Ketahuilah Tentang Tattoo Sebelum Anda Membuatnya

Tattoo tubuh sepertinya sudah menjadi hal yang umum saat ini. Bila dahulu tato identik dengan dunia kejahatan, para pelaut & geng motor, maka saat ini tato sudah menjadi hiasan tubuh yang populer & digunakan oleh orang banyak.

Gambar yang digunakan bukan lagi hanya tengkorak, jangkar ataupun kapal perang, tetapi beragam mulai dari lambang tradisonal, design tumbuhan/hewan ataupun simbol pribadi untuk mengekspresikan diri.

Bila termasuk salah seorang yang berniat untuk membuat tattoo tubuh, maka sebelum pergi ke studio tattoo & membuat tattoo, sebaiknya perhatikan dulu beberapa hal berikut ini.

Tattoo sendiri adalah luka dari tusukan, yang dibuat didalam kulit & kemudian diberi tinta. Tattoo dibuat dengan cara menusukkan jarum ke kulit & kemudian dimasukkan tinta ke wilayah tersebut.

Yang membuat tattoo menjadi tahan lama, adalah karena tinta tersebut dimasukkan bukan kedalam epidermis (lapisan teratas kulit yang, sering mengelupas & diproduksi lagi seumur hidup). Melainkan, tattoo dibuat dengan tinta yang dimasukkan kedalam lapisan dermis (lapisan kedua kulit), sel pada dermis cenderung lebih tetap, sehingga membuat tattoo menjadi permanen.

Menurut AAD (The American Academy of Dermatology) terdapat 5 jenis tato menurut fungsi & proses terjadinya, yaitu sebagai berikut :

Tattoo akibat bekas luka
Biasanya disebabkan karena adanya debu atau serpihan didalam kulit, sehingga akan timbul pigmentasi setelah lukanya sembuh. Tattoo ini biasanya terjadi karena luka akibat kecelakaan di jalan raya.

Tattoo amatir
Biasanya dibuat sendiri atau oleh teman & tidak terlalu mengedepankan fungsi artistiknya. Cara yang biasa dipakai adalah dengan menggoreskan jarum/peniti yang sudah diberi tinta kedalam kulit. Untuk pewarna yang bisa digunakan, dapat berupa tinta india, tinta pulpen, arang atau abu.

Tattoo profesional
Tattoo profesional dapat dibagi menjadi 2 bagian, tato modern & tato etnik. Tattoo etnik biasanya dibuat dengan metode etnik tertentu yang diwariskan secara turun temurun, seperti misalnya pada masyarakat dayak atau di pulau pasifik. Sedangkan tato modern, dibuat dengan menggunakan alat khusus pembuat tattoo, di studio tattoo oleh seniman tattoo. Pigmentasi yang terjadi dapat bervariasi melalui penggunaan beragam warna pada tattoo yang dibuat.

Tattoo medis
Biasanya digunakan untuk menggambar area tubuh yang akan diradiasi. Tattoo medis biasanya dilakukan oleh dokter.

Tattoo kecantikan
Digunakan untuk membuat make-up permanen, seperti eye liner, lip liner, lipstick, alis mata & rambut. Tattoo kosmetik juga dapat digunakan untuk menggambar puting payudara setelah melakukan operasi payudara, menyamarkan vitiligo (kelainan pigmen warna pada kulit) atau menutupi tato yang tidak diinginkan.

Handwriting tag

 ♥ Hi everyone! ♥

2 more days till Easter holiday weeee~!! 

Have a report to hand-in this Friday before the session ends though ╭(⫪Д⫪;)╮ 

Im still working on it~ and so I have to make today's post short. 

Got tagged by Bunny ♥ ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ I don't usually do tag but I find this one kinda fun! 

I've been doodling a lot in the library anyway, so why not?

Let me just copy and paste everything 

The Handwriting Tag
Rules: Get a piece of paper and write the answers to the following questions:

1. What's your name/your blogger name?

2. What's your blog's name/URL?

3. Write "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

4. Favorite quote?

5. Your Favorite song?

6. Your favorite band/singers?

7. Anything else you want to say?

8. Tag three to five other people

Opps, spelling error! :P

I didn't have any empty notebook with me (my lecture notes were all typed into my laptop), so I took one of the scientific journals I printed and written these on the backside of the paper ╰(￣∀￣;)╮

So here are the people I'm tagging. 

Haya, Mizarwen, Aznuur, Mr. Vui and Berry

Anyone else interested are also welcome to join the tag game

Have fun you guys :)
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Owh, let me also do this tag made by Haya ;)

What is your favourite music?:

*refer above*

What is your favourite place on Earth?:

My home country in Brunei ♥ ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

and the rest in Borneo island

What is your favourite food?:

Salmon sushi

What is your favourite holiday? :

Summer holidays in Brunei, Japan and Hong Kong

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Took another photo in the library,

 Minimum makeup today...because I was wearing my giant circle lenses. 
Okay okay
Im just gonna put the photo together with the one I took last Monday during lecture.

Notice the difference? d(⌒o⌒)b 
Eyeliner is super essential to me, 
and I only dare to go without it when Im wearing my big circle lenses
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And daymn 

I wonder why I have the habit of using webcam (even in uni) nowadays ╭(⫪∀⫪;)╮


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HEY, it doesn't look like a short post after all! 
Owh well
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♥ Lots of love everyone! ♥

My £5 Photobook

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Bought a 80% discount coupon for albelli photobook from groupon d(⌒o⌒)b  

So instead of the original prices of £25, I only have to pay £5! 

Huge bargain no? ♥ ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

Here's the photo book product I received (21cm x 21cm). 

The cover looks pretty plain and simple but it's made of high-quality linen, so its good :P 

The quality of the photo printed is pretty good too. 

I get to put as much photo as I want into a total of 24 pages :) 

Except for the Japan photos, the others were all taken in 2010.

Pretty awesome yes? ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

Super rare event - Chatted with Zai 2 times this week! ♥

Unbelievable╭(⫪∀⫪;)╮She's usually too busy with her med studies, plus our time difference are, like, freakin' HUGE!

♥ Lots of love ♥

Good News!

Guess what everyone?

NAO FINALLY REPLIED MY EMAIL! ^^

She said she's fine, same goes to her family and her cats! 

I was told that her house is on a hill, so it was out of reach ╭(⫪∀⫪;)╮there's no water and electricity at the moment though.

Thank you for replying my email Nao ╭(⫪∀⫪;)╮ I'm so glad!

Alhamdulillah

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It was St. Patrick's day yesterday, on the same day, some university staffs (including lecturers) went on strike over changes to pension plans. As a result, classes cancelled! Unlucky for me ╰(￣Д￣;)╮my lecturer is so rich already (or maybe passion over money?).

But....╭(◉Д◉;)╮I missed my class anyway! No no, not that I thought my class was cancelled too. I actually got mixed up with my time schedule.

The final session just started this week btw. 

So what have I been doing all day?

I finally got my chance to talk to my girls ╰( ≥ ∀ ≤ )╯
 I enjoyed it very much.

 It's been a very long time since called and chatted with my old time buddies.

 I remember those days when I used to spend hours and hours on the phone talking to my friends, guess I have become quite independent nowadays.

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*please ignore my English*
Actually there's too many things in my mind. 
My paranoia and negativeness have caused a great stress that leads abdominal pains. 

At times like these, 

you need those people who knows you best, 

those people who knows your real life story.

I could still feel the pain when I woke up this morning. 

Thank god Faridah was free to listen, and it works, she made me feel so much better afterwards. Thank you.

I am not the type of person who can keep her things to her self. 

Yet it's a VERY bad idea to let it go to the wrong person (which, by the way, I did)

I have a problem of being too honest, too friendly to everyone and trusting people so easily :( 

I should learn to choose my friends I can express my feelings to..... But it's so darn HARD!

Truth is, there's nothing about me my close friends don't know. 

Why Im freakin' stress now is because I'm not used to keeping the painful thought all by myself. Yet, I get so busy with uni work not wanting to waste time.

Jeri? Lol. Of course I talked to him about it :P but he always give me a reality slap instead, T,T Sigh, I know he's just saying the truth, but sometimes you need some words of comfort even though it not true. 

Kitani perempuan melayu kan, sentiasa memerlukan kata-kata yang menyamankan ati. 

Like when a fucking ugly girl asked "Am I really fucking ugly?", then the other person should say "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU'RE FUCKING BEAUTIFUL."

END (before it get worst)

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I feel rather tomboy-ish today...

*sorry, it's blurry, photo was taken with laptop*

Tattoo Ikan Dolphin

Link : Dolphin Tattoo Pictures

Dearest Nao, please be safe.

I was awake from 4am doing my report until around 8am when I saw the horrible news online. 

Had a panic attack that morning knowing the area in Japan where the tsunami attacked was Sendai, where Nao's hometown is. 

Nao, was one of closest friend in Aberdeen during my 1st university year, sadly, she was a one-year exchange student. We met again in Japan a year after that and explored Tokyo together with Jeri. She became a really busy person ever since she got her job. 

I sent her text and emails straight away when I heard about the disaster.
But till now I haven't heard a news from her :( I'm really worried.
I pray hoping Nao, her family and her cats are fine. Ya Allah, semoga dorang selamat, amin. 

My deepest condolence to all the victims in Japan who are affected by the earthquake and tsunami, I pray for their quick recovery from this unfortunate event.

Nippon Connections had another Onigiri sale today,

 but this time, all the proceeds of our sale will go to the Japan earthquake and tsunami Appeal. 

We even set up 3 donation piggies.

I was busy with my computer practical today but Jeri told me many people came in just to donate.  

We've collected 200pounds just from the piggies themselves ;) and that doesn't include the profits from our onigiri sale.

I would like to thank you to all the people who made the donation!

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Let me post up the draft I made from last week

Graze box

I am currently receiving nibble box from Graze 2 times a week and I look forward every time!

The first box was a free gift from O2 surprises, and since it was free, I thought to give it a try.

I fell in love ever since I opened neat package. 

I also receive emails what's going to be in my next package, upon receiving them, they will ask me to rate the food they sent.

I especially love the dried food (mango♥) and nuts! 

It was free for the 1st box, then half price for the 2nd. From then on it's 3.49pound every box, but I don't want them to stop coming! Tuesday and Thursday, that's when my healthy food arrives every week ^^

Graze, you make me feel like a rodent, but I am still loving you.

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Still can't stop thinking of you,

dearest Nao, please be safe.

Tattoo Lebah untuk Cewek

Ada kebiasaan cewek meletakkan tattoo lebah di belakang daun kuping

Link : Bee Tattoo Pictures

Tattoo Anjing

Link : Dog Tattoo Pictures

"You said you have speech problem, but you sounded just fine!"

I guess that's what some of you were thinking when you did read my previous post and watched my vlog.

The reason why I sounded 'okay' in my vlog (atleast some of you think so) is because it was taken from 5 different video shots.

Truth is, there were many silent gaps in between and well...mumblings!

And some people who know me in person said:

It's my accent la = = It changes with the people who I talk to as well as the things that surround me. 

This is one of things I never thought I am capable of.  

Actually that has always been included in one of the Bruneian list:

4) You know you are a Bruneian if: You speak Malaysia if you meet Malaysian, speak Indonesia if you meet Indonesian.. and so on.

(Source)

I was always marked as a 'non-typical Bruneian' by my friends because I don't/can't do what most Brunei people do.

So changing the accent easily is one of the things I could not do - 

 = =  I actually speak Bru-lish (Brunei English) to my Malaysian friends lol. 

Mm...........I think I should include this too

You know you are a Bruneian if: You sound very American when you are a fluent English speaker.  (even though our school teach British English, we grow up watching American TV programme)

This doesn't apply to me btw╭(⫪∀⫪;)╮

But half of my friends were thought they came from America when they speak to the people here in uk.

Like I said, I'm not good at catching accents. 

But then again
 surprise-surprise, 
I actually can! (eventhough it takes a longggggg time)

I didn't notice it at all until my friends pointed it out, 

especially when I talk to Jeri. 

Also, some of my course mates thought I was brought up in Scotland because of the way I speak to them - But that only happened when I spent a few days with them lol. 

When I go back to my Bruneian friends, everything switched off, 
and even if I tried too, I sounded so fake. 

One other thing I realised about me is that - no british/scottish accent can come out when atleast one close friend (usually asian) is with me. Lol, okay why am I even telling you all this, such useless detail 

I made the vlog just when I came back from Uni when some bits were still left on.

 I'm saying all this to clarify everything, 

see how paranoid I am now? :/ 

But other than that,

 I guess I learned something about me that I never knew,

 I can now proudly tick myself into one of the Bruneian list :P (the accent changing bit) 

But wait, does it still apply since Im a slow-catcher? 

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Before I end this post,

I would like to thank Mizarwen for making this beautiful scrap layout that includes a photo of me in it (together with Aznuur and Esma). 

;D I LOVE!!