Edcel.net – mind games

I feel like I’ve been scammed.

When I got home from the office, I figured I’d drop by the Ayala Center Cebu mall and find a better barber shop in order to have my hair trimmed down. 120 pesos was already fine considering the facilities and the place.

I told the barber to make my hair look clean. At first everything was okay, the service was good and had class. In the middle of it all, he asked if I’d like to have some hot oil done. I said yes, thinking that it was just part of the package since an acquaintance told me the shop is good at taking care of their customers. Prior to the hot oil, he told me that I should wash my hair first so we went to a basin and had it shampooed.

Afterwards, they put my head in some weird looking helmet spaceship device where hot air just blew around inside. I was on a high because I got some slight relaxation since the staff also did some basic massage on my arms and head. It was a first for me to get pampered like that. Being the ignorant one, I just completely surrendered myself to the barber giving me all the much-needed service they could provide.

I was even willing to give 100% as tip for the nice treatment. Boy was I treated for sure. When everything was cool, I went up to the counter and my jaw suddenly dropped when she informed me of the bill.

Cashier: “Hi Sir, that will be 920.”
Me: “920?” — (wtf?)
Cashier: “Yes, for the hair treatment.”

I’ve been had! I thought I’d only pay for the hair cut and the other services were already part of it. I tried to make the face — the shocked, jackassed face — but I was already a veteran on these instances so I was able to conceal the expression.

Well Ed, that’s what you get for not bringing a girlfriend with you in places like these. You’d suffer the consequences of not having a second opinion. I felt too vulnerable a customer to them and they sure were able to milk some money out of it.

But it’s not their fault. Heck, they could even dye my hair blue and I wouldn’t even feel a thing. Still, I felt like I was duped. I’m not a celebrity or a rich kid that I have to maintain a certain image for other people to ogle or talk about. Ayayayay.

It would’ve been good if there was a big event that I had to participate in like a party or anything of that sort but come to think of it, a thousand bucks (including the tip) still won’t do the trick just for a meager hair cut. My head feels good but my pockets aren’t.  Arrggghhh.

In the end, I just walked home in order to save more cash and just skipped dinner altogether. But I did myself another favor and bought some ice cream to calm my senses from spending too much. All the stress came back to me on the walk home. Sigh.

It’s going to be long days of instant noodles and hanging rice for me.

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Been 5 days and things are good. I hope those pesky morons stop harassing this site. I feel bad for them that they can’t even construct a good sentence in English.
Will be blogging more about what’s been happening once I get to sort out my priorities this week. It’s been terribly busy.

Yes, I go about my routine disregarding how many curses flew into this site just for the sake of having effin’ R-tards from a people who look as dumb as they speak test how vulnerable this blog is. I’m still waiting for a couple of hours before edcel.net gets hacked again; maybe tonight.

It’s a good thing I backed this up before anybody could make any major damage. I just pretend that it’s all good.

Now here’s another random shot.

 
bedside stuff

It’s nice to hang out with people who share the same love for photography as you do. Sinulog 2010 was a blast despite the crazy weather. It was my first time to join but definitely not the last. This was really fun.

  
all fingers ready

I don’t know what’s going on but despite looking my best and going to the office early as well as greeting people with the usual Hi’s, I seem to be not in the mood.

My eyes, I need to have them checked or I just need a good break. I’m not having problems with sleeping as I just doze off to sleep whenever I hit the sack. But I feel weak and bored.

Maybe I’ll just shave my head to a mohawk just to do something new. It’s still the first half of the month at the start of the year and I’m feeling all out of energy already. This is not the right time to be burned out yet.

Probably, I have to rest.

Life has hit me hard in a lot of ways. But there are still more people who’ve been through worse; and I am keeping that notion to constantly challenge me, to develop my full potential because I know that nothing ever stops and we area always growing. It’s another one of those moments where I just have to keep everything in stride and not look back.

Looking back has been one of the biggest frustrations that I have. I do my best to break free but we know that fate can only do so much, you have to act on it before it disappears.

Doing something has made me see a better sense of self and I am glad to experience this since I know it is important to know what you want. I still am on this path but I’m thankful that this opportunity passed by. This time, I shouldn’t let it slip away from my hands.