盼头

盼头 always pairs with 有 ('have') or 没 ('not have'): 有盼头 ('there's hope, things are looking up') vs. 没盼头 ('there's nothing to look forward to'). Note the neutral tone on 头 - the suffix turns the verb 盼 ('to long for') into a concrete noun 'thing-longed-for'.

memory

Compare with similar 头 nouns: 想头 ('thoughts/ideas'), 念头 ('a notion'), 苦头 ('suffering'). The 头 suffix nominalizes feeling/state verbs into colloquial nouns.