Continuing our vacation in Singapore, my brother asked why I have decided to cut my full head of hair, into something that's almost close to being a skinhead. According to him, our mum, and even our sister were wondering if I am underoing something personal that I needed to do something drastic to my hair to express it. I almost laughged outloud when he said this. But I restrained myself because I was also touched by the concern he was showing me. I did not realize how much my family cared about my har - I mean me.

When I was seven years old, I had my haircut really short, my mum and my late grandmother believed a schoolboy should look real neat, and part of that meant that my hair had to kept less than an inch long. That fashion however was not popular with other kids, and as one might expect I got a lot of experience by made fun of, because of how short my crown and glory is. Thankfullly as I was growing up, I was given free reign on how I wanted to groom myself. I still sported short, spiky hairdos of course, but nevver as short as the one you'll see in the photo above.

But now that I am over forty years old, I am reassessing the way I lived my life, and my comfort zones. If I am lucky, I'll be able to use the remaining years I have before turning 60 and make another personal milestone in the interest of self-improvement. This is first step. Walking out there with really short hair and being brave enough to take whatever people dish out on me.

Surprisingly, I have discovered that my level of confidence has really grown so well that I was comfortable with my new look. I also found out how advantageous this hairstyle is as it cuts preparation time. I am also able to save money on hair gels, wax, mousse, and hair spray. True there were a lot of folks who reacted with shock, the first time they saw me. But it all dissipated once they saw that I am really comfortable with myself.

I hope to make more changes as I go further. I want to be able to get out of my comfort zones and discover new things that I can do with my life, and who knows maybe in some way I'll be able to inspire other people to step and make a change.