Mang Romy: The Barber

by Emiliano Dumalaog

There was no one who could strike fear in the hearts of minor seminarians more than the sight of Mang Romy peddling his bike to his usual spot by the garage. You would be amazed by the lengths the seminarians went through to escape the scissors of Mang Romy.

Mang Romy had the unenviable task of cutting the hair of minor seminarians. Although we had reasons to doubt his aesthetics sense, there was no questionning his efficiency in the way he performed his job. He could finish a cut in two or three minutes (except for the ocassional cuts from his razor, we survived the ordeal remarkably unscathed). As I recall those days of youthful innocence, how I wish i could enjoy once again the simple pleasures like a haircut even if it is from Mang Romy.

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