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    My father is a well-known barber who gives excellent haircuts. However, he has always given me the same haircut without asking how I would like it. I think of different hairstyles I would like to try, like growing my hair long to attach kites or spiking it green. One day, my father finally asks how I want my haircut. When I see my new haircut in the mirror, I am smiling widely.

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    My father is a well-known barber who gives excellent haircuts. However, he has always given me the same haircut without asking how I would like it. I think of different hairstyles I would like to try, like growing my hair long to attach kites or spiking it green. One day, my father finally asks how I want my haircut. When I see my new haircut in the mirror, I am smiling widely.

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    My father is a well-known barber who gives excellent haircuts. However, he has always given me the same haircut without asking how I would like it. I think of different hairstyles I would like to try, like growing my hair long to attach kites or spiking it green. One day, my father finally asks how I want my haircut. When I see my new haircut in the mirror, I am smiling widely.

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    HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOU


    HAIRCUT TODAY?
    Brought to us by Areté and the Ateneo de Manila Basic
    Education in partnership with Adarna House. Written by
    Russell Molina and will be read for us by Jennifer Millette G.
    Balisi, Adriane Mark Ungriano at Fatima Ivy Baggao.

    My father is a well-known barber. Everyday a long


    line of people waits outside his barbershop. Even
    folks from the neighboring town come over for
    their haircut.They say his scissors are magic.
    “How would you like your haircut today?"
    That’s what Tatay always says as she prepares his
    white cape (perhaps Tatay is indeed a magician). A little snip on the right, a little snip on the left. A
    little shave on the sides, a little part in the middle. Tatay always gets the haircut right. Each strand of
    hair follow’s his comb’s command. No strand out of place. All strands equally cut. I always see a big
    smile in the mirror when Tatay completes a haircut and starts to apply powder.
    “Your Tatay is really the best, iho!”
    His customers say in awe.
    “He really knows what I want.”
    All his customers are happy. . . except for me.
    I really don’t like my haircut.
    One look at my pictures and you’ll know why. I have only one look: my head looks like a coconut!
    I’ve looked this way since I was a baby. It has never changed. It has stayed the same. No matter how
    I comb or style my hair, I go back to this look. I often scratch my head and wonder, why has Tatay
    never asked me, “How would you like your haircut today?”
    I have thought of many answers to this question. Once I thought of growing my sideburns really
    long. Really, really loooooooong, so I could attach kites to them. What fun to ride a bike with
    dancing kites!
    What if I grow my hair thick and curly? Like a portable pillow. I can take a nap anywhere.
    “Eeeeboooy! Don’t be a sleepy head!” Naku, I can already hear my Nanay saying, “Come here and
    help me carry my goods.” Better yet if my hair were shaped like a basket. How easy to carry Nanay’s
    puto seko.
    Or I could spike my hair and color it green! I would always win in taguan because no one would find
    me hidden in the grass. (Wait, do I go to a barber or to a gardener?)

    Sandaang Salaysay: How Would You Like Your Haircut Today?


    Have you ever seen a nest on top of a head? It’s the latest thing, my classmate said. Really messy hair
    with strands of hair fighting each other. But what if the bird decided to lay eggs in it? Shaped like a
    cockscomb or a hat, a haircut that looks like an umbrella, a soldier’s cut. . . lots of hairstyles going
    around in my mind.
    One day, Taty talked to me. “How big you’ve grown, iho,” he said while mussing my hair. You never
    used to reach this stool. Now you look like you’ll grow taller than me. Time really flies. My son is no
    longer a baby.”
    Tatay sat me on the stool and put the cape around me. “Your hair is long,” he said. “How would you
    like your haircut today?” I was shocked. I couldn't even answer. “A haircut for a young man, iho?”
    Tatay winked at me. I smiled and nodded “opo.”
    “Keep your eyes closed so you don’t get hair in them,” said Tatay while running his comb through
    my hair. A little snip on the right, a little snip on the left. A little shave on the sides, a little part in the
    middle.
    When I opened my eyes, I saw the widest smile in the mirror. Tatay’s scissors are truly magic.
    ***
    Source: How Would You Like Your Haircut Today?. Russell Molina. Adarna House. 2012
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    D Cortezano Producer

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    Harold André Santos Theme Music Composer

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    John Robert Yam Sound Engineers


    Nilo Beriarmente

    Ivy Baggao Talent Coordinator and Production Associate

    Jethro Nibaten Sound Design and Technical Team


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    Sandaang Salaysay: How Would You Like Your Haircut Today?


    Ateneo de Manila Basic Education
    Fr. Joaquin Jose Mari C. Sumpaico III SJ Vice President for Basic Education

    Ateneo Grade School

    Fr. Emerito Salustiano R. de la Rama, SJ. Headmaster

    Jervy M. Robles Assistant Headmaster for Academic Affairs

    Pia Christina M. Navarette Coordinator for Kinder

    Jennifer Millette G. Balisi Junior Teacher, Grade 1 Class Teacher


    (Voice Actor for the Episode)

    Ateneo Junior High School

    Jose Antonio P. Salvador Principal

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    Paolo Ven B. Paculan Senior Teacher, Subject Area Coordinator, Filipino

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    Ateneo Senior High School

    Ma. Victoria P. Dimalanta Principal


    Luis Allan B. Melosantos Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs

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