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gugelhupf · Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 575 Location: Jabotabek

Don't even think about Singapore. Until surprisingly recently long hair for men was technically illegal there. Chewing gum, taking a wet umbrella into a mall or government office without putting it into a plastic bag, and failing to ensure that a public toilet has been flushed successfully are still crimes in Sing.

lou_la · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 140 Location: Bristol

I think your chances wouldn't be so great in Taiwan either, they seem easily freaked out about things deemed 'not normal'. I have a fairly normal hair cut (well, not really a cut - i cut my dreads off, shaved in a mohawk and let it grow out for 7 months), but it was a dark reddish colour. Almost EVERY SINGLE PERSON has asked why my hair is so red. And then trying to touch the tiny stud I where in my lip at work (really, you can barely see it).

But, your dreads are beautiful!

JosephP · Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 445

HAL 9000 · Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Portland, OR USA

Hey lou_la,
You got a job with a red mohawk and a lip ring? I'd say my chances are better then I expected if thats the case.

gugelhupf · Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 575 Location: Jabotabek

I would have thought that in Taiwan - the home to the world's crappiest teen soap opera 'Meteor Garden' - people would be used to seeing some fairly dodgy coiffs.