taiwan day 27
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
mused @ 9:43 PM
dyed my hair today... brown and highlighted green. one thing i like about taiwan is the service.
you go in, they greet you nicely. ask you whether you want tea or coffee. give you a good selection of colours to pick from; recommending a suitable hair colour that fits your face. wash your hair till its silky soft, dry hair under a glowing red device that threatens to eat your head up, paint your head with a brownish paste, wrap head with plastic wrap ala food that needs to be refrigerated, head under head-eater, paint, head under head-eater, hairstylist comments in chinese that hair is black as black can be. suffer 3 times of noxious fumes finally followed by a wash. is the water too hot? no i reply. bits of hair wrapped aluminium foil with a gooey green paste, akin to marinating meat. 7 mins under head eater again, all this while enjoying some obscure hong kong film on some tv in front of me. commented that the tea served was good; hairstylist offers to give you the whole box. the marinated green hair is cooked, a wash is due. the hair stylist takes a pair of scissors and starts trimming away. snip snip, green and brown fall to the ground. and finally, the wax is out, lessons on how to style your hair. it time to leave; oh its raining. here is an umbrella says the stylist. return it on your next visit. they thank you as you leave the store.
all this for 1400 NT (70 sing). taiwanese service is good.
admist all this, i forgot that i went to mos taipei on the 9 of december, nearly a week ago. i met toh yean lih there and off we went. dave seaman was playing that night; progressive house. mos taipei is 2 1/2 stories. first story is suited to live performances. a giant floor akin to a mosh pit. the 2nd, for electronic music. a square floor with floors that can light up. on level 2 1/2 is a whiskey bar. we think it is members only.
there is no such thing as early entry means cheaper entry. 600 NT a pop, to explore the cavern within. took us 1/2 looking for the place; a sad little brown concrete building with no lights around it. to say i was disappointed is a understatement. saw uncles and aunties (literally) enter the building. what the heck, since we are here we thought. at 2300hrs, a canto/hokkien/chinese hip hop group started rapping bad english. this was intermingled with a bartending performance and bar top dancing. dave seaman started his decks at 0130 hrs... but some how, his music that night was too....house for me.
mos singapore eats mos taipei anytime.
still got chiang kai shek's residence, martyr's shrine and the mountain behind my house left to visit.
(yes, there is a mountain behind my house)
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