![]() ![]() I breathed steadily and when she was done with the stem, she went on to the lotus itself. Questioned the intelligence of my getting a tattoo there for a bit, but it was too late, we were already there so i just had to lie there and TAKE IT. But then again, i didn’t think about how i was doing it on my chest this time… somewhere with less fat, more muscle and i don’t know, bone close by?! Goddamn it did hurt. The pain was surprisingly shocking! I’m so used to the steady pain from tattoos that i didn’t think it would faze me. Pis Sarro started inking the straight line of the stem first, and i lay there feeling like i was having my chest cut open minus the anaesthesia. I took a bit of time making sure it was exactly in the middle, cos with my OCD, it would kill me having to see it crooked for the rest of my life. I paid a deposit of 1 million rupiah, and went back to the studio myself at 10am (again!) on the day of our departure. That girl is hot, they said, staring at the tattoo artist and i made them get out before they embarrassed me any further. I narrowed my eyes and shook my head slowly like a displeased teacher and hissed at them, “Worse than children! I can’t bring you guys anywhere!” Rahul started playing saltsugarbae with Murat egging him on (i was talking to Pis Sarro then) and they spilt sugar on the immaculate black table and floors. #dedicationīy ‘we’, i meant Rahul + Murat + Danny + Tianna cos we were all gonna hang out in Canggu after that. I went back to the studio for a consultation appointment at 10am (it was the only time she was free to meet) which meant we had to leave Uluwatu at 9am. No, if i was going to get one from her, i wanted to be able to see it when i look down at myself or in the mirror. I barely see my fairies anymore as it is. It was a nice idea, and Pis Sarro has done a fair bit of flowers down girls’ spines, but then i’d never get to see it! “Why don’t you get it on your back?” he suggested. I’m not getting a skull dripping with blood and knives going through its eyes on my chest! I was like, how is it hardcore when it’s a FLOWER. Messaging Jun about my tattoo intentions, he said, “Isn’t it a bit hardcore to get it on your chest?” Plus, i went through a phase of constantly putting a temporary line tattoo down my front cos i liked how it looked so much. ![]() Anyway, getting a flower like the lotus seemed more apt right in the middle of my body. But Daisy (the resident pug at the villas) excitedly jumped on me when we were both seated on a bench by the cliff, resulting in a major scratch on my collarbone. The best place that seemed to fit it was on my chest, or collarbone. I sent images my mum shot of her own lotus to the studio as reference. I initially thought of getting a flamingo but decided on a purple lotus (as Pis only does botanical tattoos) cos it’s a flower i connect so closely to Bali ever since my first trip here, and it’s a flower my mum grows in her garden too. I never thought the Russian artist would come to our side of the planet, let alone happen to be directly across where we were staying. I took the time to surf their work, and found out that their guest artist, Pis Sarro, was someone whose work i’d admired on IG before. Our first day in Uluwatu Surf Villas was spent indoors cos it stormed from morning till night. The owner Kiara happened to be at the counter, and she told me they have nine resident artists and recommended a guest artist who was in town. I thanked her, said i’ll think about it and try to have one scheduled on the day of my flight home. ![]() It was half a joke, but the next day i strode into the studio after we checked out, just to get a gauge of what their artists’ work looked like. The boys and i were standing outside our hotel waiting for our uber to take us for dinner, when i spotted a tattoo studio directly across us. When i was in Bali last week, we stayed on Petitenget for a night before moving to Uluwatu the next day. ![]()
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