I have been patiently growing my hair out since last May. Unfortunately, I am not that patient of a person and yesterday at the hair salon I gave in.
The guy was given free reign through Lydia (the student translator we brought along) and voila! my hair is short again - short being a relative term. Because my hair is not board-straight like the Chinese's or my mom's, the poor guy was having a fit getting it to look the way he wanted. He must have tried to blow-dry it straight four times but it kept flipping back out. It is a very Chinese haircut, which looks wildly different on my head, but you will have to wait for new photos to see.
Tom was getting his hair trimmed up behind me and all I could see were flashes of the barber's elbows and scissors going snippitysnipsnipsnipsnipsnpsnipsnippitysnip! When we got home I immediately played the Bugs Bunny satire on Barber of Sevillie, Bunny of Seville. I miss witty cartoons.
This past weekend I bought a red jade dragon necklace. It is awesome! I am quite pleased. Many of the people here wear these types of necklaces. In theory I suppose I should have gotten a mouse since that is the animal for the year I was born. But I like the dragons! They symbolize power and look fabulous.
Also, Tom and I have used complete sentences to order food. ("Follow him. He speaks in sentences.") Progress! Tonight I will make tomato soup and grilled cheese even though I have no clue how to actually make tomato soup. Thank goodness the basis of my mom and mawmaw's cooking lessons was informed culinary improvisation.
P.S. Please see past posts on Tianmu Lake and Shanghai for recently added pictures!
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