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in other news, i just got my hair cut. i know that this should not normally merit being written about in a blog, but getting your hair cut in a china is a very nerve-wracking experience. i had actually never done it before, despite the fact that i've lived here for quite a while. i've just heard too many horror stories about people getting their hair cut here, or like my roommate who was getting a straightening treatment and ended up with 6 inches of her hair burned off. but i've lived here for over four months, and so i decided i couldn't avoid it any longer. anyway, i tried to prevent disaster in any way i could, despite having picked a mildly dramatic hair cut- i chose the hair dresser who looked like he deserved the title, and mandie and i found a picture of a cut that looked pretty good in one of those hair-cutting magazines. once i sat in the chair, three worrisome things occurred- 1) when we showed the picture to the hair dresser, he made a sort of shocked/appalled face. seeing that, i got a little worried, so i asked him if he could point out a pic he thought looked better. 2) he pointed out some pretty horrific hair cuts, ones that would make me look like a mix between a 20s vamp and a circus freak. i thought it better to go with my instinct, so i asked for the original cut. 3) he then said to mandie, "so she wants it really short?" now, i had chosen a somewhat short haircut, but saying "really short" is a totally different issue. "just kind of short!" i interjected, "like the picture." he then got started, and i sat there in my chair, very worried. mandie, who was sitting behind me, started to make shocked faces. i asked her what was up, and she said "you can't see the back from where you are, can you?" i said no, and she was like, "it's really short." i told her to be quiet and let him work his magic (or something like that) and the haircut turned out pretty nice. it's sort of short, not super short, but i think it'll be a nice change from wearing it up all the time. and the best part? the whole thing cost 30 kuai. that's $3.60, definitely the cheapest haircut i've ever gotten. did ya hear that, russian ladies in brooklyn salons? haircuts do not have to be fifty dollars. they just don't.
in other news, i just got my hair cut. i know that this should not normally merit being written about in a blog, but getting your hair cut in a china is a very nerve-wracking experience. i had actually never done it before, despite the fact that i've lived here for quite a while. i've just heard too many horror stories about people getting their hair cut here, or like my roommate who was getting a straightening treatment and ended up with 6 inches of her hair burned off. but i've lived here for over four months, and so i decided i couldn't avoid it any longer. anyway, i tried to prevent disaster in any way i could, despite having picked a mildly dramatic hair cut- i chose the hair dresser who looked like he deserved the title, and mandie and i found a picture of a cut that looked pretty good in one of those hair-cutting magazines. once i sat in the chair, three worrisome things occurred- 1) when we showed the picture to the hair dresser, he made a sort of shocked/appalled face. seeing that, i got a little worried, so i asked him if he could point out a pic he thought looked better. 2) he pointed out some pretty horrific hair cuts, ones that would make me look like a mix between a 20s vamp and a circus freak. i thought it better to go with my instinct, so i asked for the original cut. 3) he then said to mandie, "so she wants it really short?" now, i had chosen a somewhat short haircut, but saying "really short" is a totally different issue. "just kind of short!" i interjected, "like the picture." he then got started, and i sat there in my chair, very worried. mandie, who was sitting behind me, started to make shocked faces. i asked her what was up, and she said "you can't see the back from where you are, can you?" i said no, and she was like, "it's really short." i told her to be quiet and let him work his magic (or something like that) and the haircut turned out pretty nice. it's sort of short, not super short, but i think it'll be a nice change from wearing it up all the time. and the best part? the whole thing cost 30 kuai. that's $3.60, definitely the cheapest haircut i've ever gotten. did ya hear that, russian ladies in brooklyn salons? haircuts do not have to be fifty dollars. they just don't.
posted by Amanda at 9:26 PM
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Just so you know, my China haircut was 20 kuai. Did Ben tell you about HIS China haircut? It was 10 kuai, and he bled all over the floor!
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