New Years 2010: Tuxes, Partyhats, and a Circus
After a week of rain and cold and foggytown, December 31st was bright and sunny and New Years Eve started off clear and wonderful.
I met up with the crew at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club where the fancy dinner was ending and black-tie festivities were underway.
Everyone got custom-tailored tuxes made for the event for about $1000 HKD each (about $125).
And then if you are a label-whore like me you have the tailor also sew in Giorgio Armani labels for an extra buck or two. HOLLLLAAAA
The idea of getting all dressed up was annoying in my mind, and I had forgotten to bring a white shirt, and you have no idea what an ordeal it was to find a white shirt NOT made for a tiny twink asian body in HK, but once we were all out and everyone was looking totally baller it was all worth it.
It is amazing how you can be in the heart of Asia yet if you look closely at the picture below there are only one or two Asian people in the picture and the rest are all guai-los (white devils).
It is also amazing that the venue provided everyone with PARTYHATS.
Noisemakers.
Jump-ropes....(?)
And champagne.
For the countdown we all went outside to watch the fireworks along the harbor.
Eugene's dad was a major source of entertainment.
Everyone was looking fierce.
FIERCE FACE!
The countdown came really abruptly. Like there was no music or anything. Just lots of people outside chattering and being fancy. And then all of a sudden a man on a boat with a megaphone started counting down and we are all like oh I guess we're doing this...
HAPPPPPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
.......................................................
After midnight we all headed to the Grand Hyatt where there was a circus-themed party going on.
We had purchased tickets in advance for like $1200 each but I think the person at the door must have thought I was one of the performers (man-on-stilts most likely) and didn't even bother checking my ticket or giving me a wristband. One of our other friends needed a ticket so I ended up reselling my ticket inside and basically got a free and epic New Years party.
Yayyyy me.
Yay men-on-stilts.
Open bar comes with the annoyingness of having to wait forever for drinks.
But it has its plusses in that people just go and take turns ordering 20 drinks at a time without worrying about paying and you double-fist your face off.
And I just love partyhats!
Eugene had on a different party hat each time I saw him.
Mmmmm....wastedface.
At 3am they broke out a breakfast buffet.
Full of food, I somehow autopiloted home.
Some of these other crazies continued onward to Dragon-i and stayed out until 7am.
Happy New Year everyone!
2010 is going to be so much more wonderful that 2009 I can already feel it in my almost-fully-healed bones.
I met up with the crew at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club where the fancy dinner was ending and black-tie festivities were underway.
Everyone got custom-tailored tuxes made for the event for about $1000 HKD each (about $125).
And then if you are a label-whore like me you have the tailor also sew in Giorgio Armani labels for an extra buck or two. HOLLLLAAAA
The idea of getting all dressed up was annoying in my mind, and I had forgotten to bring a white shirt, and you have no idea what an ordeal it was to find a white shirt NOT made for a tiny twink asian body in HK, but once we were all out and everyone was looking totally baller it was all worth it.
It is amazing how you can be in the heart of Asia yet if you look closely at the picture below there are only one or two Asian people in the picture and the rest are all guai-los (white devils).
It is also amazing that the venue provided everyone with PARTYHATS.
Noisemakers.
Jump-ropes....(?)
And champagne.
For the countdown we all went outside to watch the fireworks along the harbor.
Eugene's dad was a major source of entertainment.
Everyone was looking fierce.
FIERCE FACE!
The countdown came really abruptly. Like there was no music or anything. Just lots of people outside chattering and being fancy. And then all of a sudden a man on a boat with a megaphone started counting down and we are all like oh I guess we're doing this...
HAPPPPPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
.......................................................
After midnight we all headed to the Grand Hyatt where there was a circus-themed party going on.
We had purchased tickets in advance for like $1200 each but I think the person at the door must have thought I was one of the performers (man-on-stilts most likely) and didn't even bother checking my ticket or giving me a wristband. One of our other friends needed a ticket so I ended up reselling my ticket inside and basically got a free and epic New Years party.
Yayyyy me.
Yay men-on-stilts.
Open bar comes with the annoyingness of having to wait forever for drinks.
But it has its plusses in that people just go and take turns ordering 20 drinks at a time without worrying about paying and you double-fist your face off.
And I just love partyhats!
Eugene had on a different party hat each time I saw him.
Mmmmm....wastedface.
At 3am they broke out a breakfast buffet.
Full of food, I somehow autopiloted home.
Some of these other crazies continued onward to Dragon-i and stayed out until 7am.
Happy New Year everyone!
2010 is going to be so much more wonderful that 2009 I can already feel it in my almost-fully-healed bones.
Labels: fancy events, hk2010, holidays, hong kong, new years, theme parties, wastedface
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