Yesterday, before we left to come to Beijing, Ben decided he needed to get a haircut. He generally gets his haircut at this little salon in our neighborhood. The people there know him now, so he pretty much just goes in whenever, no Chinese necessary, and they give him the treatment: wash and head massage, haircut, re-wash, blowout and style. The first time Ben went in there, they were pretty cautious with his head, because they weren't entirely sure what he wanted. When they finished that first haircut, they took a picture of his freshly styled head. The picture hangs on their wall, I guess as both proof of their fine work on his American head, and as a reference point for future haircuts.
The funny thing is, as time has gone on, the two hairdressers there have become increasingly brave and experimental with Ben's hair. Yesterday, the male hairdresser tried to convince Ben that he needed to try something a little different. And then he just went ahead and styled Ben's hair according to his suggestion:
It's just a little more Chinese-pop-star than Ben usually goes for.
In fact, it looks a little bit like this guy, who was on an ad at McDonald's.
Anyone see the resemblance?
1 comment:
Oh la, la! Chinese pop star rocks. I love it. Child, you always had an amazingly thick head of hair. Now don't stand on your head in the sand box as you were prone to do and make us think you have an infestation of something in that thick hair. Hope you are having a blast in Bejing.
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