Ndisakhumbula ngokungathi bekuyizolo mhla ndagqiba kwelokuba ndiye kwindawo yokuzivavanya ukuze ndenze idinga lokuya kuba yintoni, I tattoo yam yokuqala. Emva kokucamngca nokucinga ngako, bendikulungele ukumakisha ulusu lwam ubomi. Kwiminyaka emihlanu kamva, andikazilibali ezo ntsuku xa yonke into yayintsha kum, ingxolo yomatshini wokwenza itattoo, iintlungu zenaliti egqobhoza ulusu nazo zonke izinto ezingqonge inkqubo yokwenza umvambo.
Kude kube namhla, ndinengalo enye ebhalwe ngokupheleleyo ngelixa i-tattoo yokuqala sele iwile kwelinye. Kwaye ndingathanda ukuphawula ngale ndlela ngolu hlobo ukubonakaliswa kobuqu, nokuba ngaba emva kwethambo yokuqala, eseleyo «Baze baqengqeleka». Nangona kukho abanye abantu abafumana umvambo kuphela, inyani kukuba uninzi lwabo luphela luphinda.
Sisiphi isizathu esikhokelela ekubeni abantu bamakishe ulusu lwabo okwesibini, okwesithathu okanye okwesine? Inyani yokufumana itattoo, phakathi kwezinye izinto, kufuneka wenze isigqibo esinzulu nesizimeleyo esiya kusiphawula (isohlwayo esijolise ebomini). Kwaye nangona namhlanje iitattoo zinokususwa ngokupheleleyo ngenxa yetekhnoloji ye-laser, iyaqhubeka nokucinga ukuba iya kuhlala ixesha elide.
Nokuba kukuhambisa umyalezo okanye ukuzikhumbuza ngememori ethile okanye kwinqanaba elidlulileyo lobomi bethu, Iitattoo zinokuthi okanye zingabinantsingiselo, yinto esele sithethe ngayo. Kodwa baya kuba nenye into abantu abaninzi abagqibela ukuyiphinda. Kwaye njengoko usazi kakuhle (ukuba ukhe wayifumana itattoo), yinkqubo yonke enjongo yayo ephambili kukumakisha okuthile kulusu lwethu.
Ukukhetha uyilo, indawo emzimbeni wethu apho siza kufumana khona umvambo kunye nomculi we tattoo ngokwakhe, zezinye zezigqibo ekufuneka sizenzile xa sifumana umvambo. Kwaye wena, Ngaba uye waphinda emva kokufumana itattoo yakho yokuqala? Sithanda ukuva kubafundi bethu abathandwayo.