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TEECHER · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 47

A great cut, wash, neck massage, and tea along with a lot of kind-hearted attention, costs about 8 yuan here in Sichuan. My New Zealander friends introduced me to their shop before they returned to jobs back home. They had to go and bid their hairdressers goodbye.....and everyone was in tears. Pictures were taken which are now on the walls. I go there for trims,and no matter how hard I try, they will not let me pay. The haircut experience is as has been mentioned...time consuming. In lieu of payment, I simply adjust my thinking and schedule to spend some time with such great people, as it seems they are so happy to have the experience of dealing with a foreigner. of course, this shop is not the"alternate type" of hairdressers shop....but I bet they would also go out of their way to please!!

wOZfromOZ · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 272 Location: Shanghai

Ever tried "Da Feiji" = "the big Airplane" Idea

......use your imagination huh!!!

'Hao wan' and you get a free haircut too Idea

and all for 30Y in and around Shanghai.

wOZfromOZ Idea

TEECHER · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 47

HET WOZ, Just so you know.....the guys with REALLY big airplanes....get the whole package for free. And a smile on the way out the door.

Freaky Deaky · Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Posts: 309 Location: In Jen's kitchen

I've had so many dodgy haircuts in Shanghai that I absolutely refuse to go to a Chinese hair salon. Luckily for me, in Shanghai there are one or two places where you'll find a Laowai barber. Even if you have a Chinese person translating, in a Chinese hair salon all the hair stylists are far to camp for my liking and either try to make me look like David Beckham (ala mohican world cup style) or a refugee from F4. And what's their obsession with the clippers?? They cut and cut and then out come the bloody clippers and they just tear down the sides and the back making you look like Forest Gump only more retarded. The massage? No thanks. I kind of get bored of some bored girl from Anhui slowly punching my shoulders and clicking my finger joints.

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

I am rather intrigued to know why laowai barbers get any job in Shanghai! Is this to raise the salon's standing with Chinese, or is it to attract Westerners? And, do they have a work visa...?

I have never paid more than 30 kuai for my hairdo, so I am somewhat surprised to see a tear-out voucher printed in a Guangzhou magazine (GUangzhou Today), with the following imprint:

Cash Coupon for Chemical Worth 200 RMB
Cannot be used with other Promotions...

Must be a more expensive hairsaloon! A simple hair cut voucher is worth 50 kuai; does a cut cost more than that anywhere in China?

(The hair salon is inside the five-star CHINA HOTEL run by Marriott!).

senor boogie woogie

And what sucks is I have to get one now. If I can see my hair without a mirror and it reaches the tip of my nose, I go.

Haircut and wash costs about 20-25 RMB. What I do not like is getting the hair washed first. I try to wash the hair at home then go down to the barber. The wash girls do something that is akin the masterbation of the upper skull. I hate it. Sometimes they use shampoo and no water.

Of course, since I am foreign, I am odd. My hair is the polar opposite of Chinese hair. It is blond, thick and curly. I also look like a slightly skinnier version of the late Chris Farley which draws that much more attention to yourself. Many of us complain about the people staring and the silly, rude "HELLO, HI" routine. Well, in the shop there is no escape.

Finally, it seems that the "coolest" people work in a barber shop. They wear designer clothes, have long hair (men), and hair color is all over the spectrum. It is like these boys were bored and had nothing better to do than play with their hair.

It is widely known that barbershops are fronts for prostitution in Asia. This was also true in Korea. As a side note, Koreans love barber poles. many businesses unrelated to haircare have them outside for decoration and advertisement. Of course, I find Koreans to be idiots.

SENOR

hubei_canuk · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Posts: 240 Location: hubei china

"Ever tried "Da Feiji" = "the big Airplane"
......use your imagination huh!!!"
------------- Ozperson
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"Da" here means "fly" not big..
Therefore : "Fly the airplane": a sexual service involving the hands
As opposed to "chui di" which means play the flute.
There is also "da pi" "or "da dong" which are coarser ways of saying "zuo ai".

"Be careful what you wish for (ask for), you might get it"

- old curse
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ps I always pay no more than 5 yuan for a haircut. No wash.
Everywhere, in every city, including GZ.
I wash it at home myself afterwards.

gerard · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 581 Location: Internet Cafe

Some good stuff here. My first cut turned out to be pretty non-eventful. a regular wash and cut for 10 RMB. No head massage and no offers of airplanes and only a few gathered to watch and offer advice (to the barber.) Main thing they did a good job--no bowl on the head look. Although my first attempt resulted in no cut, a massage and scribbled offers for things costing 300Y. My FAO will be happy to hear I declined.

hubei_canuk · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Posts: 240 Location: hubei china

"HET WOZ, Just so you know.....the guys with REALLY big airplanes....get the whole package for free. And a smile on the way out the door."
- teecher
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Naw, teecher, that's not the way it works here in China.
It's the opposite.
Once i stopped to chat with a gal outside one of these shops. Then as i strolled away another girl ran out and madly began to talk to the first girl. Through hand gestures and hand language it was pretty obvious what she was saying to the first girl about foreigner's airplanes. I decided to walk back and do some kidding/flirting with them.
...
But they both screeched and ran back inside of the shop. Smile

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sigh... Smile

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will this post survive? people better be quick to read my posts Wink

MW · Joined: 03 Apr 2003 Posts: 115 Location: China

Vanity - vanity - vanity - all is vanity! Solomon

Is this just a way of asking where can you pay to get laid or are you really concernhed about getting a haircut in China?

Do we really have so much free time on our hands that we can sit at a computer and engage is such innane topics?

YES! YES! YES!

Dragon · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 81

Dear Comrade,
I support you in your quest to squelch vanity and sexual promiscuity. You uphold all that is right. Why are they wasting their time on this computer unlike yourself. They should be writing articles and not posting and wasting so much time on this board. Keep up the good work MW. Yours is not an easy task, but we know you are the right person to set us all straight.
Your friend Dragon Exclamation