Well, from time to time one does need to get a hair cut. Now, Maureen decided that she also wanted to get a "style" change at the same time. The first task was to find the "look" that she wanted and get the look printed so that it could be shown to the hairdresser. This is critical when language is an issue. Once we got to the local hair salon, we had to choose who would take care of her hair. There were three different levels of hairdressers with different costs to match. The plan, stick in the middle.
Maureen was lucky as just as the young man who was given the task of doing the laowai lady's hair, another woman was placed in the chair next to her - a lady who knew how to speak decent English. Needless to say, the comfort level for Maureen went up as there was a bridge over the barrier of not being able to speak Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese).
The results were just what we had been hoping for when we left the apartment for the haircutting adventure. Maureen left the photo print with the hairdresser so that he can fine-tune the haircut in another month or two.
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