Failed perms, New Years, and China!

First post of 2009, YAY!!!

So the other day I decided to get a haircut, and the Korean I was with (Sojung) insisted I get a perm.

The hairstylist was a really really nice young guy who didn't speak any English. He sat me down in the chair and proceeded to cut my bangs REALLY short, in a style which I specifically said I did NOT want. :-p Oh, Korea. The rest of my hair he made all complicated and layered, so I was happy about that. (At one point he wanted me to close my eyes, and he said, "Ears... Put - down!" and I totally understood. I deserve a round of applause, here.)

Then I spent the next 2.5 or so hours sitting in curlers with machines rotating around my head, getting my hair permed. In the end it didn't turn out the way that was expected, so rather than sitting an additional hour in that place I decided to leave. I was really hoping that the guy wouldn't feel guilty, but my friend just HAD to guilt-trip the place into giving me half price for the treatment.

Anyway now I have ridiculous hair that I would never have in the States, but Korea makes me brave. About a lot of things. *cough*

On New Year's Eve I went to Itaewon to meet Jethro. We had a really chill time at a coffee shop before heading over to his Hapkido practice. That was actually pretty fun to watch, and now I'm inspired to take a class like that myself. Jethro surprised the hell out of me. That man can really move butt in there...

Jethro and I debated for ages on what to do the rest of the night. My problem was getting home early enough to get some sleep before leaving for China in the morning. I called the magic number of 1330, and they told me it'd be extremely difficult to get a cab back considering it was the holidays. So, we decided to just head home early... I'm really sorry to Eric for not meeting up with him. :-( I hope he's not too upset and that I can still meet his "friend" before she leaves.

Anyway, off to China in about 8 hours, so I better go to bed. 我不是中国人!! Fuck yeah that's the only thing I can remember from my semester of Chinese.