first high table

So today, I went to my first high table dinner. What is that you might ask? High Table is a roughly monthly hall event here in the HKU Halls in which everyone in a hall gets together, eats, listens to some people talk. It was cool and all other than the fact it took ALMOST 7 HOURS...that would be 6:45pm-1:30am.

The food was really good though, and in hindsight, it wasn't that bad. All in all, I'm glad I went.

[note: this is not my high table, just a picture of high table]

northside

Whoever said "northcampus" is easy, well as much as you are entitled to your own opinion, I have to respectfully disagree. This weekend I really did not do that much, I stayed in with the intention of getting a lot of work done. In one easy work: F A I L.

Well time to get back to reading...yah Feminism!

product of inproductivity

SOOOO COOOL.

enough said.

Fuck Em!

I was planning on buying these jeans anyways from APC, but now Supreme has given me one more good reason to take the plunge.

One With the Underdogs

Tonight, American Hardcore band Terror is playing in Hong Kong and I will not be there. It's not that I don't want to go, it just seemed like too much effort to see a band I never really got that into...by myself. Yeah it is hard enough to find show buddies in the states, here I have no idea. Terror is a band I'd like to see one day simply because they are such an icon in the hardcore scene. Maybe next time.

Darn, I just remembered, although this band is FROM LA, they were banned from playing in LA because of all the ish that went down at their shows. Dag yo.

Add one more thing I miss at home...

Where the Wild Things Are x Ceremony

What do you get when you cross the childhood favorite "Where the Wild Things Are" and Opening Ceremony?

Freaking Awesome!

More info at Hypebeast

To my one and only follower...

Sorry I haven't been update this regularly. Since our weekend trip to Macau, I have been sick and just trying to recover/go to school. Hopefully this weekend will be productive...but just a quick update.

This guy in the tiara is DJ Tak.

DJ Tak is one of the resident DJs at club Club Billion here in Hong Kong. Monica and I met this guy one night a few weeks ago at a student association club party. Basically, he DJ'ed the gig, I commented I liked his Vans, he told us it was his birthday and that we should come to his birthday party at Billion. So we did, as did 18 other friends. Since then we text him just every week and he hooks us up at Billion and Club Beijing.

Thats the plan for tonight, should be fun! Peace.

do you have a condom?

Just now marks the second time locals have asked me for a condom, but this time it was it was three of them, and two of them had face paint on...I really hope this is some kind of scavenger hunt.

And for the record (and any locals) I DO NOT HAVE ANY CONDOMS.

As a consolation prize, please enjoy the lol cat below.

down at the race track.

Today, a bunch of us went to the Happy Valley Racetrack. Byron and myself had to get there late because of House, but yea we pretty much missed all the races...but it totally lead to a huge SUCCESS!

Walking the the street, I swear we walked by this guy.

This is Sam. He is a member of Subcrew and from what I gather from their blog, Sam is also somewhat of a celebrity. I wish I had stopped him to figure out if it was really him try and talk to him, but we were trying to hurry and catch the last race. Then we ended the night in Won Chai for Ladies Night. Too bad I'm not a lady.
O well, part FAIL, part SUCCESS, time for sleep.

1,2,3,...8?

o today they hoisted the Typhoon no. 8 Warning, which is just above 3. This also means if the same conditions persist until tomorrow there is no school. That also means most public transit is shut down, and McDonald's wont deliver.

At this point, although I am experiencing a typhoon first hand, I actually don't know what formally constitutes a Typhoon. So I looked it up.


"A Pacific typhoon or tropical storm is a tropical cyclone that forms in the northwestern Pacific Ocean." (via Wikipedia.org)

That would explain the wind and rain...So far I have direct contact with Swine Flu and a Typhoon.

What's next? 

H1N1

First off, I don't have it (I think), but I did get tested for it today. One of our friends, Sharon, is our first confirmed case of H1N1 in our little group of friends. When we found out this morning, Steven, Mike and I hopped in a taxi and went to the Designated Flu Clinic to get tested...and get some Tamiflu.

This is how our day started:

If we all get sick, blame it on this one.

So after getting a long Q-tip jammed way too far up my nose and a little bit of sweet talk, this is what I got back. I get my test results back in 3 days, but I started Tamiflu already.

Four Days a Week I Go Here

Last week realized that I had no pictures of campus and because the only reason I'm in HK is because of school, it seems only proper to post some pictures of it. Enjoy.

On-Campus Martial Arts Demonstration.

 

 

pond. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awkard Covel-ish stairs.

 

Can't Escape.

 

  

  

 

lolz.

Neighborhood x Coke Zero

If you haven't already heard (or really don't care that much about a soda can) Neighborhood did a collaboration can with Coke Zero in here in Hong Kong. Today I was lucky enough to find a couple of cans while eating lunch at our usually spot, the hospital.
 

I don't know why I was so excited for a soda can, but here's my next target...a shopping bag.

Dim Sum and Then Some

So last week, we went out to Dim Sum, and being in Hong Kong it was really good. The only thing that sucked was we found out later that night that one of the guys who came was sick and didn't bother to mention it to anyone. The next day I thought I was going to get sick and with swine flu at pandemic status here, I didn't think I was being that paranoid. Later I found out he was having kidney problems. The next day I was ok...Then I found $10.


No English means you know it's good.


This poor lady had to deal with Canto from Steven, Mandarin from Selena and a really confused Nicholas from Luxembourg.


I just realized we had the whole chicken on the table.


nom.

Lolz

So my girlfriend sent me this link the other day. I'm not sure how much free time this guy had, but I have to say TOTAL SUCCESS!

IKEA Hong Kong

The other day the crew was shopping in Causeway Bay, when we decided to hit up Ikea HK.


Man if you thought Ikea in the States is crowded, come to Hong Kong. Basically this is pretty normal for everything. Streets, subway, McDonalds...basically you're always 5 ft from another person wherever you go.


So we stopped by because different people needed different things, but the main goal was to get Selena a mattress pad because all the beds here tend to be super firm and she had had enough...but not after chilling in the demo chairs for a while.


Then the demo beds.



View from the most comfortable bed in HK.



After searching for a while, we found a nice floor model on sale (only $480HKD=$60USD) but since we could were on public transit, we needed to find a way to reduce it to a manageable size. So after 2 rolling attempts, one angry sales lady and a lot of stares, us loud Americans got the job done with the help of a friendly employee and a lot of saran wrap.


SUCCESS!

O yeah...

OH HAI!

8 Minute Abs:1, Me:0

GET AWESOME!