[sdunbar5]

I just wanted to thank you for inviting me to join you Saturday. and thank the person send me the e-mail recommending Makumba. I was exhausted after shopping all day (still trying to get settled in). But I'm sure we will meet in the not to distance future. I'm on the road a lot, (about 50% of the month) , but look forward to meeting you (and others) soon. Maybe August 9th? Anyone interested in getting together? Where would you suggest we go?

Fortunately for me, one of my trips is back to the US every month. If someone needs me to bring something back, like haircare products, please feel free to ask. My next trip out is a long one, so it will be awhile (August 2) before I'm back. let me know.

[socool]

Hey yall!
Great to hear that there are some folks here! Ive been relocated to HK and arrived 3 weeks ago. I'd love to meet some of yall!
Does Keith do black man hair ?

[colette]

i don't know but you can go to the fenwick pier and get a hair cut. They cut the U.S. army/navy dudes. but, I think your plight is a easy one. We sisters suffer without hair dressers Or you can buy some clippers and attempt to fade yourself. The bald look is good for summer.

[jayinhongkong]

The old Chinese guys at Fenwick Pier will only do one thing to your hair: take it down. They don't even know what a shapeup is over there. You might as well cut your own! :P

[grantlawesq]

Hi all:
I too look forward to meeting all of you and facing hairdresser challenges, as well. I am now officially moving to HK at the end of August as I formally accepted a position. I am leaving my husband and kids here, so I will need some distraction outside of work so that I do not sit alone in my apartment all the time. Speaking of apartments, can someone recommend a good area close to Hung Hom where I could get a nice furnished apartment for no more than $17,000 HK per month? I am willing to travel maybe 20 to 30 minutes to work and I do not want to live on HK Island. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I will actually be in HK for 2 weeks from 28/7 to 8/8 to meet with employers and can check out suggested apartments/areas then.
LG

[socool]

hey yall,
colette / jay thanks for the tips. How do i get to fenwick pear ? really need to do my hair! You guys are in HK since long time ? ++

[colette]

It is in Wanchai. Just get in a cab on Hk island side and ask to go there if the cab driver does not know then ask to go to the convention center. It is a short walk from the convention center along the harbor towards the harbor tunnel on the road that boarders the harbor (less than 1 block). It has a sort of posh seafood place called the Quarterdeck next to it. I have lived here three years.

Colette

[jayinhongkong]

You can also take the MTR to Admiralty and walk across the walkway. You have to walk through Queensway Plaza and there is a walkway that leads to the waterfront. Lots of people like to smoke on it. Walk to the waterfront and enter the office building there (near the Tamar site). Go to the ground floor and exit and cross the street and you will smell the stench of sewage. When you smell it, you know you're in the right place.

Walk towards your right and if you look to your left, you will see a white building with a blue fire escape on the outside of the building. The barber shop is on the ground floor.

If they mess you up, don't come back here crying to me. I used to get my hair cut there over 10 years ago. They have the equipment, but not the know how to give you the kind of cut you'd get at a black/Latino barbershop in the US. They basically do standard Navy cuts, but without any kind of outlining on the front and sides. All they can do is fade your hair down. the US Navy guys with more complicated 'hip-hop' hairstyles (caesars, points) cut each other's hair. Believe me, I know, I've discussed it with them.

I can cut hair and I know what I'm doing, but I don't really enjoy it because I'm a perfectionist and it takes a hell of a lot of concentration. I also don't particularly enjoy having hair all over me, and cleaning my clippers afterwards is a real PITA.

It's the desire for a perfect cut that led me to learn how to cut hair through trial and error. If anyone really needs a cut, the minimum it would take for me to get my clippers/straight razor out would be $300. I've been shaping up my friends and family for about eight years, but I primarily cut my own (using two mirrors).

[grantlawesq]

Hi all;
Well I arrived in HK last night at approx 6:45 pm and my first experience here was being swindled by a "Taxi Driver". I was told by my company to take a taxi from the airport to the Harbour Plaza Metropolis. After I got my bags I headed to the Taxi signs, where I was approached by a man asking if I needed a Taxi. I said yes and he took me to a waiting minivan. Not knowing what Taxi's look like in HK (probably should have looked it up in advance on travel site) I went with him. Bottom line is I got to my hotel safely but it cost me $680 HKD! I am told by the hotel that the cost from airport to hotel is normally $300HKD. In any event, I won't hold that one incident against HK and hope that I will meet some of you eventually.
LG

[colette]

My husband's Band Transnoodle, is playing at Makumba on the 8th. And we are going to have a house party this month I am just trying to pick out a good date. Also, I am Colette Marie Semien on Facebook if any of you are on it. I am sorry you got swindled by a cab. It seems really hard to get swindled here most of the time.


Colette