or a party night!)

and enjoy your Sunday ahead lovelies! 

Express post via my iTouch!

So, I've decided to adopt a new look. New style. New whatever-you-call it.

Yeah, the geek has taken over me

Also known as the mod hipster

To be honest, I'm not even sure how this decision came to part.

Perhaps it's just one of my random streaks. It could be just a moment, really, or another of my short-lived phases.

After vs Before

What do you think? 

I've actually asked this question on Twitter and Facebook last night.

A majority of people responded saying how they prefer me without glasses simply because they didn't want me to hide my eyes and also because they're used to seeing me without glasses on.

But hey, a change is sometimes fun 😛

Right?

Now, now. Don't get angry with me 😛

Also, I've enjoyed playing with my new toy. Thankew so muchhhhhh!!! 

Someone special happened to read my tweet of my wanting an Angry Bird plushie but cbf to buy it

UPDATE!

It's been a week with my Industrial Piercing now and I'm relieved to say that it's healing well!

Yup, I've been laying off the seafood and being extra hygienic

Also, due to the piercing, I've seemed to have changed my hairstyle too. 

I've been sporting a one sided ponytail or side-swept locks for a week now. Yeah, all because I didn't want my hair to tangle up with my new piercing, lest it becomes a bitch of a pain to endure.

Besides, it's cleaner without the oil from hairs to go anywhere near it.

One week down. Do I really have to wait for 6 months for my Industrial to heal completely?

Le Sigh. 

Oh and, I went back to visit thefockers for the long weekend – Raya holidays.

And guess which ball of sunshine greeted me at the door? 

Loves!!! 

So happy to come home to hugs and kisses from our beloved terrier, Penny

Camwhoring with my superstar granny en route to dinner!

Bah. If you must know, I've been laden with assignments! Namely Youth Media and Video Journalism.

I'm writing an essay at the moment; problematizing the long-debatable belief of how media content itself has led to profound behavioural and attitudinal effects on youths.  Yadda yadda yadda blablabla.

So yeah, I strive to finish it before I fly off to Melbourne!

Hence the express post

Okay, breaktime over. Back to workies for me; it's nerding time!

Hope you have a great week ahead 😉 Till next time, folks 

For those of you following me on Twitter or have me on Facebook, yall would know that I have undergone yet another body art procedure today.

I was at the Rock Ink Night by Mandala Tattoo Parlour at Finnegan's Irish Pub & Restaurant, Straits Quay. Nope, I didn't do a new tattoo (although I still haven't blogged about my 4th tattoo yet, sorry!!) but my 6th piercing this time round.

 It is known as the Industrial Piercing (US) or as the Scaffold Piercing (UK) or Construction Piercing.

For those of you who aren't too familiar with body mod lingo, it refers to any two pierced holes connected with a single straight barbell.

Okay now that I've slightly "educated" you with some piercing trivia, lemme show you what I've gone through.

They say once you get through the Industrial Piercing, you can get through anything. 'Cos apparently, Industrials are the worst, most painful kind of piercing ever. Says people who have done a multitude of piercings, that I trust.

I was told to drink up, drink up, and drink up some more.

'Cos alcohol somehow numbs certain sensations

I did wonder why they told me to drink more but when they said, "Trust me. Drink more. It will help", I began to harbour some slight fear within me. Yikes. What am I getting myself into again?

Alright, ready? Quickly, get over and done with it, please 

TA-DAAA!! Whole process took about 5 whole minutes.

Compared to 5 hours of each tattoo I've done so far, these 5 minutes is equivalent to torture 

Oh and, here's a collage of all my friends who were there!

Didn't manage to take everyone's piccies 'cos I really cbf when I was in pain but yeah.

Worst part was, I got home and asked the boyfie's sister (who also has an Industrial) in Australia how long it will take to heal or at least not hurt anymore, she told me "a few months, but everyone is different".

HOLY SHEEEETS. 🙁 🙁 🙁 nnnnnnnnoooooooooooo.

A FEW MONTHS??? All my tattoos only took 2-3 weeks to heal completely 

I can't even wait one month, let alone a few. Sigh. Looks like imma have to lay off the seafood for a while.

ANYWAY, I'm done! (and in pain)

credits to buddies Joyce & Edwin for helping me take pics during the night! xx

Then again, pain is the new game.

 I'm not passionate towards tattoos and piercings for nothing; everyone has preferences and this is mine.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vZwnEHQ-gA

Here's the video, as promised!!

To me, it's a work of art on my biological canvas, engraved in there for life. 

No pain, no gain.

And I'm lovin' it. Hell to the yeah!

I echo buddy Edwin who said that I had "balls of steel" and the boyfie who said "brutal; that's my girl"

*biggrins* Although my ear is still throbbing with pain as we speak, imma go to sleep with a smile.

I love how my piercings just peep out subtly like that teehee!

Goodnight lovelies! 😀