I HAD to do it.
You see, going overseas for a while gives people the opportunity to express themselves in new and exciting ways: Some choose new environments and experiences – others choose to stretch their mind with new ideas and learnings.
Today, I chose the third alternative – to express myself with a new hairstyle.
One problem: I couldn’t find a hairdresser that spoke English. Which meant that the standard “how do you want your hair cut?” conversation progressed a little like this:
Me: Can you cut my hair short and spiky?
Hairdresser: (pauses) Sorry, ni comphrehende, ni comprehende.
Me: Ummm … can you cut ... (signalling by touching bits of hair) short, spiky!
Hairdresser: Sorry, ni comprehende.
Me: Uh, okay … can you put colour my hair? A bit?
Hairdresser: (something in Portugeuse I didn’t understand)
Me: Sorry, ni comprehende.
So we found someone who could speak some English sitting somewhere else in the store.
Me to the guy who could speak English: Can you tell them, I think my hair is not spiky enough.
The guy: I think it looks fine!
Me: Ummm … okay, great. But can you tell them I want it more spiky?
The guy: Why? It’s spiky enough!
Me on the inside: Just translate, would you?!
Eventually some lady from the digital printing shop next door rocked up and she was able to translate for me without adding interpretation (I think … I guess I’ll never know!).
And the result? I’m not quite sure. It’s not as I envisaged it would be (but hey, none of my drawings at school turned out the way I imagined them in my head, particularly ones involving humans and/or fairies). So why don’t you decide …
Hot? Or .............................................. Not?
Blessings
John (complete with new hairstyle making me look suspiciously like a Hong Kong immigrant) (insert shudder here)
3 comments:
ahahaha. blonde tips! hahahaa. it's great john.
you're lucky they didn't do something too extreme. it's like i was in eastwood, not mozambique but they still did it wrong. well not really. it was kind of my fault to say: do what you like.
aaaaah. i looked like shaggy. hahahaa. except boofier.
take care.
John it was very selfish of you not to check with brendan first if you got the exact same haircut. You two look more alike every day. I'm sure I'll see you in the "Separated at birth" section in the SMH.
Lockie.
John, hey!
Be careful how you use references to Hong Kong Immigrants!!I feel deeply offended. hahaha....
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