First Cut!

From birth, Mama finds my hair a little long and now that I am almost 9 months old, my hair is getting longer than is good for me. At least that is what Mama thinks as she has observed me tug my ears quite a few times and da yi por said it's because my hair is getting too long and kind of tickling my ears. You see I have never had a hair cut before all this while.

My Mama is a former school teacher. In a school she used to teach, students with such long hair would be sent "home" to get a haircut before being allowed to return for lessons. Since Mama cannot send me "home", she sent me to a hairdresser instead.

It happened that a few days ago, there was a flyer placed at our door advertising for the services of a hairdresser who operates from her home near where we stay and Mama decided to try her out as she charges only $4 which is much cheaper compared to, say, a Malay barber. Mama's intention was for me to have my hair trimmed by a cm or two but I ended up looking like this!

Now, Papa calls me 葡萄仔 which means "little grape" because my head looks like a grape. Papa and Mama finds my new hairstyle amusing and it would take much getting used to on their part. Well, I have no sense of aesthetics yet and so this new hairstyle does not make much of a difference to me. One thing for sure, Papa and Mama have regretted having my hair shaven and they may think twice before sending me for a haircut again.

Papa also said maybe I should have got this hairdo before we go on our journeys to the zoo and the parks. Papa hopes my hair can grow longer before I go for my water baptism on 21st December.

Here are some pictures for you to do a before and after....

Do you think I look better in my original hair style? :)