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20 September 2005
Short Talk:
One down, one to go.
My sleepless nights paid off in the end. Server failures and flawed data entries aside, Project #1 kicked off yesterday morning without too much technical issues. Now I get to enjoy a few normal-sleeping days before I jumped right into Project #2. It'll be back to regular blogging from kennysia.com when that's done. Shanghai and Perth, here I come. :)
Swee Mei Beauty Saloon Review

Swee Mei Beauty Saloon is this very old barber shop along Jalan Sekama that's been in operation for as long as I could remember. I've been getting my haircut there since I was a young enough to have to sit on an elevated wooden plank. Almost 20 years later they're still cutting my hair.

I kept going back there not because I like them, but because its becoming such a habit I didn't bother going anywhere else. It wasn't until much recently that I decided to get my hair done at other hair salons and I've neglected Swee Mei since then. In fact, my last visit was probably around 12 months ago.
Feeling a little nostalgic, I dropped by one day to pay them a visit.

This is the inside of the barber shop - the messy desk, the stench of lubricant, the mat on the chairs, Aaron Kwok on the radio singing 'Dui Ni Ai Bu Wan'. Waliew, its like stepping back into the same barber shop 20 years ago.

Check out their tools. Screw those shit they use in modern hair salons. Swee Mei uses brushes and talcum powders and freaking BRYLCREEM! That's 100% old school, baby. I don't know what Loreal what Schwarzkopf wtf lah.
Swee Mei is too cool for that crap. They use Brylcreem and Brylcreem only, just like David Beckham. Until he went botak.

Heck, they are so old school, even their prices are the same as they were 20 years ago. How they manage to survive in this day and age of inflation and rising petrol cost, I have no idea.

Here's a shot of me desperately in need of a haircut. My apologies for the bad lighting indoors. The Canon dSLR camera isn't mine, but its the same one I borrowed to gatecrash the Miss Tourism Pageant. Note the Bloggercon T-shirt I was wearing, compliments of the Tomorrow.SG crew. ;)

Meet my barber. He's still my favourite among the usual three in the shop. I'd like to introduce him, but 20 years of having my hair cut by him and I still have no idea what his name is. I just know him as the Ah Pek on the second chair in the barber shop.
Ah Pek is a genuinely nice guy alright. Every year, for 8 years, I'd returned from Australia and he'd attempt to strike up a conversation with me in Hokkien. And every year, for 8 years, our conversations would be the exact same topic.

Ah Pek: "Lu ding Orh Jiu tak chek hor?" (You're studying in Australia right?)
Kenny: "Si lor." (Yeah.)
Ah Pek: "Tak hamik?" (What course are you doing?)
Kenny: "Tak kar ji peng eh gao hor siang eh." (I'm doing the equivalent of level 9 over here.)
Ah Pek: "Oh... Orh jiu ji zhong eh ti si jing leng hor?" (Oh... it must be very cold now in Australia isn't it?)
Kenny: "Bo lah. Ji zhong jing juak leh." (No lah, its damn hot right now leh.)
Ah Pek: "OH! Si ar hor. Orh Jiu ga Tiong Kok si toh peng eh!" (OH! That's right. The seasons in Australia and China are opposites of each other!)
Kenny: "Mmm... tiok loh" (Mmmm... Correct.)
*awkward silence*

Anyway, I always tell my hairdressers to "Feel free to do whatever you want to do with my hair. Be creative." But there's no need for me to tell him to do that. As soon as my ass touch the seat, Ah Pek would start the session by spraying excessive water all over my head like I'm a potted plant.
After trimming most of my hair with an electric trimmer that smells like its been soaked overnight in motor oil, he picked up a huge pair of scissors and began cropping my hair slowly and carefully. His modus operandi was once again, the same as it was 20 years ago, except now the scissors is becoming blunt and squeaky, and his hands are shaking uncontrollably like he has Parkinson's.

I requested for a shampoo like I always do at modern hair salons. Ah Pek politely declined, informing me that the shampoo girl grandma has gone home so I decided to let it go. Aiya, I don't think I want to let him to shampoo my head lest he breaks his finger bones when he massaged my scalp.
I was getting my hair happily when suddenly Ah Pek stepped on a pedal on my chair and made me fall on my back. Skarly he pulled a knife out no where and held it against to my neck. I got so scared my balls almost shrank.

This picture could very well be mistaken for an al Qaeda hostage video in iRaq.
Actually I'm just getting an old-fashioned shave lah. Before Gillette comes along, this is how real men shave.
Ah Pek didn't use any shaving foam, just some soap water to lubricate my chin with a bristle. He shaved everything he could shave too - my chins, sideburns, my face, my neck, monobrow. No lah not my chest hair. No aftershave afterwards either, just Vicks Vaporub to soothe the burns. He even trimmed the hair inside my nose and cleaned my ears with a cotton bud. So nice.
I know all these sounds very gay lah, but Ah Pek is so fatherly you wouldn't even think about it. Anyway, 30 minutes later and this is how I look like.

Ya, I'm very shocked too. Nabeh, like I'm wearing a helmet right? I think I'm just a pussy moustache away from looking like Mr Adolf Hitler. I wonder if Desperate Addict is still gonna like me after this.
Still, at RM8.00, cannot complain lah. Its just an old-fashioned barber shop. How to compare right?

So, what do you think?
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not bad, for a RM8 cut! :P I'd probably ditch the expensive hairdos and just stick to Swee Mei ;)
Posted by: Eliza Lee at 20 September 2005 12:47 AM | Link to comment
Woohoo....
Posted by: vincent at 20 September 2005 12:52 AM | Link to comment
For the cheap price, not a bad haircut. But personally, I prefer the Tony & Guy hairdo --- you look way hip and cooler. Alan Salon hairdo is so-so. If that's the case, try for the tried and tested Swee Mei. :)
Posted by: raven at 20 September 2005 12:56 AM | Link to comment
You look so innocent! But beware everyone. Looks can be deceiving. -_-
Posted by: TC at 20 September 2005 12:56 AM | Link to comment
I think that the Alan Salon's do is quite okay. You look really boyish in it.
But as for the Swee Mei, hrmm, a definite no no. It looks like you didn't even had a haircut at all. Plus, the style is the 20 years ago Ah Pek do. Well, considering the fact that he is still doing all the cuttings, I presume that he still follows his own 20 years ago Ah Pek style.
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 20 September 2005 1:03 AM | Link to comment
Don't waste your money on the first one - just don't comb your hair after you wake up. :P
Second one will be great if you are partying but not if you are going to work.
Third haircut makes you look so innocent.(just proves that looks can be deceiving huh? ;P)
Posted by: jc at 20 September 2005 1:05 AM | Link to comment
Kenny, you want to hear the truth? You look like a cute *cough cough* pie =) I suppose it is not a big deal realy, depend how you style it by the end of the day. You had an old uncle to cut your hair, and i guess he saw your cute innocent face, so he also get you a high-school style, while the tony and guy haidresser might see you in different person, who knows, right? =)
Posted by: cynthia at 20 September 2005 1:07 AM | Link to comment
lol...the third hairdo has a nostalgic touch. Bravo Ah Pek, brilliant job! Ditch Alan and Tony...with petrol price on the rise, Ah Pek will do just fine :D
Posted by: cindercone at 20 September 2005 1:09 AM | Link to comment
1. alan salon - boyish and mid-priced
2. swee mei - best price but beware the shaking hands. somemore i think the nerdy look is in. after eddy neo disappeared, there's been such a void...
3. toni & guy - way too expensive for a cut that makes yr face look rather square even with the extended spikes
Posted by: gracie at 20 September 2005 1:10 AM | Link to comment
Haha great!Actually i hab a bored nite but after c ur Rm8 cutting..waaaaaaaa great nite for me to9! *laff*
Posted by: Tze at 20 September 2005 1:13 AM | Link to comment
nice slope! got ten years younger...lol
Posted by: yuin at 20 September 2005 1:28 AM | Link to comment
next time please try the Indian Barber shop, they are neat and nice
Posted by: sonicwall at 20 September 2005 1:48 AM | Link to comment
swee mei gets the vote! :)
wah... u now go to your old sec skool also the teacher will think you are new student and pull your ears for not wearing uniform man! :)
the ah pek made you into an ah boy... aiyah, as long as it is not ah gua... hehe
Posted by: Danny Boy at 20 September 2005 1:50 AM | Link to comment
Dude, how did you take the pictures while ah pek was shaving you?
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 20 September 2005 1:55 AM | Link to comment
haha!! 8 ringgit cut rocks my socks!!
you look so cute!!
and yeah, cynthia's right, just like a pie, goo enough to eat! ;)
Posted by: emily at 20 September 2005 2:06 AM | Link to comment
Alan - look age 30.
Tony - look age 25.
Swee Mei - nabeh, look so much like my boss it's scary, age 45.
Posted by: totoro18 at 20 September 2005 2:18 AM | Link to comment
HAHAHAHA!!! *cough cough* Your face damn qian bian leh. KNN. Use this to scare me away right? I shall be unaffected. Muahahaha!
Posted by: desperate addict at 20 September 2005 2:21 AM | Link to comment
lol. dicky school boy hair
Posted by: kolokmee at 20 September 2005 2:44 AM | Link to comment
Oui,
Next time bring some refference lar! How Ah Pek gonne know what kinda hair you want?
but still a good laugh, wakakakakakakakakakak!
Posted by: mob1900 at 20 September 2005 3:13 AM | Link to comment
HAHAHAH!!! your last look is sooo funny! laugh till tears drop liao! hahaha!
quite adorable leh! not bad mar!
Posted by: vss3t at 20 September 2005 3:32 AM | Link to comment
i had been visiting toni & guy for eons, and they had never failed me. hehe...
i guess i do believe in yi fen qian yi fen huo afterall ;P
anyway, ur new haircut.... i'm sure after some styling u will look fine ;)
Posted by: sassyjan at 20 September 2005 3:34 AM | Link to comment
hiak, my heart goes out to Ah Pek.
Posted by: Hai at 20 September 2005 3:40 AM | Link to comment
Man you look very innocent! Just cannot believe it!
Posted by: James at 20 September 2005 3:45 AM | Link to comment
I think you look better with a fringe.
Posted by: Ambiguous Wanderer at 20 September 2005 4:12 AM | Link to comment
Posted by: Ambiguous Wanderer at 20 September 2005 4:13 AM | Link to comment
LOL..!!!
Posted by: Big BoK at 20 September 2005 4:22 AM | Link to comment
LOL
You have the same freaking haircut as I had when I was primary 3... That was errm about 10 years ago, well at least the barber did move forward 10 years in hairstyle fashion, compared to 20 years of cutting your hair.
Posted by: Colin at 20 September 2005 5:22 AM | Link to comment
haha! I think u're funny! Also, i think... yi fen qian, yi fen huo! Personally i prefer that Toni & Guys one.
Posted by: Junie at 20 September 2005 5:44 AM | Link to comment
*lol*
honestly, for rm8 what more can u ask for? omgg... i'm still laughing... u look hilarious!!!
Posted by: ~ w i n t e r ~ at 20 September 2005 5:53 AM | Link to comment
*lol*
honestly, for rm8 what more can u ask for? omgg... i'm still laughing... u look hilarious!!!
Posted by: ~ w i n t e r ~ at 20 September 2005 5:55 AM | Link to comment
just style it yourself lah :) that is what i do - go to old fashioned barber shop and then style it yourself to make it look like a 'Toni & Guy' cut ;)
Posted by: ramesh at 20 September 2005 5:57 AM | Link to comment
Muahahaha.
My gosh. I got wet looking at your pics, like how you enlarged lookin at mine.
I laughed so much that my eyes all tearing leh.
Still, the uncle is so shweet. I would make my bf go there cut his hair if i could.
Posted by: Scarlett Ting at 20 September 2005 6:24 AM | Link to comment
You do look a little like Adolph...
Posted by: Ayah at 20 September 2005 7:22 AM | Link to comment
think if ur hair is thinner will make it better, now kinda like ... a helmet!
lol
Posted by: waiwah at 20 September 2005 7:48 AM | Link to comment
Old school is old school for a reason. :)
Out of the 3, the Alan Salon one is best.
Posted by: Mooiness at 20 September 2005 8:01 AM | Link to comment
For 4x to 10x cheaper than the other two, Ah Pek Salon gets 90% of the job done. Surelah, the other 10% is what makes the difference. But look at it this way, YOU FEEL GOOD? (getting manhandled by Ah Pek)
Think of how James Brown might answer.
Posted by: Flowing Stream at 20 September 2005 8:18 AM | Link to comment
Hairstyle aside, I love how you managed to give us a quick glimpse of Ah Pek's life...such a sweet old man
Posted by: xyz at 20 September 2005 8:28 AM | Link to comment
dude! You bought a new camera? :P I remember u having a Kodak last time we met. And Did you take the picture of u being shaved by yourself? If yes, how did u manage that feat? it boggles the mind...
Posted by: nicktay at 20 September 2005 8:29 AM | Link to comment
Hi Kenny, my "traditional" barber did the same thing to me last week. I swear I look like the class nerd from a 70s school yearbook. But nothing that some roughly applied gel can't fix.
Posted by: c k yap at 20 September 2005 9:14 AM | Link to comment
u look like such a innocent school boy...
Posted by: cherub at 20 September 2005 9:14 AM | Link to comment
Kenny, I find it odd that he said "tak hamik" which sounds like Penang Hokkien. :)
Posted by: FF at 20 September 2005 9:21 AM | Link to comment
I lurve AH Pek....he's such a sweetie, reminds me of my kong-kong! I think you should enjoy and savour your trips to AH Pek's shop. In another 20 years time, quaint shops like Swee Mei with kindly old men like Ah Pek will be a thing of the past.
Posted by: in at 20 September 2005 9:25 AM | Link to comment
these old Ah Pek barbers...it doesn't matter what instructions u give him...the end result will still be the same!
Posted by: Button at 20 September 2005 9:30 AM | Link to comment
I'll bet Ah Pek thinks that his cut is pretty stylish, or that is it appropriate for young boys. So.. I wonder what Ah Pek thinks of all those 'a-la Hong Kong' hair styles that Edison and Daniel Wu wannabes sport these days ;-)
Posted by: Alias at 20 September 2005 9:30 AM | Link to comment
I think Alan Saloon and Toni Guy do a lot better to your hair.
Posted by: stan5088 at 20 September 2005 9:42 AM | Link to comment
teacher to kenny: "boy, pull up your socks!" you terror sial lar :D
Posted by: belacans at 20 September 2005 9:59 AM | Link to comment
I like the alan salon wan. You look so cheeky there.
Posted by: Avril at 20 September 2005 10:05 AM | Link to comment
I really liked the Toni&Guy haircut. You had the spiky effect happening. 'Cept the guy who washed your and what not was a cheap bastard.
Posted by: Rae at 20 September 2005 10:08 AM | Link to comment
HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
Posted by: PiK at 20 September 2005 10:15 AM | Link to comment
heehee...
RM 8 cut is the best!!
u know, it seems that you love to have ur hair cut....
Posted by: Cherub at 20 September 2005 10:18 AM | Link to comment
Hey dude, John Wayne would have came in here for a cold beer instead of a haircut .
Posted by: e at 20 September 2005 10:29 AM | Link to comment
RM10 haircut rocks me :D
Posted by: ShaolinTiger at 20 September 2005 10:30 AM | Link to comment
BUauahhahuBuuhauhhabahahaahahhaahahhahahafehhfahahahahahahahahahaah
*plop! falls off chair...*
BUYSAASUHFHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHEHEHHHAHAHA!
Posted by: jo at 20 September 2005 10:32 AM | Link to comment
FUNNY LIKE HELL YOUR PHOTOS... almost died laughing...
Posted by: minishorts at 20 September 2005 10:41 AM | Link to comment
HAhha... kenny... U are so cute!!
hahahahaahs. =p
Posted by: LOL at 20 September 2005 10:47 AM | Link to comment
Dude, the transformation...and the comparison...this is way cool compared to the hairy tits pictures. Well done, Swee Mei!
Posted by: Jeremy C at 20 September 2005 10:55 AM | Link to comment
I had my own personal Ah Pek barber when I was back in Kuching (Somewhere along Green Road), and I went there for years.
I never believed in pricy haircuts (at the time) coz expensive or not, it wont neccesarily get u laid, right?
Right???
Uh, hello? Right??
Damn.
Posted by: identity crisis at 20 September 2005 10:58 AM | Link to comment
This is funny... Kenny, i think the Alan Salon and Toni and Guy ones makes u look ur age.... Swee Mei - Go there jus for the nostalgic feeling la. No no for proper hair cut :).
Posted by: kit fan at 20 September 2005 11:40 AM | Link to comment
toni and guy hairstyle is nice!
Posted by: candice at 20 September 2005 12:01 PM | Link to comment
Ei, Kenny, no wonder ur hairstyle looks like Apek lah ... outdated lah - u're living in the 50's & 60's era meh? Now is millenium liao lah! Toni & Guy style is the way to go loh.
Posted by: Fashionista at 20 September 2005 12:05 PM | Link to comment
With your current look, I bet Uncle Lim will straight away approve your VIP card application, instead of the previous two. Cause U look like Chow Yung Fatt in the 80's. N needless 2 say, u will get more high class treatment from China men's town. LOL.
Posted by: g0ldf1n93r at 20 September 2005 12:15 PM | Link to comment
you look like schoolboy.... but the best i would say is the by the toni and guy...
Posted by: JinJin at 20 September 2005 12:19 PM | Link to comment
Question!
What is the difference between a:
1) Hair Crop (Boy) - RM 6, 7
2) Hair Crop (Child) - RM 5
I like Kenny's very shocked look! But then ah, Vicks Vaporub (instead of aftershave) sounds a bit cor leh...
Posted by: Jac at 20 September 2005 12:29 PM | Link to comment
very old fashion indeed.
Makes u look 10 years older.
Posted by: Fashionasia at 20 September 2005 12:39 PM | Link to comment
so what's next? a bot of brycleem?
Posted by: Button at 20 September 2005 12:56 PM | Link to comment
LMAO!
Posted by: zachen at 20 September 2005 1:28 PM | Link to comment
swee mei eh... i vouch for jin ming barber instead... it's two doors down from ky cafe with the old school kolo mee by the fat, the skinny and the old... still remember the elevated wooden planks... memories man... 15 years of hair-cutting... woohoo...
Posted by: khopwj at 20 September 2005 1:29 PM | Link to comment
OMG!!! Hahahaha.. you become a primary school kid all over again! =X
Posted by: esther at 20 September 2005 1:32 PM | Link to comment
hahaha. i think you're funny. nice hairstyle!
Posted by: slingg at 20 September 2005 1:40 PM | Link to comment
Cute-nya!
Posted by: Jessie at 20 September 2005 1:44 PM | Link to comment
Actually, U look more like Aaron Kwok in the 90's. I think the Ah Pek cut hair based on what song he's listening 2. As U've mentioned he's listening AK's song while cutting you hair. That makes some sense now. ;p
Posted by: g0ldf1n93r at 20 September 2005 1:53 PM | Link to comment
there's no Ah Pek that cuts female hair..*runs to the corner and sulk*
Posted by: Annie at 20 September 2005 2:06 PM | Link to comment
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
This reminds me of an ex-staff who cuts his hair like that even though he is in his late 30's.
Unfortunately, he pairs with another blur staff, so we had to call them Dumb & Dumber
Posted by: ChowFC at 20 September 2005 2:18 PM | Link to comment
i kinda prefer the toni haircut..makes you look so freaking hot..LOL..for real..
Posted by: hotchick at 20 September 2005 2:31 PM | Link to comment
Lollll You get what you pay for =P
Posted by: Cheesecakeerian at 20 September 2005 2:54 PM | Link to comment
looks like the Ah Pek's hair style? is he trying to make u looklike him? :) he's succeeded hehe!!
Posted by: Wen at 20 September 2005 3:44 PM | Link to comment
Tk u v much Kenney for the info. It looks like Swee Mei Beauty is indeed a must visit if I visit Kuching. Not so much for the hair cut but for the ears dig, a service I reckoned even Alan Saloon or Toni and Guy cannot provide. A nostalgic endeavour and for just Rm7/- its a real bargain.
Posted by: observatory at 20 September 2005 3:54 PM | Link to comment
Toni & Guys hands down. Bring along the pic for the ah pek to see lah.
Posted by: b12 at 20 September 2005 3:59 PM | Link to comment
This kinda hairstyle is call 'Tau Kuah Tou', squarish squarish neat neat...
Posted by: SorHai at 20 September 2005 4:02 PM | Link to comment
:0
The 'Alan' hair makes me wanna punch you. Look so cheeky.
With the 'Toni & Guy' hair, I want to date you.
With this current guai kia look.. I will bring you home to see my parents. haha. :)
Posted by: uglyfatchick at 20 September 2005 4:11 PM | Link to comment
On the September issue of the KL Lifestyle magazine, the editor described Kenny's blog as "Ingenious and hilarious spoofs, parodies and jokes that Kenny from Kuching makes about real life."
Kenny, you deserve it!!
Posted by: Clarene at 20 September 2005 4:50 PM | Link to comment
You're intending to look younger izzit? Okay what.. can pass as a 14 yr old.
Just don't try the new look at Zouk or something =P
Posted by: Reta at 20 September 2005 4:55 PM | Link to comment
i think u look like a guilty fellow in all 3 pics. :D
you know, the dodgy kind that try to look like they're all innocent?
but the last one is the cutest!
Posted by: anantya at 20 September 2005 5:13 PM | Link to comment
i really like ur 1st and 2nd haircut. the last one was like a cheap sale cut. no offence, kenny!
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 20 September 2005 5:19 PM | Link to comment
RM 8 to look like 8TV's tech guy, Gary... not bad, Kenny!
Posted by: Bel at 20 September 2005 5:36 PM | Link to comment
Eh!!! Same as my hairstyle. So, this hairstyle is widespread among the mamak barber and even the Ah pek barber. Nice one about David Beckham and Brylcreem
Posted by: chris at 20 September 2005 5:46 PM | Link to comment
lol...grow a moustache and you'll look exactly like Hitler (Chinese version)
Posted by: boringest at 20 September 2005 5:47 PM | Link to comment
Dude, you look like standard 6 schoolboy with this new hair do. But seriously, you looked more refreshed compared to other 2.
Posted by: Tan Silly Latuk at 20 September 2005 5:51 PM | Link to comment
wah say... bring u home to any mothers and they will love you to the cOre lorr!!
Posted by: sunnysideup at 20 September 2005 6:09 PM | Link to comment
eh kenny i think u will look nice in long hair! HAHA. or mebbe slightly long hair. cos i tink u look good before u cut ur hair =P
just need abit of styling here and spiking up there and baik lah
Posted by: wj at 20 September 2005 7:40 PM | Link to comment
I think the Ah Pek is left handed.
Posted by: B12 at 20 September 2005 8:27 PM | Link to comment
Toni and Guy!! Swee Mei's is cute, though... very cute.. but T&G's makes you look damn cool and sexy..haha
Posted by: mkrb at 20 September 2005 10:21 PM | Link to comment
aehheah same hair style as the ah pek... EHHEhahe
Posted by: crusader at 20 September 2005 10:25 PM | Link to comment
hey kenny i used to went there when i was in sec school you know........but i have found a better place at saberkas, cheaper than your ah pek..RM5 nia......somemore is not ah pek cut ur hair....u should go try it out, saberkas 4th floors 'Yik Xin'
Posted by: kuching pbk at 20 September 2005 10:39 PM | Link to comment
the first one is the best !! :D
Posted by: deepsy at 20 September 2005 10:43 PM | Link to comment
i think u look so ah pek now man......
Posted by: anon at 20 September 2005 10:46 PM | Link to comment
The Toni & Guy haircut pic looks good but I don't think it's because of the cut, it's because of the gel! Alan is not impressive but the RM8 haircut rocks my socks!!
Just get the RM8 haircut and buy gel! I'm sure a RM92 gel will make you look even better than in the Toni & Guy picture ;)
Posted by: jenny at 20 September 2005 11:07 PM | Link to comment
why is everyone going against Swee Mei??
I think it's pretty awesome.
My vote goes to Swee Mei.
Really, lah.
Posted by: michelle lee at 20 September 2005 11:14 PM | Link to comment
Seriously, change your parting. This may sound crude but the truth always hurt, the side part makes you look stupid..
Posted by: smurfette at 20 September 2005 11:17 PM | Link to comment
+, I agree that Ah Pek do look fatherly. In fact, somehow, he look kind of pitiful and lonely with the weathered face of his.
Posted by: michelle lee at 20 September 2005 11:22 PM | Link to comment
i'd probably stick to swee mei... old school yes, but sometimes, old school's good... and somehow, the ah pek is so old and i would miss him excessively if i were u...
Posted by: joey at 20 September 2005 11:26 PM | Link to comment
Hehehhe...looks so cute the haircut..da ucle very sweet leh..=)
Posted by: Dee at 20 September 2005 11:45 PM | Link to comment
haha, i tink i like the toni & guys cut better though i muz say you look 5 yrs younger with the RM8 dollars cut! cute! :)
Posted by: jiNg at 20 September 2005 11:47 PM | Link to comment
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
Hahahha KENNY SIA! That is such a nerdy haircut!! At least go back to Alan!
Posted by: Lainie at 20 September 2005 11:54 PM | Link to comment
Go with the RM8 Swee Mei haircut. Easy on the pocket and there is nothing that a bit of gel can't fix!
Posted by: stormie at 21 September 2005 1:18 AM | Link to comment
MUHAHAHA first two pictures maybe get girl but last picture definitely appeal to future MIL. MUHAHAHA>> gonna die laughing
Posted by: romantic at 21 September 2005 3:30 AM | Link to comment
My vote is defintiely for the Ah Pek besides you owe him for his retirement.
Posted by: romantic at 21 September 2005 3:33 AM | Link to comment
I found this a curiously touching post. :) My heart just wrenched at the close up picture of the AhPek. to be so old, yet still working.
For sentimentality's sake, I vote Swee Mei. They are probably the ones who need the business most, and yet do not chage super overly-inflated prices like the other salons you've been to.
It's easy to get rid of the 'nerdy' hair slicked down look :) just don't put any hair product, and voila, instant sexy bedhair ;)
Posted by: entwined at 21 September 2005 3:56 AM | Link to comment
aha.... thats rather err.. funny. Indeed there's a diff in quality. But I think the service is already good enuff.. Don't think one can even pay for a simple shave + nose hair-trimming + ear cleaning in any of those classy salon.. Cool~ get that hairstyle once in a while.. Go retro~
Posted by: cindior at 21 September 2005 3:57 AM | Link to comment
OMG. LMAO. AFOMC ( Almost fell off my chair)
I guess it's down to Alan or T&G. Seriously, Kenny... stick to one stylist lar. :)
Posted by: Spunky at 21 September 2005 5:52 AM | Link to comment
I agree with entwined.... But I suspect Ah Pek is working becos that's the only thing to do to pass the time (not due to financial reasons). :)
Btw, shame on you, so many years at the shop but no idea what's Ah Pek's real name?
Nerdy Hair? No worries... it's how you style it, not who cuts it... Just use tons of mousse/gel and mess it up ala Alan or T&G - the sideburns may be a problem though.... ;)
Posted by: GreatBallsOf at 21 September 2005 7:57 AM | Link to comment
Did Ah Pek make u sit on this wooden plank placed on top of the barber chair handles? Just curious! But if one look at the 3 pics, one wud keep wondering whether Alan Salon / Toni & Guy are good barbers, considering the uneven and jaggard hair finished compared to De Kuching Swee Mei Saloon neat hair job? Hence my vote 4 Ah Pek. Good one Kenny.
Posted by: Bloatty at 21 September 2005 8:48 AM | Link to comment
and his hands are shaking uncontrollably like he has Parkinson's & Aiya, I don't think I want to let him to shampoo my head lest he breaks his finger bones when he massaged my scalp ----> so mean of you... ya.. i know you are merely kidding, in fact, me too...
Anyway, i think Alan Salon looks the best =)
Posted by: agnest at 21 September 2005 8:58 AM | Link to comment
Hey Kenny,
I've been secretly reading your post for sometime now, and I find it hillarious. Things like KNNCCB and now your hair cut, I've got to have a say :)
Stick to Toni and Guys, go say once in 2 months. That should do the work.
Keep on writing and snapping!
Philip.
Posted by: Philip Mak at 21 September 2005 9:51 AM | Link to comment
the swee-mei-do is such a throw back to the past it's vintage ! you can get into one of those it's so uncool it's practically cool again. but it's not too bad is it ? jus the way you comb it.
Posted by: Kim at 21 September 2005 12:24 PM | Link to comment
T N G and alans? look nice because gel is used.
No gel? hohoho....
Posted by: seow at 21 September 2005 2:12 PM | Link to comment
your photos reminds me of this, u're much younger, mom sends u in for a shower, when you are done, she towels u and combs your hair, applies powder all over your cheeks..=)hehehe
Posted by: Michelle at 21 September 2005 2:19 PM | Link to comment
Kanasai Kenny!
You made me hold my laughter so badly at my desk when I saw the finished "product" from your swee mei ah pek...
HAHAHA No shit! You REALLY look like my DAD ok! LMAO!
:D
Posted by: United at 21 September 2005 2:23 PM | Link to comment
really , you look like a overgrown schoolboy with that swee mei haircut !!! GO BACK TO TONI AND GUY !!
Posted by: fiona at 21 September 2005 2:28 PM | Link to comment
Heya! Mr. Potatoe (chip) looks like a wig to me. And where the hell did you get that sense of humour from? Ish....
Posted by: Yvonne at 21 September 2005 3:39 PM | Link to comment
Kenny, how long you gonna be in Perth for? You might have some stalkers in Perth... hehehe
Posted by: Nadia at 21 September 2005 4:05 PM | Link to comment
you are fucking hilarious.
alan salon is best lah!
Posted by: shing at 21 September 2005 5:10 PM | Link to comment
... i think the middle pic the best lor....
Posted by: JoyceTheFairy at 21 September 2005 5:25 PM | Link to comment
hahahahaha my manager & all my colleagues have good laugh hahhahahahahah man good luck
Posted by: chin yee at 21 September 2005 5:37 PM | Link to comment
You should have tried the one in Green Road (Opposite Chong Ling Tower). Interesting especially they have that PVC mating to be replaced (bottom & back) after every job done.
Thank you.
Posted by: Amizain at 21 September 2005 5:55 PM | Link to comment
hehe so cute!
Posted by: san at 21 September 2005 6:17 PM | Link to comment
wahhhhh....
fit fit...
Toni n Gut too expensive la...
Alan that ok ok only...
Swee Mei ar... ehh...
Posted by: Yeh at 21 September 2005 6:46 PM | Link to comment
I'm sorry if someone has asked this Q already (didn't bother to read all of ur 120++ comments!!! *gasp*). Didn't Ah Pek ask you about your snapping pics in his shop? You're damn good, dude - Camwhoring even when getting haircut. Heck, that's what most of us bloggers do - Camwhoring at weird places :p
Your new 9-to-1-parting haircut is awesome, man! I stopped going to Indian barbers when I was 18 :p
Posted by: narrowband at 21 September 2005 7:10 PM | Link to comment
Innocent looking, there is a saying in Cantonese, pan chee sek loh foo.. (act as a pig, but eats the wolf) that kenny I believe is you....
Posted by: petite at 21 September 2005 7:31 PM | Link to comment
Wah Lau Eh!!! How come u looked like that? Man... I just couldn't help it but laugh. If I'm u, I wonder how am I going to go out with a head of hair like this? ;p
Posted by: SweetSurrender at 21 September 2005 10:07 PM | Link to comment
I vote for Alan Salon! Muah hahaha.. you really do look like you got helmet on your head.. but like you say lor.. RM$8... wat you expect rite? Next time come my house.. i do same look for you for FREE! :)hahahahaha...
Posted by: Angel at 21 September 2005 10:43 PM | Link to comment
aiyo kenny! u purposely degrade swee mei's skills leh. got so nerdy ah?
Posted by: Missy Claris at 21 September 2005 11:00 PM | Link to comment
Muahahhahahahhahahahahahahahhahahah!!!!
Posted by: Fion at 22 September 2005 12:10 AM | Link to comment
U just made my day... Buay tahan! LOL..
Posted by: Fion at 22 September 2005 12:11 AM | Link to comment
hahaha i think the alan salon's the best la; you look good there (:
Posted by: en at 22 September 2005 1:05 AM | Link to comment
i nearly choked on my organic almonds when i saw the last pic of yours.. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Posted by: Samm at 22 September 2005 1:06 AM | Link to comment
OMG...kenny...u are my idol!! i love u~~ wakakaka
Posted by: xiao yu ^^ at 22 September 2005 1:39 AM | Link to comment
lol who cares if its cheap? the 'toni and guy' do looks the absolute best .. the RM8 one looks a lil 'oh biang' (old-fashioned) lol
Posted by: tc at 22 September 2005 3:56 AM | Link to comment
Alan Salon's the way to go. It's not that expensive and gives you a very stylish look. :P
Posted by: Carmen at 22 September 2005 8:08 AM | Link to comment
Alan Salon's the way to go. It's not that expensive and gives you a very stylish look. :P
Posted by: Carmen at 22 September 2005 8:08 AM | Link to comment
Kawaii-desu, Kenny-san!!! XD XD
I couldn't stop laughing at the shocked look...Haha!
Posted by: WeI-JaN at 22 September 2005 3:00 PM | Link to comment
Walau e...of course la...they eat money one ma..not like tat Old Man a..Honest wor//
Posted by: Kellychl~ at 22 September 2005 3:07 PM | Link to comment
The 8 ringgit cut is the coolest!
Posted by: Chuang Shyue Chou at 22 September 2005 4:59 PM | Link to comment
32 bucks!!your cheap cut : funny... no offence.you're so brave to go for 8 bucks cut.hehe
Posted by: hanabee at 22 September 2005 5:51 PM | Link to comment
Aiyoh, you're damn daringlah. If the hairdresser cuts my hair like that I'll go home, cry for one week and then hire a good lawyer. But then, my parents would probably know the fella and cannotlah...
Posted by: szetoo at 22 September 2005 9:06 PM | Link to comment
heh i prefer the Alan Salon hairdo better than the Toni & Guy hairdo.
Posted by: yenny at 22 September 2005 11:04 PM | Link to comment
OMFG. ROFL. LMAO
POWER. hahahahahhaahahhaaahahaha
somemore ur expression make it more funny.
Posted by: peekaboo at 23 September 2005 4:09 PM | Link to comment
Nabei! Read your blog for so long liao nvr laugh so hard before... now my stomach like cramp from excessive laughter. Omg lar Kenny I think the ah Pek cutting your hair still think you 8 years old... skills nvr change hairstyle then for the same person oso never change rite! Ah Pek rocks man! Alan saloon cut look like suave and young, tony and guy you look like quite energetic. Thanks to swee mei, we now have a picture of a 8 yrs old Kenny! OMFG ROFL LMAO!
Posted by: anonymous at 23 September 2005 10:24 PM | Link to comment
great evolution!! thnx to ah pek.. reminds us that fad is not everything..
dun take what i'm saying too serious. trying to flatter kenny's look :P
Posted by: toothless at 23 September 2005 10:48 PM | Link to comment
pay peanuts get monkeys
cheap things not good, good things not cheap
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 24 September 2005 12:33 AM | Link to comment
Haha, toni guy is just gel plus styling. So you pay more for someone to make your hair spiky. Do it youself lar!
Posted by: Iconoclaus at 09 October 2005 12:02 AM | Link to comment
I only do Old Style barber, those that when you go in, the ah pek or thamby will just Say:
"Macam biasa ah?"
and the macam biasa is not my macam biasa, but more of their macam biasa.
At rm10 a cut in KL/PJ, am not complaining..and there is nothing some cheap hair wax can't fix.
So, well done in supporting ah pek and his pension fund!
Posted by: stupe at 17 October 2005 6:23 PM | Link to comment
I think Alan Salon's the most handsome one leh.
Posted by: USHBIC at 04 November 2005 11:35 AM | Link to comment
Hmm. in comparison I think the Toni & Guys one look better. But then again, the reason why it looks nice might not be because of good haircut , but rather the way they put the wax and style it.
KENNY, personally which hairstyle do you prefer?
Posted by: Lynn at 23 November 2005 3:38 PM | Link to comment
lu cin cia ku kuai la! bo ean-dao le!
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 25 January 2006 3:15 AM | Link to comment
somebody can tell me where is Tony and Guy located?
Posted by: takeru at 18 February 2006 2:37 PM | Link to comment
U look best with the Alan Salon RM32 cut... Value for money. Nice and Reasonably priced!
Posted by: Jing at 12 March 2006 1:21 AM | Link to comment
all differents cutting...
alan salon = cutting against hair grown direction, recomment to use clay(dry) to control direction or else look mess...
toni & guy = famous in the world beside vidal sassoon, dry(clay) or wet(gel) look will be ok
swee mei = nothing to say~ one word - classic...
Posted by: stylish2 at 16 March 2006 12:21 AM | Link to comment
i want that cut !
so cute and look so old skool boyish !
woo hoo !
Posted by: benjamin and yus at 12 July 2006 10:42 AM | Link to comment
definately swee mei! man.... you are hilarious!!!!
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 22 January 2007 6:30 PM | Link to comment
well my mum own an old-fashion saloon, and until now it still got its own fans...lol
Posted by: yushi_gurl at 16 April 2007 6:41 AM | Link to comment
well.. guys ..and kenny too.. :-) i think those 3 pics there all look great.. they all have individual judgement and your own desire,from the 3 pics.
what i can say here from the first pic hair done by alan ..look cool but bit unbalance's cut,
mostly u can see this hairstyle carry by ,, shopekeeper,,, mechanic,,store keeper,, security guide ,,waiter those 3 stars and below hotel.. engineer.,,30% doctors n lawyers.
middle pic, look bit macho, cutting no complain..looks good job !! not because of the name brand from the salon.
salesman..bartender...night life type,,,sporty and aggresive guy,,tai ko...5 stars or above waiter....10% doctors and lawyers.
last pic,, although is ah pek but they still have the skillfull hand, if u really like to look like "LAU SEAT KIA" than go for it..
70% doctor and lawyer and others professional official. :-) and is safe to bring this hairstyle everywhere in the world.. not ah beng look.. sure no one look at u and u dont' have to worry when people look at u " kuah ha mik??? ha mik beh song? ??"
so u should know where or which salon u must go for you personal desire style character of look u like to be. etc...your looks show people your personal character, living standard and more ..
from every different haircut shown on pic have many different jugdment from other people. as u can read yourself all the comments .. some like it some don't...just do who u like to be :-) be yourself..
But why and what's wrong about the guy massage? anything wrong? guys like u all who are educated and even some from overseas.. is guy doing hair massage really strange? what if that happen to your family? your brother? your sister? dont mean every stylist or hairdresser are gay..or lesbian. never judge a book from the cover rite??? for your info a gay guy or lesbian have his own taste and desire of guys and gals.. they dont'have sex simplely guys or gals. pls do understand their feeling
ok.. i talk to much here.. but i do enjoy reading them..
regards and be happy...
may god bless u all.
Posted by: monsi at 14 May 2007 1:35 AM | Link to comment
monsi, u r a gay
Posted by: monsi is a gay at 18 July 2007 5:01 PM | Link to comment
Aw...This was two years back. :( To me it feels like you had that haircut just recently.
Posted by: desperate addict at 19 July 2007 12:47 AM | Link to comment
hahaha this is so funny!!! :) had a good good laugh!
Posted by: jing at 19 July 2007 8:25 PM | Link to comment
Hi bro,
It has been quite a while since I last had a good laugh. Keep on writing and don't forget to slot in all the funny photos of yours.
Posted by: wak jawa at 14 November 2007 12:55 PM | Link to comment
fuck
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 27 December 2007 3:43 PM | Link to comment


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