What's Trending: Does coloured hair still make you look unprofessional? — 文稿

F10:15

现在到了 What's Trending 的时间。

It's time now for What's Trending.

我是 Hongbin Jeong，当然，今天在录音室里和我一起的，还有我们的节目制作人 Nadia Ko 和 Nazirul Azrar。

I'm Hongbin Jeong, and of course joining me here in the studio are our show producers Nadia Ko and Nazirul Azrar.

哈喽，哈喽，哈喽，哈喽！

Hello, hello, hello, hello!

确实是个快乐的星期二。

Happy Tuesday indeed.

F20:28

我不敢相信今天才星期二。

I can't believe it's only Tuesday.

F10:32

我知道，我们今天真的过得很长。

I know we've had a long day.

谢谢所有今天来到 Plaza Sing 的朋友。

Thank you for all those who came down to Plaza Sing.

如果你认出我、跟我打了招呼，我其实有点难认出来，不过我们当时真的在那儿。

If you spotted me and said hello, I was a bit hard to spot, but we were out there.

我穿着我的 Money FM T-shirt。

I was wearing my Money FM T-shirt.

所以如果你过来跟我打招呼，非常感谢你特地过来。

So if you came and said hello, thank you so much for coming down.

如果你没找到我，也没关系。

If you couldn't find me, it's okay.

我的意思是，我现在就在你的耳朵里陪着你。

I mean, I'm with you now in your ears.

M10:57

Money FM 代表来了。

Money FM represent.

F10:58

好，我们有 Jason Tay 加入我们。

All right, we've got Jason Tay joining us.

你好，Jason。

Hello, Jason.

Jason 说，欢迎回来，Hongbin？

Jason says welcome back, Hongbin?

嗯，Jason，我昨天其实也已经回来了，不过还是谢谢你，谢谢。

Well, Jason, I was back yesterday as well, but thank you, thank you.

我真的很高兴能回到电波里，和大家在一起。

It's— I'm very glad to be back here on the airwaves with you guys.

所以一如既往，我希望大家也能参与我们的讨论，对吧，整档节目都可以，尤其是在 What's Trending 这个环节。

So as always, I want you guys to be part of the conversation here, right, throughout the show and especially on What's Trending.

所以如果你有什么犀利看法，或者有什么意见，就告诉我们。

So if you've got a hot take, if you've got an opinion, let us know.

WhatsApp 我们，号码是八八五五零八九三。

WhatsApp us, 88550893.

如果你只是想来打个招呼，也可以。

If you just want to say hello, do that as well.

WhatsApp 八八五五零八九三。

WhatsApp 88550893.

我们会在这个环节里随时查看大家的信息，也会把其中一些在节目中读出来。

We'll be checking in on your messages throughout the segment and sharing some of them on air.

那么我们就开始今天的 What's Trending 吧。

So let's get started with what's trending.

M11:41

好。

All right.

今天我看到 Straits Times 发了一条挺有意思的社交媒体帖子，他们在聊：染了彩色头发，会不会让你看起来不专业？

Now I came across an interesting social media post by the Straits Times today, and they're talking about does coloured hair make you look unprofessional?

F11:51

哎呀，哎呀，哎呀，哎呀。

Well, well, well, well.

F21:53

我是说，我现在看看我们三个人。

I mean, I'm looking at the three of us.

对吧。

Yeah, right.

我们几个其实都不是天生的棕发，不过我得说，我们看起来都很专业。

All of us are not natural brunettes, but I must say we all look very professional.

F12:03

对啊，我是天生金发。

Yes, I'm a natural blonde.

M12:04

哦，天生金发？

Oh, natural blonde?

F12:05

我开玩笑的。

I'm just kidding.

没有啦，不过我一直想把头发染回黑色，但我的发型师一直跟我说，不行，你不能染黑，因为你一旦把头发染成黑色，就再也回不去了。

No, but I've been trying to go back to black, but my hairdressers have always said, no, you should not go black because if you dye your hair black, there's no way of going back.

所以我就说，可是我就是想要黑色啊，你直接给我染黑不就行了，但他们总是、你懂的，总会影响我想法，然后我就会想，好吧，那我还是不要了。

So I was like, but I, I wanted black, and you just do it black, but they, they always, you know, get into my mind and I'm like, okay, I will not.

如果你有在社交媒体上关注我，或者你是在我还是金发的时候认识我的，我想那应该是你们的 2023 到 2024 那段时期吧。

If you follow me on social media or if you knew me since when I was blonde, I believe that was your 2023-2024 era.

M12:39

对啊，差不多两三年前。

Oh yeah, 2 to 3 years ago.

F12:41

没错。

Exactly.

这是我这辈子最后悔的事。

Biggest regret of my life.

金发女郎一点也没有更开心。

Blondes do not have more fun.

M12:48

你知道为什么吗？

You know why?

F12:49

因为头发的保养太夸张了。

Because the maintenance of the hair is insane.

对啊，因为你知道，我不是天生金发，发根——你得补发根，然后突然就变成了这种绿色。

Yeah, because, you know, because I'm not a natural blonde, the roots— you've got to get your roots touched up, and then suddenly it turns into this green color.

一团糟。

It was a mess.

我不喜欢。

I didn't like it.

M13:05

那你呢，Nadia？

What about you, Nadia?

你以前也染过金发吗？

Have you been blonde before as well?

F23:09

我其实有，嗯，那都是很多年前了，可能四五年前吧。

I actually have, um, years and years ago, maybe like 4 or 5 years ago.

但我也不知道，我觉得我年轻的时候，头发几乎染过彩虹上的每一种颜色，现在我终于固定成一种很自然的赤褐色头发了。

But I don't know, I think I've dyed my hair every color of the rainbow when I was younger, and now I've officially settled into a very natural auburn kind of hair.

因为，嗯，我觉得如果你从我旁边走过去，又不认识我，你会觉得，哦，这是个天生的棕发女生。

Because, um, I think if you walk past me and if you don't know me, you'll think, oh, that's a natural brunette.

M13:27

哇，不过你那个发色确实很好看。

Wow, but you do look pretty in that hair color.

嗯，至于我，我去年确实试过金发。

Um, as for me, I did try blonde last year.

对，我的头发完全塌下去了。

Yes, my hair went completely flat.

其实我不是房间里最瘦的人。

Now, I am not the leanest person in the room.

更准确地说，我算是比较丰满的身材。

I am, for the lack of a better word, quite plus size.

所以头发一塌，就让我看起来像顶着一个平头。

So with the flat hair, it made me look like I had a flat top.

F13:46

好吧，是你自己说的，不是我们说的。

Okay, well, you said it, we didn't say it.

M13:49

对对，不过问题是，我现在挺好奇的。

Yeah, yeah, but the thing is, right, I'm quite curious now.

你们第一次染头发的时候，真的，父母是什么反应？

When you guys first colored your hair the very first time, right, what was the reaction from your parents?

F13:56

哦，我之前做 balayage 的时候，有点偏紫色，但那个紫色很淡。

Oh, when I had a balayage, it was kind of like purpley, but very subtle purple.

所以更像是灰灰的，对吧？

So it's more grayish, right?

我妈看着我的头发，然后她就说，哇，你看起来还挺性感的。

My mom looked at my hair and she was like, wow, you kind of look sexy.

然后我就，哦哟！

And I was like, ooh!

我还以为我这个头发会被骂，结果她还挺喜欢。

I thought I would get in trouble with this hair, but she liked it.

但她后来又补了一句，以后再也别弄了。

But then she also added, never do it again.

F24:17

好吧。

Okay.

F14:17

然后她看到我染成金发的时候，简直吓坏了。

Then when she saw me blonde, she got the shock of her life.

她差点就不认我这个孩子了。

She almost disowned me.

她就说，你这是在干什么？

She was like, what are you doing?

你是不是，那个，到了中年危机啊？

Are you having, you know, a midlife crisis?

对，她不——她不喜欢那个金发。

Yeah, she doesn't— she didn't like that blonde hair.

M14:30

哦，好吧。

Oh, okay.

F14:31

你呢？

What about you?

你几个月前也染成金发了。

You went blonde a couple months back.

M14:35

哦，我爸很不赞成。

Oh, my dad disapproved of it.

我妈倒是很喜欢。

My mom loved it.

我奶奶的反应最好笑。

My grandma had the funniest reaction.

她说，天哪，这就是我当年想嫁的男人。

Oh my God, that is the man I wanted to marry back in the day.

然后我就说，你以前还跟金发的人谈过恋爱？

To which I was like, you dated a blonde before?

然后她说，没有，就是路过看到的一个人。

Then she said, no, just someone passing by.

然后我就，好吧。

Then I'm like, okay.

我觉得她可能是在说某个电影角色吧，也许是 Brad Pitt，或者在她们那个年代——

I think she may have been referencing a movie character, perhaps Brad Pitt, or in those days—.

F14:54

你现在是在把自己跟 Brad Pitt 比吗？

Are you comparing yourself to Brad Pitt here?

嘿，我也可以是 Brad Pitt 啊。

Hey, I could be Brad Pitt.

F24:56

好吧。

Okay.

M14:56

不是，等一下。

No, wait.

Leonardo DiCaprio。

Leonardo DiCaprio.

他跟我长得一样。

He and I look the same.

F15:01

好啦，不管怎样，我们继续刚才的话题。

Okay, anyways, continue on our conversation here.

加入我们，一起聊聊这个话题。

Join us in this conversation.

先 WhatsApp 我们 88550893，趁着你知道的，Naz 还没开始滔滔不绝，还没在这里把自己拿来跟 Leonardo DiCaprio 和 Brad Pitt 比的时候。

Drop us a WhatsApp 88550893 before, you know, Naz rambles on and compares himself to Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt here.

所以 WhatsApp 我们 88550893。

So WhatsApp 88550893.

你现在头发是什么颜色？

What color is your hair at the moment?

我的意思是，你有把头发染成那种非常非常，你知道的，很鲜艳的颜色吗？

I mean, have you colored it a very, very, you know, bright color?

Nadi，你刚才说你把头发染成了彩虹的每一种颜色，所以你是真的染过紫色、粉色之类的。

Nadi, you mentioned that you colored your hair every color of the rainbow, so you really went purple, pink.

F25:33

我觉得我那时候在上学，对吧，我留的是很短的 pixie cut，而且颜色很花。

I think when I was in school back then, right, I had a very short pixie crop and it was very colorful.

所以我想——如果我没记错的话，我觉得 Facebook 上应该还看得到，到处都是一块块金色、一块块红色、一块块橙色。

So I think that—I believe, if I remember correctly, I think it's still on Facebook, the patches of blonde, patches of red, patches of orange everywhere.

我爸妈当然不赞同，不过他们就说，嗯，我们还是给你一点空间，让你发挥创意吧。

And my mom and dad obviously did not approve, but they're like, you know, we'll let you have your space to be creative.

毕竟，你从中学开始就一直想染头发了。

After all, you've been trying to dye your hair since you were in secondary school anyways.

M16:01

你是受 WWE 摔跤手 Jeff Hardy 启发的吗？

Were you inspired by the WWE wrestler Jeff Hardy?

因为大家都知道他的头发就是那种风格——紫色、金色、绿色、红色，反正你能想到的都有。

Because he is known to have that type of hair—purple, blonde, green, red, whatever you want to name it.

F26:10

不，Naz，我小时候的灵感当然不是来自 WWE 的 Jeff Hardy。

No, Naz, as a young girl, my inspiration was of course not Jeff Hardy from WWE.

拜托，是 Pink，歌手 Pink。

Come on, it was Pink, the singer Pink.

M16:20

哦，好，好。

Oh, okay, okay.

我刚刚只是想打个比方。

I was just trying to make a reference right there.

好吧，不过今天这个故事，是从一场又被翻出来的争论开始的，因为两位染着鲜艳发色的 Gen Z 女生被拍到在 MRT 站，或者更准确地说是在火车上，照片下面还写着她们“找不到工作”。

Okay, all right, but today's story started out from a debate that resurfaced because two Gen Z women with bright hair colours were photographed at an MRT station, or in fact on a train specifically, and it was captioned as unemployable.

先说明一下，原本那则爆红的 Facebook 帖子后来已经删掉了，但问题是，现在都 2026 年了，我们还在争论这个吗？

Now just a disclaimer, the original Facebook post that went viral has since been deleted at the time, but the question is, it's 2026, are we still debating this?

F16:50

我是说，今天早些时候我开车去 Plaza Sing 的路上，看到一辆亮眼的热粉色货车硬是要切我的车道。

I mean, earlier today I was driving to Plaza Sing and I saw this bright hot pink van coming in to cut my lane.

然后我看到司机，她的头发也是亮粉色。

And then I saw the driver and she had bright hot pink hair as well.

我就想，哇，她这和她的车还挺配。

And I was like, wow, she's matching her car.

到底是她配了车，还是车配了她的头发？

Did she match her car or did her car match her hair?

M17:13

我是说，也许她只是想把这个主题保持一致，你知道吧。

I mean, maybe she's just trying to keep the theme, you know, consistent right here.

但故事精彩的地方在这里。

But here's where the story gets juicy.

这两个女孩现在被叫做 Pink and Green Hair Duo，她们也发视频反击，带大家参观她们在 Orchard Road 上自己开的二手店，叫做 Fairy's Isle。

The two girls, who have now been dubbed the Pink and Green Hair Duo, have hit back with a video tour of their thrift store which they own on Orchard Road called Fairy's Isle.

而这段反击视频呢，已经拿到了 300 多万观看，也引发了人们对代际差异的讨论，以及职场里对染发的禁忌到底合不合理。

And this revenge reel, right, has racked up more than 3 million views, and they've raised questions about the generational difference and whether workplace taboos over colored hair are even logical.

所以问题是，它们合理吗？

So the question is, are they?

F17:44

我觉得这得看行业，如果你问我，比如我第一时间想到的是金融行业，你面对的是高净值客户，结果你顶着一头绿头发，我觉得他们大概不会太欣赏吧，你知道的？

I think it depends on the industry, if you ask me, because if you're in, let's say, at the top of my mind, in a finance industry, and you're facing high-net-worth clientele and you have green hair, I don't think they would kind of appreciate that, you know?

F28:02

对啊，有时候我会从一些发色很好看的人旁边走过，对吧？

Yeah, sometimes I walk past people with very nice hair colors, right?

我会觉得很惊艳，同时也有点羡慕，因为我就会想，他们一定是在创意行业工作吧，对吧？

And I'm in awe and also a little bit jealous because I'm like, they must be working in the creative industry, right?

因为你总会默认，染发的人不是创意行业的专业人士，就是自己当老板的。

Because you always have that assumption people with colored hair are either creative professionals or they are self-employed.

M18:20

我同意。

I agree.

所以听众朋友们，你们觉得呢？

So listeners, tell us, what do you think?

发 WhatsApp 给我们，号码是 8855 0893，告诉我们，职场上对染发的禁忌，是不是还应该继续存在。

Drop us a WhatsApp at 8855 0893 and let us know whether workplace taboos over coloured hair should still be a thing.

我们很想听听你们的意见，而且 Hongbin 还会在全国电台直播里点名感谢你。

We want to hear from you, and Hongbin will give you a shout-out live on national radio.

与此同时，我们也得公平一点，替那些反对染发的人说句话，因为专家说过，我们上一代，也就是他们，正是制定这些着装规范的人，而且他们很可能接受的训练，是在一个只要干净利落的形象就等于专业的年代。

In the meantime, right, we have to be fair to the people who are against coloured hair because experts have said that the generations before us, i.e., them, they were the ones that created these dress code policies, and they were likely trained in an era where a clean-cut look was simply what professionalism looked like.

所以我的意思是，这个，嗯，你知道，确实带有代际差异，而且也和那个年代有关。我觉得在 40 年代和 50 年代，人们喜欢短发，梳得油亮整齐。

So I mean, it is, um, you know, generational, and it is about the time where I think back in the '40s and the '50s, people liked short hair, combed up slick.

我觉得就是那种 slicked-back，我想至少男生那边是这么叫。

I think slicked-back, I think that's what it's called, at least for the guys right here.

我不太确定，呃，女生那边叫什么。

I'm not sure if, uh, what's for the females.

我觉得是盘发？

I think an updo?

F19:06

我的意思是——我是说，正如你刚才提到的，这也能追溯到我们小时候。

I mean, it— I mean, as you mentioned there, this also goes back to our childhood days.

我不太了解这边的学校，因为我以前读的是国际学校，基本上很自由，头发你想怎么弄都行。

I don't know about schools here because I, I went to an international school where basically, it was very free, play with your hair, whatever you want to do.

不过我知道在 South Korea，真的不行——你连烫发都不可以。

But I know in South Korea, you really cannot— you can't perm your hair either.

F29:26

哦，好吧。

Oh, okay.

F19:28

头发的长度也必须符合规定。

Your hair should be a certain length.

而且如果你是长发，通常都必须盘起来。

And it has to— if you have longer hair, it always needs to be an updo.

这某种程度上也是因为，学生应该把重点放在功课上，而不是外表，对吧？

And that kind of stems from, you know, students should focus on their schoolwork rather than their looks, right?

当然了，化妆肯定也是不允许的，对吧？

Obviously, no makeup allowed, right?

所以我的意思是，当你看这些着装规范时，头发其实也算是穿着打扮的一部分。

So, I mean, when you look at these dress code policies, your hair is also kind of part of how you dress.

M19:54

是。

Yes.

F19:55

某种程度上来说。

In a way.

所以你不会穿着细肩带上衣和短裙去上班，对吧？

So you wouldn't wear, you know, spaghetti straps and like short skirts to work, right?

F210:02

凡事都有时间和场合，对吧？

There's a time and place for everything, right?

你不可能穿着背心和短裤去歌剧院，或者穿着拖鞋去高档餐厅吃 fine dining，对吧？

You wouldn't go to the opera wearing your singlets and shorts, or a fancy restaurant fine dining wearing flip-flops, right?

我觉得发色也是一样的，某种程度上来说。

I guess it's the same as hair color as well, to a certain extent.

M110:13

是的，我同意这个观点。

Yes, I agree with that point.

所以再说一次，这也是为什么我们必须给那些年长者，或者上一代，对这些事情持反对意见的人一个机会，因为在他们那个年代，那本来就不是标准，对吧？

So again, that's why we must give a chance to the seniors or the past generations who are against these things, because that's just not what was the standard back then for them, right?

但话说回来，不管是发色，还是发型，它其实可能只是在表达一个更强烈的态度。

But still, hair, be it colour or even styles, it might actually just be a louder statement.

我觉得 Nadia，你刚刚提到过，是不是和创意行业有关。

I think Nadia, you pointed out whether or not it was being part of the creative profession.

但我觉得专家也说过，这还和叛逆、进步，甚至是不在乎让所有人都觉得你有吸引力有关。

But I think experts have also said that this relates back to rebelliousness, progressiveness, or even a willingness to not be attractive to everybody.

现在，这就是让我感到意外的地方，因为最后这一点通常在企业环境里不太适用，毕竟外表在工作中确实占很大比重。

Now, this is where I was surprised, because the last trait usually doesn't fit well in a corporate environment where appearances do play a huge role in the job.

F210:51

但我觉得情况好像在慢慢变化。

But I feel like things are kind of changing.

我的意思是，嗯，我不是只在看头发颜色，但头发颜色也是其中之一。

I mean, um, I'm not looking at hair color, but hair color is one of it.

不过你看日本，他们就在改规则。

But if you look at Japan, they are changing the rules.

我觉得，我相信从2025年开始，嗯，关于职场里的头发颜色，甚至连指甲也是，因为有些地方以前不允许女性做美甲，现在也在改了。

I think, I believe since 2025, okay, um, in terms of hair color in the workplace, even your nails, because some places used to not allow women to have manicured nails, and they are changing it.

你知道，很多公司，尤其是大公司，都在改变。

You know, a lot of companies, especially big corporations, are changing.

所以我觉得，现在很多地方、很多机构，甚至在新加坡，规则都更灵活了。

So I think maybe now rules are more flexible in many many places, many organizations, even in Singapore.

M111:22

我同意。

I agree.

而且我觉得，不过当我们谈到某些外表表现的时候，对吧，我觉得这也得从另一个角度看，就是其实还有健康和安全方面的规范，你也得遵守。

And I think, but when we talk about certain, you know, appearances, right, I think it's also got to stem from the fact that there's also health and safety, you know, codes that you need to work on.

我是说，比如指甲，对吧？

I mean, like nails, right?

我们保持短指甲的原因，就是为了防止脏东西卡到指甲下面、指甲床下面，我想那应该是这么叫的，这样更干净，也更卫生。

The reason why we keep short nails is so that it won't get under our fingernails, fingernail beds, I think that's what it's called, just to be clean and also for hygienic purposes.

但你说得对，Nadia，这种观念上的转变这些年一直都在发生。

But you're right, Nadia, the shift in attitude has been happening over the years.

事实上，像广告、游戏、时尚，甚至设计这些行业，我们看到一些不那么传统的外表，反而可能被看作是创造力的一种标志。

In fact, industries like advertising, gaming, fashion, or even design, we're seeing unconventional appearance which could be seen as a badge of creativity.

F111:57

但是你觉得，什么样的工作，或者什么行业，最不适合留那种很鲜艳的头发颜色？

But what do you think is one job or one industry someone should not have brightly colored hair?

M112:04

我觉得是老师。

I think a teacher.

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我感觉如果你是在夜间动物园工作——

I feel like if you're working in a night safari—.

M112:10

你这话题要往哪儿去啊？

Where are we going with this?

F212:14

如果你在夜间动物园工作，而且你顶着一头火红火红的头发，对吧？

If you're working in a night safari, if you have flaming hot red hair, right?

那你会不会把动物都吸引过来？

Are you gonna attract the animals?

M112:21

哦，我还以为你要说，因为是红色，所以你会像一个安全警示标志，对吧？

Oh, I thought you were going to say you're going to be a safety sign because of the red, right?

不过这也是个很好的观点。

But that's a good point as well.

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但我没想到这一点，不过这确实是个非常非常好的点。

But I did not think of that, but that's a very, very good point.

我在想，会不会他们的着装规范里就规定不能有红头发。

I am wondering if any of the— it's part of their dress code policies not to have red hair.

F212:36

对，我也在想这个。

Yeah, it's making me wonder as well.

M112:38

他们难道没有要戴的 safari 帽或者帽子吗？

Don't they have a safari cap or a hat that they have to wear, put on?

那也是他们制服的一部分。

That's part of their uniform.

F212:43

我觉得你是 Jumanji 电影看太多了。

I think you've been watching too many Jumanji movies.

F112:46

是的，没错。

Yes, that is right.

M112:46

嗯，不过你呢，Hongbin？

Um, but what about you, Hongbin?

你觉得哪个职业不应该染头发颜色？

What profession do you think should not have hair colors?

F112:53

我觉得我还是会待在金融行业。

I think I stick to my finance industry.

F212:57

好。

Okay.

F112:57

因为你知道，那种工作你得让人觉得你可靠。

Because, you know, it's a job where you kind of have to be reliable.

信任真的很重要。

Trust is very important.

而且有些人可能不会接受——尤其是老一辈，可能不太能接受一个头发染得很鲜艳的人，对吧？

And some people might not take— especially the older generations might not kind of accept a brightly colored-haired person, right?

来帮他们管理钱。

As their person who's managing their money.

我觉得这里面可能会有一些偏差。

And I think there might be some discrepancy there.

我不知道是不是因为——我自己也没见过金融行业里有人头发染得很鲜艳。

I don't know if— because I also haven't seen anyone working in the finance industry having brightly colored hair.

我在节目里也采访过很多专家。

I've talked to a lot of experts here on the show as well.

我还没见过谁染着很鲜艳的头发。

I haven't seen anyone with brightly colored hair.

嗯，我是觉得，金发还可以，但——再往上，比如粉色、绿色就不太一样了。

Um, I mean, blonde is fine, I feel, but— Going beyond like pink, green.

M113:43

不会，这个有道理。

No, that makes sense.

但你看，问题就在这儿，对吧，这些例外并不适用于亚洲社会。

But you see, the thing is, right, these exceptions, they do not apply to Asian societies.

F213:50

不适用于亚洲社会？

They do not apply to Asian societies?

M113:52

因为在某些职业里，染发还是会被贴上标签的，对吧，在 Singapore，跟你刚才提到的 Japan、South Korea 这些国家比起来就是这样。

Because there is still a stigma of having hair colored in certain professions, right, in Singapore, as compared to other countries such as you mentioned Japan, South Korea.

从某种意义上说，他们更开放一些，但在 Singapore，要看到这种更开放的态度就更难。

They're more progressive in a sense, but in Singapore it's harder to see this progressive attitude.

不过情况在变。

But it's changing.

所以我刚才才说，像广告、游戏、设计、时尚这些地方，这些岗位，对吧？

That's why we're seeing, as I mentioned earlier, advertising, gaming, design, fashion, these places, they are these roles, right?

他们对这种事情的态度正在变得更积极。

They're having this positive shift in the attitude.

但如果你真的想考虑染头发，对吧？

But if you want to, you know, really consider colouring your hair, right?

有位专家说，你在理发店的时候，一定要先问自己。

An expert says, you always have to ask yourself when you're at the hairdresser.

这会不会增强，或者削弱，我在想加入的那个工作场所里的机会？

Will this strengthen or weaken my chances in the particular workplace I hope to join?

那你怎么看这个建议？

Now, what do you think of this advice?

F114:36

我觉得你还得换个角度，想想你面对的是谁。

I think you also have to put in the perspective of who you're facing.

如果你是在跟客户打交道，比如说你就是客户，你会怎么看一个发型染得很鲜艳的人？

If you're working with clients, say you're the client, how would you view someone with a brightly colored hairstyle?

你会信任他们吗？

Would you trust them?

你会愿意跟他们合作吗？

Would you be engaging with them?

你还会觉得他们是专业人士吗？

Would you still see them as a professional?

你懂我的意思吧？

You know what I mean?

所以，比如说在娱乐行业，那里充满了创意。

So, like, in an entertainment space, it's full of creativity.

所以我的意思是，如果我看到一个人染了很特别的发色，我会觉得，哦，这个人看起来很有趣，对吧？

So I mean, if I see someone with funky hair color, I'll be like, oh, this person looks fun, right?

但如果我看到，比如说，一个银行柜员，哦，我可不想银行里冒出什么太花哨的东西。

But if I see, you know, maybe a bank teller, oh, I don't want fun stuff coming out of the bank.

你明白我的意思吧？

You know what I mean?

M115:14

对。

Yeah.

F215:15

不过说到颜色很亮的头发，对吧，我在看这篇文章，我觉得非常有意思，因为再说回 Japan，在劳动力市场紧张的压力下，对吧，到了 2025 年，更多公司开始效仿 Don Quijote，也就是 Pan Pacific International Holdings 旗下的公司。

But speaking of brightly colored hair, right, I'm looking at this article and I think it's very fascinating because going back to Japan, squeezed by tight labor market, right, more companies in 2025 are following in the footsteps of Don Quijote, a Pan Pacific International Holdings company.

所以他们从三年前开始，就放宽了关于头发和指甲油的规定。

So they are relaxing rules around hair and nail polish from 3 years ago.

现在他们将近四分之一的员工都有非常鲜艳的发色。

And now nearly a quarter of their employees have very brightly colored hair.

M115:40

对。

Yeah.

F215:41

因为这全都是因为劳动力非常紧缺，他们找不到人来工作。

Because it's all due to the fact that it's a tight labor crunch, they can't find people to work.

那你要怎么改变这种局面呢？

So how do you change that narrative?

你就让大家在穿着打扮上更有创意一点。

You allow people to be more creative in the way they dress.

F115:53

但我们也得考虑到一点，我不觉得 Japan 或 South Korea 在这方面可以算是非常进步，因为我觉得拿他们来比较并不公平，因为他们的规定一直都比我们 Singapore 这里更严格。

But we also have to kind of take in the fact that I don't think Japan or South Korea, we can see them as super progressive in this aspect because I don't think they're a fair comparison because their rules have been stricter than our rules here in Singapore.

你去 Japan，会看到大家都穿整套西装去上班，对吧？

You know, you go to Japan, you see everyone in full suits going to work, right?

这在 Singapore 现在已经不太常见了。

That's not really a common sight here in Singapore anymore.

所以这真的是公平的比较吗？

So is it really a fair comparison?

因为如果他们现在才刚刚放宽，我觉得他们只是迈出了走向更进步社会的第一步。

Because if they're just relaxing it now, I think they're taking their first step into a progressive society.

而在 Singapore，有些方面的规定早就已经放宽了，对吧？

Whereas in Singapore, rules have been relaxed in some areas, right?

F216:32

对，非常对。

Yes, very true.

F116:33

我们不会穿一整套西装来上班，对吧？

We don't come to work with a full suit, right?

而且我们可以自由地表达自己想表达的样子。

And we are free to express how we want to express.

我们穿牛仔裤来，也不会有人说这不符合着装规定。

We come in jeans and no one's going to say that's not dress code policy.

M116:46

拜托，你已经因为我的牛仔裤说过我好多次了。

Please, you have called out for my jeans multiple times.

F116:49

你的牛仔裤确实有点可疑。

Your jeans are questionable.

M116:53

好啦，好啦。

Okay, okay.

那听众朋友们，你们怎么看呢？

Well, what do you think, listeners?

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WhatsApp us 8855-0893.

告诉我们，你们怎么看发色这件事？

Let us know, what do you think about hair colors?

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