Episode TWO of the great adventure

Okay, according to my last blog post I'm supposed to talk about:
Next episode:
1. My salon experience
2. International Club
3. Recent School Happenings
4. Anything else I forgot to tell you.

Well, to be honest I completely forgot about any legitimate points I had to make about 2. and 3. but I will say a little about the salon.

THEY GIVE YOU BACK, NECK, AND HEAD MASSAGES. Period. Standard Procedure. And that's all I have to say really. But, you know me. We ended up going to a place close to our house after I was shocked into the reality of there being two distinct places for the sexes to get their hair cut and to my shock the girl actually recognized me. Apparently she's from the neighborhood and we're always walking by when she's out playing with her kids. There's not much of a way to explain it, and maybe it's the bitter suspicious "lives among those who will never accept her" foreigner paranoia sneaking through but I was actually surprised at how friendly she was with me. Her whole family was in on the business. Her husband and brother in law and father all ran the barber shop below and an elevator ride to the second floor showed her and her sister and her mother chilling with the chick side of the business. So, I have to think, was she friendly because I'm a customer and she can't help herself? I don't really think so because she was friendly also in introducing her family, a few of whom spoke English (and by that I mean could say hello with a shy smile). Heart-warming really. I'll try to put up a picture of her shop sometime but in the meantime let's end this charade, go on to the next post and I can make it a delicious photo extravaganza.