My Friend, Sonya

I rang Trang, asked where she was. She was with Hienh. We arranged a dinner. I left home earlier. I went to a beauty salon (yip yip yip) and asked them to do anything. I was submissive. I just told them to make me pretty (challenging task for them). For the last 8 months I like going to beauty salon. Communication gaps between the hairstylists and me makes beauty salon is challenging. What I got different to what I expected. Once I had straight hair and made me looked like a fake Thai (most Thai girls have similar hair style). At another time my hair looked like Simba’s ROAR…..

I sat nicely. Quiet and looked at my hairstylist. She’s a friendly masculine woman. Deep down I was laughing at my self….Gosh, how I could trust a woman whose hair looked like my baby’s tail to redo my hairstyle. Oh well….she cut a bit, and they dried it. They made it curlier. Ta daa..I had bird nest-like hairdo. It was cute though.

Then I met Ruby. She said that it was good. We went to Pak Oy, the restaurant where we would have dinner. Trang and Hienh came after a while. Then the queen Sonyaa came. For almost 2 years, we have been persuading Sonya to be more confident. Physical appearance is not everything, but sometime it helps. Eventually on that night Sonya agreed to go to a beauty salon. She wanted to have the same hairdo with me. She was pretty (actually she’s pretty just not confident).

She asked me to accompany her for shopping. On Sunday we went to MBK. I chose MBK for more options. Sonya had lots of money. She bought 3 pairs of shoes, expensive ones. It was a bit difficult to find shoe for her. Her shoe size is 42 (mine is 37.5, so my nephew and I can wear her shoes together). We even found heels. She said that heels make her taller (she’s tall, taller than me). So I said…’ok you are tall and will be taller then. Be proud of it.’ She smiled. Yippee yip, she bought beautiful shoes. Bye bye horrible sandals.

Sonya also wanted to buy lipstick. I took her to Clinique corner. She said she’s allergic to scented cosmetic, so Clinique would be perfect for her. The seller was not friendly. It was the first time for Sonya went to beauty corner. She did not know how to choose. I told the seller to choose the natural ones. She chose natural colour for Thais. Pale and shiny. Sonya looked pale. I told her to find something red. I asked Sonya to show her gum and asked that seller to find something close to her gum’s colour. The seller said that it was not natural. The natural ones are the ones she had chosen. I ignored her and chose two lipsticks. Yes, Sonya liked them more. She looked wonderful. I was surprised that the seller did not know how to choose natural colour for her customers. She had fairer skin colour like other Thais. Sonya’s like mine. We are darker than her. How she expected us wearing that lipstick and claimed it was natural for us. So, to make the seller upset more, I said clearly to Sonya,”Next time you want to find lipstick. See your gum and choose the closer colour with it.” Somehow it was weird that the seller did not know how this simple rule.

Sonya did not buy any outfits. She was pretty in a knee length skirt and blouses. But she said no. She said this and that. I was too tired to persuade her. Too bad actually. She was amazing in those outfits. I could imagine she walks proudly in it and wears new heels. What can I say, it’s her life. Sonya is a nice person. I wish her all the best. Love you Sonya