grandma's tattoo story

grandma gave a history lesson on tattoo during the Japanese Occupation today.
she told me that the Jap tattooed on people's hand as a sign of identification. and when the jap finally left, the people tried to get rid of that mark on their hands. how did they do it? they scratched and scratched and finally got their hands infected to get rid of it. ewww...that was so gruesome. i lost my appetite for a while thinking about the infection and the wound.

why suddenly that talk? well, she saw the tribal sun (finally...accidentally exposed) and went into a short but not fearsome fit. i guess she was ok with it as i told her it was a sun. even those brave women have their eyebrows done. that is surely painful. salute them...all for the sake of beauty. definitely not my reason.