ariel did 4 tattoos yesterday. a few women came in looking for designs and i helped them choose the designs they wanted. but i found it a bit shallow that their purpose why they wanted tattoos was for people to see when they go clubbing. i mean you will not go clubbing when you’re 50 so you better have a deeper reason than that. well i guess i’m too old for clubbing that’s why. plus i didn’t even go clubbing when i was younger. opinyon ko laang naman.
one guy came in, went straight to ariel who was busy tattooing somebody. the guy lifted his shirt and showed us a huge dragon tattoo all over his back and asked ariel how much it would cost him to improve his tattoo. when ariel saw the tattoo, he blurted - hey i know you.
i found that funny because ariel didn’t know the guy until he saw his tattoo. ariel told the story about the tattoo. it was done inside prison using one needle. we thought it looked great. i just saw on discovery channel how inmates made tattoos. they improvise on cassette tapes and guitar strings as needles and used india ink. i didn’t know india ink can be used. robert (photo below -bald guy with piercings) explained further that what made the guy’s tattoo lighter in color was because inmates only have access to india ink which is lighter compared to commercial inks they use outside.
ariel told him it would cost him 1 grand. they haggled until ariel told him to decide how much he wants to pay and he’ll accept. the guy said he would come back.
robert intimidated me at first. you know the perception about people with tattoos. he was there the whole afternoon. tambay lang and mostly answering ariel’s phone calls. when we saw ‘korea’ tattooed on his back... john asked him were you from the north or from the south. hahaha. see how we change our perception just because of names? specially because how north korea got demonized just because they‘re ‘enemies’ of this country in disguise as democratic.
after hanging out with robert for a while. my perception of him now is that he’s a pussycat. very nice guy.
by the way john (in the picture) introduced me to ariel and he also encouraged me to learn body art. what do i got to lose so i’m doing it. i knew john way back in our advertising days in manila. that was about 15 years ago.
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