Somebody sent me these set of pictures on my e-mail and I really found this very intriguing specially with the on-going Beijing Olympics. It's politically funny for those who knew about the relationship of China and Tibet. I don't mean to bash China with these, hell! I even don't take credit for these pictures. I just want to post it here just for the sake of humor and its up to the readers on what they thought about these.

This is how the logo was made:

Today is August 8, 2008 which numerically transforms into 8-8-8, a lucky number according to Chinese culture and tradition that is why they held the 2008 Beijing Olympics this very same day and formally open it @ 8:00 PM which by the way I couldn't watch because we don't have a cable TV at home (so sad). The number 8 also happens to be my favorite number because for me it is a more sexier version of the number 0 which represents continuity and infinity.

But why is 8 so lucky?

According to my Chinese classmate, 8 in Cantonese is "fah" which sounds like the word for "make a lot of fortune" or "prosperity" so if it's a triple 8 like today it means "prosperity-prosperity-prosperity". That is why many businessman choose to open a new business this day. My classmate even told me that in China, some people have to pay extra to have the number 8 in their cellphone numbers, car plates and so on. She even told me, to try my luck in the Lottery because today is a lucky day and who knows I might be able to struck millions today which by the way would definitely make me HAPPY.

Unfortunately, I don't consider this day as my lucky day because of a number of unlucky scenarios I had experienced on this so called lucky day. First and foremost, I was very late in reporting to work because I have a hard time hailing jeep for a ride due to the fact that every jeepney going to my destination is fully loaded. I was waiting for about half an hour under the scorching heat of the sun so I decided to walk cause I really had no choice. So you can just imagine me in my school uniform plus high heeled black pumps walking in the streets under the heat of the sun and the bustling traffic smoke. It was really infuriating.

Secondly, I was being annoyed by a student at school. He keeps on asking me about something I don't want to answer and when I told him to stop, he just gave me this "look" its as if he was going to eat me alive!

Third, I bumped on the wall because of my stupidity. I kept on texting someone and I didn't notice that I was walking into a wall and boom! there goes my embarrassment.

Fourth, our school's men's basketball varsity team (USC Warriors) lose to the SWU Cobras(Southwestern University). My friend was telling me that it was OK cause its only four points and the team did do their best but for me it was not. I can't accept the fact that they lose on their home court in front of their supporters who had to skip classes just to watch them play. Its just definitely a good thing.

How can this so called lucky day be so unlucky to me? Why is it called a good day to prosper and earn lots of money when in fact, on this very same day, my wallet was empty and I was totally broke.

I am the type of person who doesn't know what to do with her hair. What I mean is that when it comes to hair grooming, I only limit myself to combing it straight and wear headbands whenever I feel like doing it and I rarely tie it into a ponytail or neatly tuck it behind my ear just to keep the hair strands from covering my face. In short, I am just a pretty low maintenance girl who will just wash and wear her hair - no frills, no fuzz. That is the reason why, I prefer a shorter hairdo than keeping it long.

Thus, when I began to notice that my hair is quite long already and is starting to annoy me, I decided to have it cut and with my friend's recommendation, went to this particular Hair Parlor located near our school. There were 3 of us waiting for our respective turn ,thus, to kill time, I flipped through various pages of magazines and Hair journal and decided to cut my hair into a sleek bob Ala Kyla and Victoria Beckham. I already had that hairstyle before and I really love how it makes you trendy and edgy at the same time. I was already imagining my so called Victoria Beckham look when the stylist called my name. He then asked me what kind of cut I wanted but instead of saying I wanted it a short bob ala Victoria Beckham, the words that came out of my mouth was a mere "bahala ka, I just want it short though".

I really don't know what I was thinking that very minute and I don't have any idea why that words came out of my mouth. I was aware though that I accidentally blurted those words but instead of telling the stylist about my original plan, I just sat there staring straight at my image on the mirror telling myself that everything will turn out fine. Minutes passed by and the only sound I heard was the scissors' snip-snip and the gossips and blabber the stylist marvelously shared to me. After a couple of minutes, it was done and I uneasily stared at the woman staring back at me.

I know that us girls' primary purpose in going to the hair salon is to have a makeover. We want something different but beautiful with our looks. We want to be a different person physically when we go out from the salon but not with my recent experience. Literally, no makeover was done to me. I basically look the same as the girl who went inside the salon a couple of minutes ago. My dream to have that Victoria Beckham hair was now just a mere dream.

Clearly, I was really dissapointed with the outcome.

But if there's one person to blame for it though, It would only be no one else but me because i was just sitting there, not saying anything or informing the stylist about the cut I want. I was only letting him decide over things that should have been my concern. Anyways, this is just hair and I still have the option to opt for the cut I want if ever I decided to have another trip to the salon. And I'm gonna make it sure that when the time comes, I will inform the stylist the cut that I really want together with the details so that I will not be dissapointed.