“How does my hair look?”

“Fabulous!  Try not to shake your head too much.  I ain’t fixing your hair all night.”

It brought back painful memories…

… 20 years ago, my family was so very poor.  My father was a drunk and gambled away all my mom’s savings.  One day, my mother couldn’t take it any more and went crazy.  All my brothers and sisters were still very little.  The responsibility to support the family fell on me.  I vowed to be a successful geisha one day so my brothers and sisters could go to school.

 … 20 years later, I am famous and can do simple math with my fingers and toes, but all my brothers and sisters are college graduates.

… and no, he’s not my customer.