basically I got 4 kuai worth of effort from the barber, who was a
young high school aged kid with some crazy, dyed Asian pop star like
hairdo. I honestly don't think it's that hard to cut my hair, but I
may have been spoiled from my barber back home that I've gone to for
the last 25 years, give or take. I'd tell him make it a zero fade and
take some off the top, and 5-10 minutes later, I'd be outta there.
Here I gotta use my kindergarten Chinese, and attempt to describe what
I want. Basically, I told the kid I want the same style but just make
it shorter.
Next time I go back, I'm going with the Asian David Beckham look that
I sported last summer. It's gonna get hot soon and it's a hell of a
lot easier to describe with my shitty Chinese, so why the heck not?
Albert, I feel your pain. I remember going to get my hair cut when I was on study abroad, and even though I spoke decent French, specific terms necessary for haircuts were oddly not something we had ever discussed in my classes. Luckily I'm pretty sure I just wanted a trim off the ends, but it's weird to realize you could have a whole conversation about politics or whatever but can't tell someone "please make my hair shorter with some layers."
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