My Most Trusted Barber. Now I only go to find him for my Haircut even though it’s some distance away. The 1st time i see him, he gave me the impression of a professional hairdresser despite the saloon setting in a humble HDB neighbourhood setting. The cost is only $10 (i can only afford that much) but it’s the attitude and passion that guy had; and The care he gave to my “weird” head shape that many can’t manage. Today i went to him again. He greeted me and started cutting my hair after verifying that i want it ‘short’- theusual way. That’s the thing- i’m very impressed that he can remember where i live, details of who i was with the previous time. This is the Personal Touch. Very interesting. He speaks mutiple languages including fluent Malay too- He is able to talk to the clients from various age and background. Today, we talked about what I’m studying, probably cos he saw I was reading my notes. I told him i’m a dental student and commented that we’ve somethings in common, e.g. the asethetics. In addition, he said he understand that our course must be very tough. (ar, so nice to have someone understanding our plight) then shared that he started off as a apprentice who have to do all the odd jobs that are “non-related to hairdressing”. I claimed it must have been tough. But He said all that was to train his patience. “The Foundation!”, he said. Arg… How enlightening! Yeah, indeed all we had at dental school are training for us. Today, He was professional throughout the whole session, calm enough not to fumble and kept chit-chatting with me- the fact is that he is actually rushing off later to see his father who was hospitalized. A man to learn from……
The Barber and the Dentist
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