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This week, during spot check, my form teacher caught me with long hair. Unlike other teachers, he did not mark me for that, but advised me to go cut my hair.

Today I had this wild idea, Why not go for a haircut? How wild is that? Just an hour ago, I was waiting for my guardian to return, so that i can ask for money for haircut. Waited so long that I had to resort to asking her nephew to lend me some.

So I walked around the market, looking at each salon, hairdresser, barber sited in the vicinity. I was wondering about which should I go too. I had not gone to a barbershop since 3 years ago, and I have heard of scary stories that as you grow older, the barber will cut your hair wildly, and the outcome is bad.

I had never been to a hairdresser before, and in movies and magazines, the price tags for a haircut in in hairdressers, will make a huge hole in your pocket. So I had my last choice of salon.

For years, i have been changing salons for haircuts, although there was one which i was a regular, i am confused, which salon should i go. My guardian once suggested me to go to a few salons, the ones she and her family was regulars too. Trust me, just as alike, they always switch salons. So I went to a few salons, well only one actually, and they were crowded. So I moved again, there was one salon which had no customers. I went in and asked if they cut men's hair.

When I go too Salons, i am very concerned about the quality of work, the price, and the duration of haircut. Well for this salon particularly, it was 1/3 of my criteria achieved. The quality of work was brilliant, in my opinion, becuase they were trained in some kind of hair and beauty school in switzerland. Professionals. The duration was super long. 1/2 hour to cut a male's hair, how long will it take to cut a female's hair? The final criteria shocked me. The price, it was $20 for a man's haircut!!!!

That is double the price compared to the last salon i went to, triple the price that i used to get a haircut from a barber, hundred times the price of haircut i can get in Indonesia.... It was SUPER EXPENSIVE!!! when i left the salon, i regretted for going to that salon. I should have gone to the previous salon i last went to. Then I was worrying about my money, i only borrowed $10 from my guardian's nephew, although he gave extra $2, I ended up using my owen money to pay for my haircut!!!!

$20 FOR A HAIRCUT!!! THAT"S INSANE!!!!

For all the guy's out there who wants to go to salon's for a haircut, here is me giving you advise. Look for a salon that shows price label, find the ones that offer cheap haircuts. Don't go to salon that has professional hairdressers, they cost more, quality may be good but is it worth it, eventually, you will have to cut the quality off again in a month. Anyway, anybody can give a good haircut if they at least know how to cut hair. Duration wise, better off going to the 10-minutes salons like EC, Speedy or some place. Quick cut, small price, okay quality. But if you want a better quality than okay, still better to go to barbers...

My $20....