Post-New Years HK / Dragon-I

Things after New Years were a little more low-key.

Eugene and his sister Michelle hosted a fantastic Deerfield dinner in Repulse Bay.




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The day after I got a little bit of a cough. And so I ate a goose head and monky foot and some nasty chinese medicine my grandma gave me and instantly got better.

I checked out the back of the medicine box and realized why...



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We went out to this weird Chinese restaurant that was delicious but so strange in that the waitstaff are allowed to answer their cellphones while they are working. I literally saw three different waiters/bus-people stop what they were doing completely and have casual personal conversations. So weird.

Also they were prepping for a super Asian wedding where the bride's name is Jelly.



I had to look twice. At first I thought it said "FELLY and Marc", which kind of makes sense if it's a gay wedding and one husband just happens to be named Felly short for Felix.

But no.

Jelly.

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I went out one night with my new friend Garrick and met a bunch of HK g's.



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And then Pat - also known as PPL - who was once my favorite person but I haven't seen since high school, landed in town.



We shopped for chinky trinkets and then went to Ajisen Ramen in Mong Kok where Felly and Anne and I went last time and it is a chain but chains in HK are awesome and so cheap and you HAVE to try the Beef w/Garlic Flake and I really like run-on sentences. It is sewwwww good.



The spicy beef ramen ain't bad either.



Later on we also met up with fellow Deerfielder Kady at the top of LKF hotel.



And former-Spice Girl / Felix's former co-high-school-Class-President (our world is so small) Lindsay was in town and joined us as well.



Everyone was in town for random business school adventures and stuff.

And Kady just picked up a cool Polaroid cammy from Japan.



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FINALLY.....last night, which was my last night in town, I met up with non-Kwan cousins and aunties for a fancy dinner.



And then met up with Chavelli, Roxanne, and friends.




And Clarence!



And PPL of course.



To know Chev and Roxy is to know HK's Paris and Nicky Hilton without having to know the Hilton's best friends (herpes and awfulness).

It seems like a decade ago when Tim and I first met them and they brought us to the brand-new (at the time) Dragon-I.

Somehow, four years later, Dragon-I has managed to remain the hottest club in HK.

Wednesday at D-i is Models Night. (Jesse you would love it.)

Chev got us all into the club with no hassle whatsoever. Love her.



Anyway. Yay. It was a ton of fun.




And I met a fellow giant.



And we bumped into other Browns.



HONG KONGGGGGG








It's so cool to have seen/met so many people in Hong Kong this time around.

Greatest city ever.

Let me know if you want to come next time. Will be back for sure in Feb 2011 if not sooner.

Open invitation to everyone! (Probs can't stay with me though, big Kwan reunion.)

OK I'm jumping on my flight back to LA.



BYE!

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!!!!!

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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.