Raymond Chew

Its been a while since I updated my blog.. been a very exciting and busy 2011 for me as many already knew that I am settling down nicely in my salon. All I can say, its been a very fruitful and blessed year for me. Firstly Shawn Cutler at B ukit Damansara is 1 year old no w.. nice to know that all my old clients are coming back to me for my services on their hair and also getting new clients in the area. My team is also getting better each day and many compliments to them for making the salon run smoo thly. Of course no forgetting my annual holiday. This time my baby and I with the company of another two good friends were fortunate to land on The Island Of a Thousand Gods, Bali. We were was able to experience the warm ho spitality of these friendly Balinese people and their traditions. We stayed in the very beautiful Kiss Bali Villas with the help of my old buddy from school w ho accidentally is in-charge of the whole Villa. I now highly recommend this place to all my friends. We mana...

Another year just passed and now we are so looking forward to usher in the Rabbit year in two weeks time which is on the 3rd of February 2011.. The year of The Tiger was quite a rough year for me as there were many things that happened very sudden. Firstly, Shunji Matsuo Hair salon had to stop business after one year due the rise of rental by the landlord to some madness price.. then I had some health issues on my neck and back due to stress I had during the last two months at Shunji. In the month of October 2010, I lost a very good friend and ex-partner to cancer. Still I must say that I did enjoy myself very much for the pass six months. I was able to do many things I haven't done before for a very very long time. Going for long lunches, picking up my fiance from work every day, spending time with my parents and also doing things I like randomly. Living life to the fullest was a great way to De-stress myself and also re-focus on what I wanted in life. It was a great idea to have ...

I have been very busy getting my new salon at Bukit Damansara ready for business of late. Now that the salon is up and running, I am able to continue writing my blog which I have left abandon for a few weeks already.With 2010 is coming to an end soon, what is better then to get yourself a nice creative hairstyle for the coming New Year. Next year's trends are very similar to what we are wearing now just that there are a few changes here and there. Firstly, the most important thing that you must have are a FULL FRINGE. It is worn with most of the hairstyles next year so make sure you ask your hairstylist to see if you can wear it. Perms are softer and bigger so that there are more movement and lightness to the hair. This will make it easier for you to take care of it at home. Hair cuts now will see a new dimension of PIXIE cuts, much more movement and choppier layers. CLASSIC BOBs are still in fashion with a harder lines and LONG LAYERS are back for those who still wa...

Twelve games have passed, LFC is sitting in 9th place with 16 points in the BPL league (could have been 5th with 18 points if we had won). I am truly happy with the four straight wins including the one that LFC gunned down Chelsea, but the only thing that still bugs me is that how come Roy Hodgson still approaches games with very defensive mode? We could have won the match against Wigan on Wednesday if he had made a more attacking approach and offensive instructions to the players. Instead of putting in a more attacking formation when you are tied at 1-1, our dear Mr Hudgson when on and became even more defensive by introducing another defensive midfielder (C. Poulsen) and Jonjo Shelvey, he could have just played Jovanovic or Ngog for more attacking mode. In the first place the whole set up was suppose to be the same team that beat Chealsea on Sunday but what I saw was the same team with no sense of winning but to come out with a draw from the start. The tactics was to stay deep and de...

I grew up in KL my whole life and I remember during my younger days, I used to look forward to Merdeka Day as I always hoped that I will be picked for the parade that goes through Dataran Merdeka, of course the holiday that comes with it. School was just another play ground for us as we would meet up and play a game of football everyday. All my school mates were of different races and were from different areas of KL and grew up thinking KL was the best city in the whole of Malaysia. Before I knew it, all my friends and I were off to different classes in secondary school but we still hang out during recesses and after school for lunch, movies or football games. I studied in St John's by the way. We had so much fun through out our school days. Unfortunately we had to go separate ways after Form 5 as most of us were of to colleges overseas. For some of us that didn't go away we kept in touched. Luckily for us there is FB now, I am in contact with all my school mates once again. Al...

By the time I post this blog. I would have just turn 43. Time do pass really fast, I just notice that my eldest niece is already 14 years old and has her own Fb account and 1 of my loyal client has been following me for more than 16 years. You know that you are getting there when your love ones tells you " dear you have a lot of grey hair on you, better dye your hair soon". Many tell me that age is just a number, as long as you think young, you will always be young. To myself, I do not feel old but physically I am not what I used to be. I would be able to stay up late or wake up in the wee hours of the morning to watch Liverpool FC matches but now my body would rather stay in bed and only wake up after the match is over. Looking at some of my former school mates, I can say that I am still in a pretty good shape. I wonder if working as a Hairstylist did make a difference or was it the way I was brought up in the fashion industries where everyone I met were beautiful looki...

For its has been a great year.. I am having a heavy heart for saying this as Shunji Matsuo Midvalley will shutting its door for the last time come 23rd of May'10. It been a very long but fulfilling journey but the only thing I will miss most is my GREAT TEAM who never beyond my doubt that they were the heroes. Without them I won't have cut and done so many great hairstyles that my clients would have approved of. MY GREAT TEAM Raymond,Jesslyn,Jessie,Mavis,Sharley Ben G It was a good experience for myself as I have never been so patient in my life before this and the process of learning was good for me. The ups and downs that we as a team gone through has make me a stronger person and also a more contented person in general. From June 1st, I will be doing freelance work and by appointments only, I will be using Shawn Cuttler Salon as my base, The salon is located at Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar, K.L. It is just next to LaBodega Restaurant. Please do call me on my mobile no 017-6045140...