Our theme: finding the wondrous things humans do to themselves in the form of piercings and tattoos, to represent themselves physically to the world.
Our team: Veasna Pich, Ronay Kong, Chararath Kong, and me (Lindsey).
Our mission: completed by deadline, under pressure.
We found some great people. We practiced the uncomfortable yet routine journalistic practice of having to ask people for their time.
Our first new friend and subject turned out to be a sister and cousin of two of our teammates. (I found this out, after the fact)....
Ravy Kong, student, sporting a monroe piercing (the one above the right or left side of the mouth)...
When asked by Chararath why she got the piercing, she responded: "It was for self closure, I've had it for a little over three and a half years."
Gine Galarce, another student, had crimson hair and another monroe piercing. When asked about dying her hair she explained that she "got tired of having black hair, so, naturally I dyed it red." Naturally.
Then we asked how old she was when she got her first piercing.
"14, a tongue ring. I got it because it was fun!"
Our third and final subject, Malila Young, we noticed because of her extensive ink on both arms.
Chararath asked her when she first got her tattoos.
"When I was 18, I started with a half sleeve."
According to Chararath "It was a great journey."
"We went through the struggle of asking people, that sort of thing. Interviewing them. And it was inspiring," said Ronay.
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