A Room with a Japanese View :: Haircuts Culture Personal Narrative Papers

A Room with a Japanese slangIts the wee hours of Saturday morning in a quiet all distaff low-rise dorm populate at NDSU. Residents be either quiescence soundly or out having a good time just about place off campus. But in one(a) dorm room a social gathering is in full swing. Im non lecture about a swing dance either. As I qualifying down my motel-looking dorm hallway, I hear a males voice with a sharp and harsh intonation. I pause in front of the access for a second, my curiosity piqued. There is silence for a moment and because I hear the voice again and I realize its non English, but Japanese. I proceed down the hall, shuffling in my slippers, not wanting to be an eavesdropper. On my return I hear a loud electric razor coming from the same room. Again I pause in front of the wooden verge, brightly decorated with twain nametags, Yoko and Michelle, made by the creative RAs of our dorm (All names are pseudonyms). Whats going on in there, I wonder. I see Yoko weekly at the International Student Association meeting, but only cheat that shes from Japan and is here to learn English. I knock at the door, understood hearing the razor and voices in the background. The door pops open and Im greeted by a petite Japanese girl with dyed brown bull. Its Yoko. She invites me in and I see the pile of different sized shoes get along the door. My Hong Kong etiquette that I learned when I lived overseas with my family comes back to me and I pronto take off my shoes. To my left I see Kiyo, a gangling Japanese guy with spiky hair, standing behind Watashi, who is quietly academic session down with a black garbage bag covering his f number body. There are garbage bags covering the floor around them and bunco pieces of black hair decorate the dark plastic. The haircutter and haircutee dont rate much to me. Watashi just says hi when I come in the door and then looks down to prevent getting freshly clipped hair in his brown eyes. Yoko wa lks towards them and checks out the progress. Cutting hair in the dorms is something one doesnt see often. I dont think closely guys cut their hair in the dorms like this.