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how much do u pay for your hair cut?

leetahbar

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actually just been to a mei mei barber. was surprised she asked me whether i wanted an "ARMANI" stylo-milo hairstyle for the slightly higher price of $8 instead of the regular $5.

what the hell is armani? so i passed. would there be a gucci or prada or ck hair style??
 

leetahbar

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if the hairstlyist is good ...its worth every single cent :wink:

this is quite absurd and contrary.

is david gan good? he doesn't even have a strand of hair!! my wifey ever so stupidly paid like almost $1k for a very messed up hair which i think i could do better :(
 

GoldenDragon

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is david gan good? he doesn't even have a strand of hair!! my wifey ever so stupidly paid like almost $1k for a very messed up hair which i think i could do better :(

If yours is BIG, STRONG and FRIENDLY, David Gan will give you a free haircut. He 'kills' women but saves the men!
 

drifter

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this is quite absurd and contrary.

is david gan good? he doesn't even have a strand of hair!! my wifey ever so stupidly paid like almost $1k for a very messed up hair which i think i could do better :(

david gan is over-charging ...when i was back in singapore for holiday i went over to his salon once and left with regrets ..
 

laksaboy

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I remember some barber shops in the past had complimentary ear digging service for every haircut. Sometimes they would also give you a good shoulder and neck massage.

My friend used to go to a police station for a free(?) or very cheap haircut. Not sure if there are free/cheap barbers in police stations now.

Nowadays the traditional barber shops are dying out. My barber downstairs, where I had cut my hair for nearly two decades, recently had no choice but to close down because:

1) Competition from QB House, EC House and CB House etc. (even these '10 min House' barbers are victims to #2...)
2) Aggressive barber price cutting war from Snip Avenue and other similar franchise barber shop-hair salon hybrids. You can't beat $2.80 for a haircut.
3) PAP Town Council scumbags jacking up shop rents after en blocs and lift upgrading.

Gone are the days where you can chat with the barber and he/she instinctively knows what haircut you want. Nowadays, you get the soulless franchise barber shops whose employee barbers are young punks that provide a shitty service. Also their roster changes daily or weekly, so good luck to you if you want a fixed barber.
 

kingrant

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Surely the lowest is charged by this hair salon next to NTUC Kang Kah. It's only $.80. Yes, repeat, eighty cents.

But there is a caveat. For members only. Otherwise, it cuts men's hair for $3.80. But at this price you rank after everybody in the queue who has more than a haircut to wait for.

in hdb barber shop, it was $10 per cut. in salon, it ranges from $18 and above.

just discovered actually hair cut for men could be so very much cheaper!

in chinatown, barber shop run by china mei mei goes for $5 per cut....er...with the "extra services" it would be negotiable. heck! just go for the $5 would ok and looking good.

when u thought that was cheap, there was even cheaper one. at redhill mrt, there's a salon shop which offers $3.60 per cut! wow! this one is super fast. done in less than 5 mins!! when u think that's cheap, then come along another even cheaperer at clementi central. couldn't see clearly the price as it was obstructed by a long, long queue. was told it was below $3.
 

Kuailan

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in hdb barber shop, it was $10 per cut. in salon, it ranges from $18 and above.

just discovered actually hair cut for men could be so very much cheaper!

in chinatown, barber shop run by china mei mei goes for $5 per cut....er...with the "extra services" it would be negotiable. heck! just go for the $5 would ok and looking good.

when u thought that was cheap, there was even cheaper one. at redhill mrt, there's a salon shop which offers $3.60 per cut! wow! this one is super fast. done in less than 5 mins!! when u think that's cheap, then come along another even cheaperer at clementi central. couldn't see clearly the price as it was obstructed by a long, long queue. was told it was below $3.

I paid 80cts, join as member paid $15.00, for the next 12 hair cut pay 80cents, logical? yes!
and its an aircon saloon not cheapo road side barber!
 

Conqueror

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Baddies Became Soldiers ?

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Many army NCOs were also ex-gangsters at one time. They joined the military to escape from the police and subject themselves to military law.


“好人不当兵” 请问,下一句是什么?
 

vamjok

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Why are you keeping long hair and ponytail? Men are supposed to keep short hair. Just now you say you're police, now you say your big bro is gangster???

actually....i realised this was more or less still the case now, maybe not that recent..say 10 years back?

strange enough all the gangsters in my sec sch during NS went to the police. i am very positive all of them have records of fighting etc and known to join local neighbourhood gangs.
 

Ramseth

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actually....i realised this was more or less still the case now, maybe not that recent..say 10 years back?

strange enough all the gangsters in my sec sch during NS went to the police. i am very positive all of them have records of fighting etc and known to join local neighbourhood gangs.

Records of fighting were almost a must in old PA recruitment. However, must be just school or police warning records. You must win the fights (beat up people) and the cases you argued with disciplinary authorities to walk away free or at most with warnings. What kind of sec. sch. boys fit that criteria? Of course mostly gangsters.

Records of losing fights (getting beaten up) or losing cases and juvenile criminal records would almost certainly disqualify one from police. That was LKY policy. It was gradually phased out after GCT became PM and totally phased out after LHL became PM.

In my times in the force, beating up people were common. A constable just passed out from PA was called Sir respectfully and fearfully by the public. Now, police wearing corporal and sergeant ranks have to call the public Sir and politely request them to co-operate. Police beating up people in is now history. In the old days, someone got beaten by police and complained had to prove excessivce force. Nowadays, police have to prove necessary force. So, police nowadays would avoid beating up people and rather let criminals run and issue warrant later. Police nowadays have no fighting experience to be confident at it anyway.

It's a dangerous matter, to the police, when beating up people. It has to be executed confidently, cleanly and safely. Because police are armed, in a fight if the firearms are snatched, it could be fatal. Don't think that just because of uniform or warrant card criminals surrender and let police beat them up.
 
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cheowyonglee

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Most of us recruited into regular police force in my era and before have one kind or another of gangster or community backgrounds. Yes, including the Malays and Indians. But of course, just links and backgrounds, not criminal records. The present system of looking at academic credentials only is worrying, isn't that what you're complaining? Police officers just out of schools who have no idea and experience of real life and just say yes means yes, no means no?

haaaha.then let me ask you, how can the police be so sure the gang linked police recruit might not spoil the police operation one day if they have friends connected to the operations?leapord never change as you know the meaning in these sentence.
 
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Ramseth

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haaaha.then let me ask you, how can the police be so sure the gang linked police recruit might not spoil the police operation one day if they have friends connected to the operations?leapord never change as you know the meaning in these sentence.

You don't understand police operation. We need insider informants. Some of them we have to let them go, unspoken and unrecorded, in order to succeed for the bigger picture of the operation. We have to return favors for information. For example, someone who gave information for a successful drug raid is frequenting a gambling den that we want to raid. We'll have to tip him off to avoid going there during the raiding hours. If you don't know them and they don't take you as friends, bigger cases can't be solved and resolved as efficiently. Even up to arrest, investigation and prosecution levels, there's plea bargaining in exchange for more information to catch a bigger fish. This is policing reality. An investigation or prosectuting officer without such backgrounds and connexions is obviously handicapped in securing the best bargain for police and greater public good. Such criminals are not afraid of jail. It depends on who they want to give face to.
 

Ramseth (Inf)

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You don't understand police operation. We need insider informants. Some of them we have to let them go, unspoken and unrecorded, in order to succeed for the bigger picture of the operation. We have to return favors for information. For example, someone who gave information for a successful drug raid is frequenting a gambling den that we want to raid. We'll have to tip him off to avoid going there during the raiding hours. If you don't know them and they don't take you as friends, bigger cases can't be solved and resolved as efficiently. Even up to arrest, investigation and prosecution levels, there's plea bargaining in exchange for more information to catch a bigger fish. This is policing reality. An investigation or prosectuting officer without such backgrounds and connexions is obviously handicapped in securing the best bargain for police and greater public good. Such criminals are not afraid of jail. It depends on who they want to give face to.

my clone ever the spf hero. how can they cope without u. :p
 

IreneYeoh

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You don't understand police operation. We need insider informants. Some of them we have to let them go, unspoken and unrecorded, in order to succeed for the bigger picture of the operation. We have to return favors for information. For example, someone who gave information for a successful drug raid is frequenting a gambling den that we want to raid. We'll have to tip him off to avoid going there during the raiding hours. If you don't know them and they don't take you as friends, bigger cases can't be solved and resolved as efficiently. Even up to arrest, investigation and prosecution levels, there's plea bargaining in exchange for more information to catch a bigger fish. This is policing reality. An investigation or prosectuting officer without such backgrounds and connexions is obviously handicapped in securing the best bargain for police and greater public good. Such criminals are not afraid of jail. It depends on who they want to give face to.

Law is law. How can you police bargain with criminals? :mad:
 
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