Midterms are OVER!!!!
That was probably the most intense test taking process I've ever endured. They are so systematic with tests and test numbers and timing of the distribution and proctoring it's unreal. Now I just have to finish two homework assignments to be turned in before I leave and then I am free!
Walking around campus, I always like to notice how the girls do their hair. Since most of them are black, it makes hair styles quite complicated. My tutorial leader Natasha came in on Tuesday with a full new head of braids. Of course I had to comment on her proud new look. She was happy with it as well as it only cost R150 and took under 6 hours. Six hours for a hairdo? I couldn't believe it. I asked her what was normal and she said it generally took two people on one head six hours and would cost double. I told her that my hair cuts at home cost me at least $60, or somewhere over R500 and her jaw dropped. I had to explain that yes, for my fine blond hair, a wash, cut, and blowdry that takes less than an hour cost as much as it did.
Anyways, I got curious. I hopped on line and started looking up top hair salons in the area seeing how much services cost. A hair cut (for white people's hair) costs about $20 bucks. Full head of high lights, about $65 USD. Maybe I'll come back with a new doo! Services in Cape Town are extremely cheap. Bikini wax is $12. I recently learned the minimum wage is R12, or like $1.50, so that would make sense. Anyways, good opportunity to treat one's self when a hair cut is 20 bucks!
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