Boo Cantonese.
So its been a busy week. The team was reunited on Monday night and the evening was spent roof-side catching up on all the weekend shenanigans.
Tuesday I went to class and got stood up by my Gender Div group and studied Canto a bit. And then tragedy struck. We arrived in Wan Chai (me all dolled up in bondage pants and fishnet sleeves and everything) and Carnegies was gone! There were big temporary walls around it and 'Closed for Construction' signs. :( What were we to do without free vodka??? Well we regrouped and headed to this place around the corner called 'Skitz'. Free drinks for ladies, much higher quality than the free vodka.
There was a band... they were good, but odd? Four black guys, one with loooong dreds, they took turns singing and covered nearly every genre you'd play in a bar. The bass player sang Bryan Adams' 'Summer of '69', the drummer sang Kanye West's 'Golddigger' and the keyboard player sang 'Let It Be' by the Beatles. Couldn't have been more random.
Some of us ended up at Old China Hand later and I eventually made it to LKF with a trio of trouble. There were some amusing pics taken of me misbehaving that night. If Thijs ever sends them to me I'll post one or two. It was a good night.
Wednesday not so much good. Hang over + studying Canto = misery. But it was Cowboy Dan's birthday so we had a roof bbq which was really fun and Mary broke out some classic country at the birthday boy's request. I've missed country. We sang loud. And by "we" I mean Mary, Dan, Kelly and I. The Europeans were horrified, the Aussies confused and the other Americans were too cool and sophisticated to be countrified. Losers.
Today: Cantonese test. Harder than the last. :( I hope I did better than I thought I did. Its not my fault that the Chinese want to have the word hou have 6 meanings. Its confusing. Grrrrrr.
Later today... We're going for dinner at the dumpling King where you can get half a dozen fried dumplings, noodle soup, and sweet soy milk for $18HK. Thats less than $3US. You may not know about delicious HK fried dumplings, but 6 is a lot for one girl to eat alone. They are full of unidentifyable meat and veggies and fish and are sooo greasy and delectable. And then you get a liter of soup. Seriously the bowl is the size of my head. Its ridiculous.
Looking forward to dinner-
Abby
Tuesday I went to class and got stood up by my Gender Div group and studied Canto a bit. And then tragedy struck. We arrived in Wan Chai (me all dolled up in bondage pants and fishnet sleeves and everything) and Carnegies was gone! There were big temporary walls around it and 'Closed for Construction' signs. :( What were we to do without free vodka??? Well we regrouped and headed to this place around the corner called 'Skitz'. Free drinks for ladies, much higher quality than the free vodka.
There was a band... they were good, but odd? Four black guys, one with loooong dreds, they took turns singing and covered nearly every genre you'd play in a bar. The bass player sang Bryan Adams' 'Summer of '69', the drummer sang Kanye West's 'Golddigger' and the keyboard player sang 'Let It Be' by the Beatles. Couldn't have been more random.
Some of us ended up at Old China Hand later and I eventually made it to LKF with a trio of trouble. There were some amusing pics taken of me misbehaving that night. If Thijs ever sends them to me I'll post one or two. It was a good night.
Wednesday not so much good. Hang over + studying Canto = misery. But it was Cowboy Dan's birthday so we had a roof bbq which was really fun and Mary broke out some classic country at the birthday boy's request. I've missed country. We sang loud. And by "we" I mean Mary, Dan, Kelly and I. The Europeans were horrified, the Aussies confused and the other Americans were too cool and sophisticated to be countrified. Losers.
Today: Cantonese test. Harder than the last. :( I hope I did better than I thought I did. Its not my fault that the Chinese want to have the word hou have 6 meanings. Its confusing. Grrrrrr.
Later today... We're going for dinner at the dumpling King where you can get half a dozen fried dumplings, noodle soup, and sweet soy milk for $18HK. Thats less than $3US. You may not know about delicious HK fried dumplings, but 6 is a lot for one girl to eat alone. They are full of unidentifyable meat and veggies and fish and are sooo greasy and delectable. And then you get a liter of soup. Seriously the bowl is the size of my head. Its ridiculous.
Looking forward to dinner-
Abby
posted by Abby-Wan Kenobi at 3:04 AM
2 Comments:
I'm just picturing how nice that teal sunhat looked at the cowboy bbq. Not only was your pretty little nose safe from the dreaded UV's but I'm sure it added that special something to the country karaoke.
Yeah the sunhat didn't make it to the bbq, as the bbq didn't start till about 7 at night and most of the dreaded UVs were shining on a different part of the globe. I did take advantage of the sunscreen up on the roof today (Friday). Tan-good, Burn-bad.
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