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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
hair removal by thread - 10:48 PM
(filed under 'bahrain')
i'm guessing this isn't strictly a bahraini way of doing things, nor even a generally arab way of doing things, but the other day, i had my eyebrows done (i.e. tidied up, shaped, etc) with thread!
i'd never heard of it before. i'd gone to a place previously who did it in the usual way, at least usual to me, of using wax, but i wasn't totally happy with the job they were doing, so i tried a new salon just near the british club.
the place calls itself a ladies' slimming & beauty salon so when i walked in, i asked initially if they did eyebrow waxing, because i wasn't sure exactly what services were covered in the 'beauty' part of their name. when she told me, no, they didn't do it, & that they used thread, i had to ask her to repeat herself, because i'd never heard of such a thing.
so i gave it a go. basically, she wrapped some normal thread around her fingers so that it twisted in the middle. the twisted part is placed on the skin near the hairs to be removed & then manipulated in such a way that it wraps itself around the hair & pulls the hair out as the thread is moved & twisted some more. must take some practice. i said as much to her & she agreed.
the thread can take out much shorter & finer hairs than wax can, so the results are much better. it hurts a little more than waxing because it takes longer, but i think it's worth it. if you're going to go to the trouble of getting your eyebrows (or any other facial hair) done, you may as well get it done right.
like coke? - 07:02 PM
(filed under 'smiley')
i was down in the kitchen with smiley just before & i called upstairs to shroom, as i often do, "would you like some dinner?" since there was some vegetable curry ready to serve. my next question is usually whether he'd like a drink to go with it, but smiley beat me to it when he then called out loudly up the stairs, "like coke?"
shroom & i both thought it was just a tad hilarious. lol!! 
cravings - 05:57 PM
(filed under 'healthy living')
now that i'm actually doing some exercise & working out at the gym five out of seven days a week, i'm craving fatty & sugary foods more than ever! i'm going to have to start turning them into cravings for something a little healthier or my gym sessions aren't going to show any results.
i'm mostly successfully resisting the cravings. i give in maybe 25% of the time. if it makes any difference, at least i do feel guilty about it afterwards. heh.
bahraini 'grass' - 09:45 AM
(filed under 'bahrain')
yesterday i took a picture of some ground cover which tends to be used as grass a lot in bahrain. i guess it's hardier in the hot & dry conditions in bahrain.
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