Sunday, March 05, 2006

Dreadfully Bad Saturday Night

After leaving Kowloon last night we split up, Chris, Hannah and I headed to LKF where we met all sorts of international students and expats and locals that we know.

Last night was basically the worst night I've had in HK, actually the worst night in recent memory. I'll try not to be too horribly specific, as it will only anger and upset me.

I'll just sum up the night. Hannah wound up very, very, drunk after meeting a cute bartender who gave her uncounted free shots. This led to me being quite embarrassed in front of three people I have the utmost respect for, Shahar, Anshel and Chris. When trying to send her home, H and I got in a fight and my feelings were really hurt. H ended up running off by herself and worrying me half-to-death about her safety, and I was so upset that I scared Zaira, Chris, and Shahar, who in turn called Beth so she too, could worry. Eventually we got H home, but in the process Chris lost his wallet, which is pretty much a the worst thing that can happen to you short of losing your passport.

By the time we'd handed H over to Alli, done a telephone hunt for Chris' wallet, I was at one of those emotional peaks that couldn't really be dealt with, so at 5 in the morning I woke Beth up to talk about the whole thing and we didn't go to bed till nearly 7am.

On a more personal note that I will not elaborate on: in the mix of everything going on, some rather inappropriate things were said to a guy I've been interested in here. Not only did it put us both in an extremely awkward situation, it happened right as we were having the whole 'what's going on with us' talk. So that sucked, and I'm at a bit of a loss at how to undo the damage, or similarly, how to look the poor man in the eye. He certainly did not deserve to be subjected to that, and he handled it with quite a bit of grace.

Anyway the icing on the cake is that today my trouble-making lush friend Hannah doesn't remember a damn thing.

Ok, in the Darhma fashion of putting things in a bubble, I'd like to confess a great deal of gratitude to my friends here, who showed their love for me so selflessly- Shahar, Anshel, Alli, Chris and Beth. Its amazing how people I only met a few weeks ago are like family to me now. While I was worried about H, they took the trouble to worry about me and I am so so so so so thankful to be blessed with good friends.

abby.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Reinterating - no good comes from drinking shots! Why don't all girls believe this?

3/05/2006 9:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yeah so. I just read your blog, for the last like three months, proving myself a loser with absolutely no life [who needs a hobby]. And I felt the need to share the fact that I love nutella. Its amazing.
And I love reading about your seemingly exciting hong kong experiences/events. It makes me want to leave the dead center (almost) of this country. But obviously I can't do this.. cry cry cry the end.

and. well. I can't wait until vacation this summer. because I have a feeling, going with your immediate family will be making it much more entertaining. :)

<3

3/07/2006 6:56 PM  

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