ME AND MY PIERCINGS
December 14, 2004
I love piercings. Anything except a nose ring. 
I'm often asked about my ear piercings. Got 11 right now. 6 on my right ear. 5 on my left.
Been called "astig", "punk", "cool","weird", "harcore", "gothic" and what-have-you because of my piercings. Oh well! I really don't give a damn when it comes to labels. This is ME, love me or hate me.
To others though, they may just seem ordinary piercings. But to me, they're not just ornaments. They're a part of who I am. They speak so much about what I've gone through in life. Without them, it's as if you took away a part of who and what I am today.
I only got 3 piercings back in college. The usual 2 earrings on each ear. Plus an earring on the uppermost part of my right ear which by the way really hurt. It eventually got infected so I had to remove it after awhile.
My real love for piercings began after I finished college. A few months after I graduated, I had my hair dyed light brown. It was a really drastic change on my part since I've always been known for my long, straight, silky, black hair (modesty aside). After that, I had 2 more piercings just above the usual place where earrings are placed.
Then came my job hunting days. I was a customer service representative trainee for an American call center company. I was chosen as one of the batch leaders for our group. That meant responsibility on my part. Add to that, I got lotsa things to memorize, quizzes, etc. I was also enrolled in a driving school at the same time.
My schedule involved having to head straight to my driving lessons after my training. Damn! Gimme a break! It's so hard to concentrate while driving when I have lotsa things to do when I get home (I also happen to be the treasurer in our house so I handle money matters, geez!).
Training + driving lessons = HELL
To release the tension and pressure in me, I decided to go to a mall and have myself pierced. I got 2 more ear piercings and voila! The physical pain seemed to ease the pressure off my mind. It sure did hurt a lil but it sure was worth it (That's my own opinion. Don't give me a violent reaction, silly!)!
From then on, piercings have become my outlet to release the anger, pressure, angst, etc. in me. They have been a witness to the twists and bumps in my life. Alas! Without any of my earrings on, I feel indifferent. It's as if something in me is missing.
Year 2003. Let me share a story about me and my ex-bf. He's 4 years younger than me. He was still a university student then while I was already working. We usually fought about his drinking. I mean, I don't mind him being out with his beer buddies but geez! I wanted him to prioritize his studies more than anything or anyone else in the world.
One day, I got tired of his "childish" acts and the "rebel" in me just wanted to spite him. So off I went to a mall to have the uppermost part of my both ears pierced. Boy! Did it hurt! Imagine me sleeping with a ponytail just so any stray hair didn't touch the sides of my ears. It was torture, man!
For about a week or 2, I couldn't sleep on my side. Btw, I also had a chinese character henna tattooed on my left hand. In short, I did all the things he didn't approve of. I knew right then and there that things aint gonna work out between us.
And true enough. After just a few months, we broke up. There I was having myself pierced again. I can endure any physical pain but the emotional pain was killing me. I don't mind being pierced over and over again just to divert any pain that pierces my heart (pardon the pun, please).
My ears have been pierced lotsa times. Uhmmm…Probably 15 times or more. They've become a big part of my life. Think I'm a masochist?! Hell! I don't care! To each his own.
Me and my piercings. This is ME. Welcome to my world!
*FYI, I can't pierce myself. It scares the hell out of me, lol! I either have it done in "Silverworks" or "Unisilver" or my aunt does it for me.*
*I'm gonna have the uppermost part of my left ear pierced again. Darn! The hole closed! Good thing I'm going through hell right now…What better way to ease the pain than good ol' reliable piercings?!*
*And oh! I'd love to have a tongue ring too. But that's a different story already, hehe!*
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Monday, 13 December 2004 2:04 pm
i never thought you were a masochist but after reading this, i'm now having second thoughts. har-de-har-har. just kidding!
take it easy mare!
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Monday, 13 December 2004 2:38 pm
pag nahulog k s kumunoy ang wastong pagkilos ay hindi pag kilos
maphua27
Tuesday, 14 December 2004 4:57 am
haha! mas ok na masokista kesa maging sadista, lol! 
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Tuesday, 11 January 2005 12:27 pm
Hihi….seems you like to write a lot, that's a good sign. But I can't seem to keep up with today's blog anymore, just don't have the time. It was nice to read your stuff, can get to know you better as a person. Having a lot of piercings doesn't show how that person acts,it's their own flesh & blood, they're the ones who feel the pain. Not the ones looking/staring at them. So I think judging people by how they look is very very wrong. Agree?
:-)
Michael
Michael [mikelooi@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, 12 January 2005 1:07 am
hell yeah! 
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Friday, 21 January 2005 3:15 pm
maganda naman tenga mo eh. hehe (how do you differentiate it from an ugly ear anyway?) pero grabe ka.. masakit yung sa canal a! tibay!
Saturday, 22 January 2005 12:30 am
haha tnx! kala ko ookrayin mo right ear ko eh, haha! pero in fairness, natawa ako dun sa blog mo about piercings, haha! totoo yun, hehe!
and korek! masakit talaga yung sa canal, as in napasigaw ako when i had mine pierced for the first time. but then again, no pain, no glory, hehe!
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