Ten Dollars - Ten Minutes

Like many things here, you can spend a lot for something or you can spend very little.  Take a haircut for example.  I asked around and learned that S$40-60 is what you'd pay in a salon.  Then I found a couple of places like this in a couple of shopping malls.  They are the local equivalent of Supercuts, I suppose.

"Our Japanese trained barbers will cut your hair professionally in about 10 minutes for 10 dollars."  I decided to risk it and see how it worked out.  First you buy your ticket from a machine, then you queue up (if there is a wait), and you get called to the cutting station.  You take a seat and they ask how you want your hair cut.  

Then the flurry of motion begins.  I'm accustomed to clippers being used with a guard and a slow steady motion.  Not here!  Sometimes using a guard, often with just a comb, the clippers are moved like a painter dabbing a brush.  (That is, if the painter is on speed.)  Then the clipper gets put away, and a similar process with scissors begins.  It wraps up with a full scalp vacuum and brushing off to remove the cut hair.

How did it turn out?  Perfectly acceptable, and perhaps a bit shorter than I intended.  I'll do this again, although next time I might try the salon for comparison's sake.