Freshly Ink'd

My first tattoo

So, as I've announced to a few of my friends, already, this weekend, I got a tattoo! This tattoo was in memory of my late father and I had been wanting to do it since he was gone.

I always was in awe of my father's long and elegent looking signature and when it came time for me to actually get my own signature, I tried to have mine to be like his but of course, I failed miserably.

So, I was talking to Yan Naung (who is in town for a few weeks) - and I asked him if he would ever get a tattoo and he said, "yeah, in fact I'm getting one tomorrow". It was a conincidence, so I thought, I'd go check out his tattoo place and see if I can get mine done.. and also to decide where I wanted it done. So I went to Acid Crue tattoo studio at the Peninsula Shopping Centre and Yan Naung was getting a huge tattoo done (it's awesome too, it's a koi fish swimming up the stream, very beautiful). My mind was made up after I saw his being done. I decided to do it.

I sent sms's to everyone I knew in Singapore and I announced my plans. My friend Shane even tried to dissuade me from doing it (she was so cute) but to no avail to this woman with a made up mind!

I wanted to be able to see it all the time, so I decided that I wanted the tattoo on my wrist - on the inside. Also, it would be easy to hide with long sleeves, bangles or a watch, if I was trying to be conservative.

And the shooting star? the shooting star was a last minute idea. I was thinking about how my dad knew almost everyone and to everyone, he was like a star - shining, bright, vivacious and helpful. And when he was gone, it was as though a light had been switched off in some people's lives and so I thought it'd be cool to have a shooting star on top of the tattoo.

Originally, I wanted a big one, vertically across my hand - but I decided to keep it small and nice.

And I was so nervous before I got tattoo'd, Oh my gosh, was I shaking!! But it turned out to be ok!

Yes, it hurt. But not even enough to make me cry. Funny how I teared up watching the movie "the Lake House" but I didn't cry when a bald headed guy covered in tattoos (he was totally hot by the way) was piercing me with needles full of ink, I just bit my lip. And after a while, your adrenaline kicks in, so the pain is definitely lesser as your adrenaline rushes in.

So here is a pic of the tattoo. I had to scan my tattoo at work because yours truly had already packed her digi cam to get ready for the big move to a new flat. So yeah, it looks abit weird and twisted but you can still see it.

I hope you all like the tattoo. But in case you don't like it, please don't comment. haha. I'm totally in tattoo high. Oh yeah, my mom doesn't know, so shhhhh.......