To Make the Long Hair Short

Paolo sure is getting bigger fast. One day you were looking at him as so cute, and the next you'll be surprised that he seemed to have

grown up so fast... still cute though. However, there is one thing that hasn't changed and that is his penchant for making us wonder how in that yet small head of his he is able to conjure phrases and antics that would both render you speechless in disbelief and make you smile simply because he's only acting his age.

In this picture, Paolo has his hair short. One day I noticed that there's something wrong with his hair so I asked him what happened. He innocently admitted that he cut his bangs because he wanted to look like Harry Potter. Apparently, it was obvious that the awkward cut was not made by a barber, especially when you notice next his nipped forehead which showed underneath the uneven bangs. Yup, Paolo cut his own bangs hair and also slightly cut himself in the process.

After examining Paolo's work on his hair, the barber said it was beyond redemption. The only recourse to make his hair look neat is to cut his hair evenly resulting in an almost bald head. I guess I'm a better barber than Pao then. You see, when I was in the elementary grade I, too, cut my own hair where it touched the ears. I didn't do it to look like Harry Potter though. I remember doing it because I was afraid of being caught with hair length longer than what was prescribed. There was going to be a hair inspection among boys the following day and those caught with hairs touching the ears would get their hair nipped at the portion where it should be cut. Figure how each of us were differently motivated into being barbers to ourselves. Caution to parents, keep those scissors away from the kids.

Anyway, the almost bald look is not new to Paolo. It's just that his mom stopped liking it for him because he was looking like Robin Padilla when he was still maintaining the bad boy image. And Pao is his mom's little angel. Oh well, she can't do anything about it now. And neither can Paolo. Besides, nobody can really see what G.I. Joe's Snake Eyes' hair look like.