A Sudden Burst of Change
I've always found cutting my hair to be quite stressful, simply because I have no idea what I'll look like at the end of it.... Though the number of surprises are few and far in between as I usually go to the same Indian barber, this time, it was different.....
This time, I allowed myself to be persuaded to change my erm, hairstyle, I'm still not sure how it happened.... I finally got around to it after 3 weeks of hassling, and having never gone to a proper salon to do it, I had no idea where to go, how much it would cost, and ultimately, how stupid I'd look....
It was quite an amusing experience indeed, from the time I started looking for a place to get it done.... I had chosen to go to Midvalley and had surfed the net for places to go, and thought A Cut Above and Jantzen sounded like safe bets.... I was horrified at the ludicrous prices plastered on the glass wall of A Cut Above, and duly proceeded to Jantzen, where I failed to see any pricelist displayed..... A verbal quote of RM40 was given to me, which was around the most I was prepared to pay for anyway.... I was told a week later that the prices were displayed on the other side of the lot.... Which was a good thing as there no mention of RM40 anywhere on the list I was told :)
I was led to a seat, where they put me on a fancy chair as opposed to the ones I'm used to at the Indian's barbers..... I was also bemused at what the "hair stylist" had to say, and that I needed to straighten my hair, to rebond my hair..... Obviously I was having none of that, and I was in a hurry.... Maybe next time I said.....
I cant say I took too kindly at first to the way he shaved my hair off, I felt like a lamb brought in to have its fleece sheared off..... The amount of hair floating down with each upwards stroke was unnerving to me.... After a lot of shaving, a few snips here and there later and finally we were done.... Or so I thought..... The hair stylist called a girl over, he mentioned to me my hair was to be gelled into place as my hair was too "soft" to stand on its own..... right.....
She was putting a lot of what I thought was gel into her hands, and slapped it onto the top of my head, and started rubbing it quite vigorously.... So imagine my surprise when white foam started to form, and I then realised she was shampooing my head!!! While I was sitting upright!!! While I was still in my clothes!!! How absolutely bizarre!!! And she was washing my hair for so long, I would have been able to wash my hair 3 times over if I was doing it myself!!!
I guess this is why girls like to cut their hair when stressed, the pampering did feel nice.... I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I wasnt rushing off for dinner.... The gelling of the hair finally came, and as hard as I tried to see how the girl did it, I could not re-produce the way she shaped my hair....
What was most amusing about this whole episode, were the reaction of everyone.... Myself included.... I thought I looked like an arse, but everyone else thought it was a huge improvement.... I looked a lot younger (but people already said I looked younger than my age), it looked good, some girls said it was cute.... now I take exception to the word cute, as its usually defined as ugly but adorable..... now you can call babies cute, dogs are cute, but me cute? I cant say I liked that....
But not everyone liked it.... My sister said it was ugly, my dad called it ridiculous and absurd.... I lauged after washing my hair that night, I thought I looked ridiculous too!!! Oh well, I now get to style my hair to whatever mood I'm in, that should make my mornings more interesting!!
This time, I allowed myself to be persuaded to change my erm, hairstyle, I'm still not sure how it happened.... I finally got around to it after 3 weeks of hassling, and having never gone to a proper salon to do it, I had no idea where to go, how much it would cost, and ultimately, how stupid I'd look....
It was quite an amusing experience indeed, from the time I started looking for a place to get it done.... I had chosen to go to Midvalley and had surfed the net for places to go, and thought A Cut Above and Jantzen sounded like safe bets.... I was horrified at the ludicrous prices plastered on the glass wall of A Cut Above, and duly proceeded to Jantzen, where I failed to see any pricelist displayed..... A verbal quote of RM40 was given to me, which was around the most I was prepared to pay for anyway.... I was told a week later that the prices were displayed on the other side of the lot.... Which was a good thing as there no mention of RM40 anywhere on the list I was told :)
I was led to a seat, where they put me on a fancy chair as opposed to the ones I'm used to at the Indian's barbers..... I was also bemused at what the "hair stylist" had to say, and that I needed to straighten my hair, to rebond my hair..... Obviously I was having none of that, and I was in a hurry.... Maybe next time I said.....
I cant say I took too kindly at first to the way he shaved my hair off, I felt like a lamb brought in to have its fleece sheared off..... The amount of hair floating down with each upwards stroke was unnerving to me.... After a lot of shaving, a few snips here and there later and finally we were done.... Or so I thought..... The hair stylist called a girl over, he mentioned to me my hair was to be gelled into place as my hair was too "soft" to stand on its own..... right.....
She was putting a lot of what I thought was gel into her hands, and slapped it onto the top of my head, and started rubbing it quite vigorously.... So imagine my surprise when white foam started to form, and I then realised she was shampooing my head!!! While I was sitting upright!!! While I was still in my clothes!!! How absolutely bizarre!!! And she was washing my hair for so long, I would have been able to wash my hair 3 times over if I was doing it myself!!!
I guess this is why girls like to cut their hair when stressed, the pampering did feel nice.... I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I wasnt rushing off for dinner.... The gelling of the hair finally came, and as hard as I tried to see how the girl did it, I could not re-produce the way she shaped my hair....
What was most amusing about this whole episode, were the reaction of everyone.... Myself included.... I thought I looked like an arse, but everyone else thought it was a huge improvement.... I looked a lot younger (but people already said I looked younger than my age), it looked good, some girls said it was cute.... now I take exception to the word cute, as its usually defined as ugly but adorable..... now you can call babies cute, dogs are cute, but me cute? I cant say I liked that....
But not everyone liked it.... My sister said it was ugly, my dad called it ridiculous and absurd.... I lauged after washing my hair that night, I thought I looked ridiculous too!!! Oh well, I now get to style my hair to whatever mood I'm in, that should make my mornings more interesting!!
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