My hostel romance

You know, sometimes things just happen... weird things that are really cool at the same time. Things you'd never have thought possible. For example the other day one of our longtermers agreed to get a strip of his leg waxed, just to experience what it feels like. So that same day I got the cold wax strips out, so he could make good on his promise to try it. But since these things come in pairs (2 always stick together), we had to find another willing guinea pig. It really didn't take long and a second guy maned up, saying he couldn't let a brother suffer alone. After surprisingly little screaming on their part they now have matching hairless rectangles on their legs. Since one of them always wears shorts we are kind of waiting for him to get sun burned just in that little spot.

Today something similar happened. A day or two ago some of us girls somehow got the idea to turn our boys into Emos. You know the newer version of a goth, with usually a lot of eyeliner, black clothes and funny hair that is spiky in some parts and straightened in others. And to my surprise ALL of them agreed.

And I wonder what makes people do such things, because for some of them it seems such a drastic change and the girls really had to get into their personal space to paint fingernails, put the makeup on their faces and straighten their hair.

Of course like so often with such questions it isn't easy to answer, it may be boredom and events like that are simply a distraction or as they would say, something to do. But you still have to be comfortable enough with the people around you to let them get that close to you. And closeness might be one of the answers to that actually. Most of the people involved have been here for a couple of months and know each other really well. In fact they seem to be doing everything together: some of them work in the same place, they go out together, they have meals together, quite often they hang out in the common area all day, we have some musicians in the group and if one of them has a gig at least a hand full of them come to support them. So there is a huge amount of trust between them.

On the other hand, there were a couple of shorttermers, as in people who only stay for a few nights, who joined the fun. So it can't just be the fact that "the kids" (that's what I call the longtermers) were bored and they were comfortable enough with each other to do that. I am not sure, maybe it's just fun to dress up and do silly things, slip into different roles and try a different version of ones self.

What ever it may be, here are a few more pictures. And if you have an answer to my question, you are welcome to leave a comment....