It has always been easy for me to get a haircut that I want and satisfying back in Labuan, and that's because there was no language problem. I can just tell the Chinese aunty like this:" Belakang kasih pendek, kasih nampak tebal, tepi kasih ikut length mcm belakang juga" - that and with a bit of hand gestures. And then after going there for a few times with the same style, the next time I come I'll just say " Potong yang macam duuulu".
All is good until I came to Penang. First, it's quite hard for me to explain the haircut that I want because I refuse to speak Chinese and they only speak in Chinese, Hokkien to be exact, and when I speak English its quite hard for them to digest. Its like when I say " make the back look thicker" their brains process those words into some alien language "make$#the@#^back%!look*&^)thicker". I guess they are just not used to having a girl customer who has Chinese looks but couldn't speak Chinese. And then I found ViVa Saloon in which the hairdresser can speak English, ok lah...but most of the time I don't get the look that I want. I think it is because he is more into stylish haircut, and I'm more into simple, neat and easy to manage hairstyle that I can wear daily without giving so much fuss.
My hair is was quite long after a hair cut in April this year, and I just couldn't tahan having long hair cos very menyampah and I malas want to manage.
See..I still can tie my hair.
4 comments:
cyn, i know the annoying curve shape when you tuck hair behind the ears tu, same la with my hair.
if susah2, go straighten your hair la. easier to manage kalo sudah lurus tu tapi kasi tau tu cina jangan kasi yang macam pisau dia punya lurus, nanti terputung urang di siring2 ko..haha
i tot u can speak mandarin? why so susah talk to them in english?
oh i pun experience the same problem with the language barrier! i only puas hati with the hair cut if i cut my hair in labuan jak. and i think urang labuan sama jak kali:
"I think it is because he is more into stylish haircut, and I'm more into simple, neat and easy to manage hairstyle that I can wear daily without giving so much fuss."
hehehe
eh btw, bila u balik labuan this?
because onderay...my lidah kelu already to speak in mandarin, it seems so alien to me nowadays.well, except when cursing..=p hahaha!!
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