kyrasantae | Here's a puzzle

I actually quite like how the scan bleached this watercolour painting out. It gives it more of the oriental look.

The puzzle: Who is this?

Hint: It's not a monkey. It's a bad attempt at painting curly hair (it looks a bit better in the original).
Hint: What is the title of the painting?

Unrelated P.S.: Oh, I was talking to my mom earlier, being so depressed and all, and I sort of mentioned that if I can't make it through engineering, I wanted singing lessons. She suggested maybe I should study to be a medical laboratory technician instead and take those lessons on the side.

I feel that as much as I don't want music lessons again, it'll probably be the only way people will start taking my singing dreams seriously. Besides, it can't be as bad as learning music from scratch, since I can already read and write it and do fun things with it... it's just that there are many many many different vocal styles and I'd have to choose a teacher that teaches the style I want to sing (lyrical without being strictly classical).

I don't know. Being a lab tech wouldn't be too bad. But I gotta see if I can make it through this term first (I'll definitely need to see a shrink though, s/he'll be able to get me a deferral for my exams, or perhaps even my grades for this term waived or something. Hopefully I can do that tomorrow.). If I have to drop out of school because of my grades, I'll go into med lab tech when I return after the mandatory year off. It really doesn't sound that bad.