Central, and Collapsing Chinese People.

(to set the mood for you folks, I am sitting here rockin' some Hall & Oates, with a brown Dachshund warming my feet.)

Alright, so to kick things off, I just have to say that from the moment we arrived from the airport to my Aunt Gina's crib at 5 in the morning local time, we've been on the go nonstop. I'm feeling a bit haggard, but overall fulfilled and eager. My mother and I were welcomed to the household by their 3 doggies, my sleepy eyed television reporter cousin Arthur, and their resident housekeeper, Nora. Deciding that sleep should be kept as an afterthought, and not a priority, we head to the local mall that is connected to the apartment complex, hitting this Indian restaurant to gorge ourselves on the buffet. Pretty amazing food. Tandoori Fish! Never even heard of the concept before. (I only had a bite, but it was pretty impressive) .
We proceeded onward to their beautiful pool, that can be seen from the stunning view of their balcony. This pool was designed to mimic a shoreline, so residents can essentially hit the pool without having to dodge any sharks. I did a total of maybe 6 laps through the length of the 'shoreline', which tuckered me out somethin' fierce. Oh yeah, did I mention that I'm a pale beast of a man? Yeah, I'm glad people wore their sunglasses. I managed not to burn though, which is a feat considering how powerful the Sun is in this town.

After enjoying the pool for the sum of 3 hours, my Tita ("aunt" in Filipino), my mother, and I head inside to clean up. We decide to meet my cousin Arthur after he gets off of work for some Thai food on Hong Kong Island, in the area known as "Central".

This is like, the baller part of the city, where all the businessmen and women go to play. Bars, expensive brand name shops, and incredible food. This area I find to be the most pleasing for picture taking. At night, everything is practically on fire with lights.

I make sure to bring the Black Brick if I know I'm going to be in Central for the day (or night). We end up eating at this hip Thai restaurant called Cafe Siam. The food was pretty good. My cousin and I decided to hit the night life afterwards, so after grabbing a drink at a local hole, we end up at one of the major clubs in Central called Cliq.

Turns out that that night we were to witness an electro house event called Pimpin' Ain't Easy .

The party was off the hook. At first, the opener was playing some raggaeton that I wasn't too fond of, but once the dirty shit kicked in, we started to have a blast. The drink prices were from another planet. Needless to say, I was extremely tired due to lack of sleep, at this point, so I started to dig into some hard hitting beverages to give myself a 2nd wind. Yup, I got a little drunk. Way to christen my first night! Art's friend Natalie showed up with some chums, which helped make the experience fun since she knew how to get down, HK style. At one point I remember wearing Arthur's suit jacket (since he had come straight from work) and doing some of my pop & lock routine, haha.

At one point, I was standing there alone, waiting for the others to get back from some sort of mission, and this Chinese girl next to me collapses amongst her circle of friends. The security rushes in and attempts to shake her awake, to no success. They start dragging her by me with blood coming out of her mouth (wtf?), and they bring her to the entrance of the place and start to perform CPR on the spot. I think they eventually got her out of there on her own two feet, but wow what an experience. Roofies and Vodka maybe?

So Art and I left this place, reverberating from the mega soundsystem from the club, and we stumble our way home for a measly few hours of sleep. Till the next adventure.