The Day the Music Died

We had a three day weekend so some of my co-workers and I decided to go camping in Sai Kung on the beach.  Caitlin and I met at 7:30am because its kind of a mission to get there, you have to catch a couple mini buses and then hike in...and we wanted to get some Chinese steamed buns for all the bus rides. We were so excited because it was just such nice weather and we had a long weekend so we were practically running this hike (of course, I mean the downhill parts) and we were there a good three hours before everyone else showed up.  We set up all three tents so that we had an ocean view and a little bit of a rock garden area.

We rewarded ourselves with beers and splashing around in the water for all of our hard work.  Finally Jacob and Matilda and Sarah and Philip arrived, apparently the water was really rough so boats had stopped running.  So we all swam for a while and then when we went back to our tent compound some dicks had set up like 7 tents right in our ocean view.  We made a fuss and they were kind of jerks about it, but we ended up dragging our tents out from behind theirs and back to a sea view.  Jacob built an amazing fire, Caitlin and I started making smores, Jacob was playing his ukulele and we were all singing an joking and having a grand time.  It was super windy and we were getting a lot of sand in our faces...and in our s'mores, but carefree beach fun was in full swing.  SNAP, the **** to mine and Caitlin's tent shattered.  Cailtin and Jacob went back to the rental shop to sort it all out and they took our deposit, but did get us another tent.  While they were gone I used the time to challenge Philip to a push up challenge.  Sarah timed us, and I did 50 in a minute, which I was feeling pretty good about, until Philip did 70...what a dick.  When Caitlin and Jacob got back we all teamworked it into place as quickly as we could with no light and tummies full of beer chocolate and marshmallow.

Anyway, I will only speak for myself, but I think everyone else feels this way too.  I'm at a point in friendship with my co-workers where I'm so in love with it, and just creepily want to hang out with them all the time, and feel no need to have other friends, which led to this situation...

phone a friend

Kelly 

i droped my phone down a sewer grate last night

Caitlin 

I know :( I'm so sorry

Kelly 

how do you know!?

Caitlin 

I'm talking to Sarah now

Kelly 

how am i going to have my date tonight??!!

Caitlin 

Haha I'm in the sewer grate

Oh shit!

Kelly 

hahahaha

Caitlin 

Look him up on Facebook

Msg your mutual friend

Kelly 

i can only use fb on my phone

Caitlin

Oh man

Kelly 

i'm in a horrible catch 22

Caitlin 

Ok well can you email your friend

Kelly 

hahaha

Caitlin 

Can you call the police about getting your phone back

Kelly 

well i can't call anyone

Caitlin 

I feel like the police should know about who to call in regards to manholes

Kelly 

i don't even know where i was when i dropped it

can you ask sarah?

Caitlin 

Oh god. ..eek sorry

Kelly 

haha, no, don't be sorry i'm the idiot who did this

Caitlin 

She says outside little burro

Kelly 

oh really

i didn't even know we made it there

dammit

why do i have to get so drunk

gaaaahhh!! i really wish i didn't tutor today

Caitlin

Ok well come here after work. And we can figure something out

Kelly 

how much did you end up spending on your phone?

Caitlin

800

Kelly 

ok

Caitlin 

Ok well what is your friend name..or Oliver's name. I'll message him from my Facebook

Kelly

i only know his first name

i'm emailing the mutual friend now

Caitlin 

But maybe he its friends with your mutual friend

Haha ok good

Kelly 

oh, well that's the thing, he was a friend of their friend, so he didn't know my friends

its so convoluted!!!!

Caitlin

Oh my god

This is insane

You're supposed to marry this guy

Kelly 

bahahahaha

Caitlin

This is the story we tell at your wedding

Kelly 

except now i will never see him again!!!

jesus christ

Caitlin

You will

Kelly 

if i get a new phone as soon as i get back from tutoring it should be on by 5pm ish

Caitlin 

If I've learned anything from how I met your mother...

Kelly 

hahahahaha

its going to take 8 years!!!

Kelly 

ok

i feel really stupid

did you have fun last night?

we went to little burro?

what did i eat?

Caitlin

I did and the burrito was amazing

Kelly 

so many questions!!

Caitlin

You called ahead and ordered us three because they closed in 5 minutes

They were amazing!!

Kelly

hahahahaha

well at least my phone was of some use before i threw it down the crapper

Caitlin 

Haha

We can try to get it back

Kelly 

do you think that could happen?

i am more apt to give up on it

Caitlin 

It's worth a shot

They just have to send someone to open the grate

Kelly 

ok

is it cool if i come by your place after tutoring?

Caitlin 

Yup

Kelly 

sarah is sure it was in front of burro?

Caitlin 

Yup

Kelly 

ok

Caitlin 

Oh no! No Singapore pictures!

Kelly

i put them on my computer :)

Caitlin

You're genius

Kelly 

well, if you take a look at the last 24 hours of my life i think there is evidence to the contrary

Caitlin 

Do you think they have a forum on expat for things like this

Kelly 

hahaha

maybe

Caitlin 

Hahaha

You two were smashed

So funny

Kelly 

i woke up and i had googled alarm clock

and sewer phone

hahahaha...did we go somewhere after burro?

i feel like i tried to go to wan chai

Caitlin

Hashanah

We literally crashed into the bar next to little burro. Drank and ate. I went home. You wanted to do dusk till dawn

Kelly

hahaha

oh god

ok, well i'll ask you the rest of my questions in person

what is your room number?

Caitlin 

Sarah said you guys were going to have one more but then decided you guys should go home

Ok haha 9

Kelly 

hahaha ok

i love friday night

Peeing all over Asia...still

I woke up and had a vague memory of peeing somewhere I shouldn't have.  I remember looking at my watch and it being 9am and thinking awesome, I can catch the MTR home.  I went to the MTR, this would be mid Sunday morning, and I had to pee so bad.  I wedged myself into a corner, and because I was wearing a skirt I just used my hand to pull my undies to one side and peed there standing in a corner.  I thought this must be some sort of false memory, so I got out of bed and grabbed my skirt out of the laundry and smelled it, it didn't smell like urine, so that was comforting, then I smelled the shoes I was wearing...they definitely smelled like urine.  Its a miracle I haven't been arrested.

little burro

So, my friend Caitlin and I have kind of a love affair with a mexican restaurant called brickhouse.  Things were going well, but then we found an article about a new burrito place, Little Burro, that was opening.  We stalked their facebook page until they opened, and planned a big post work group to go check out these burritos.  This all sounds well and good, until you take into account that we went for happy hour drinks first.  I don't drink during the week, so when friday happy hour comes around I am just so excited I freak out and go way overboard.  We stayed at drinks until about 5 minutes until Little Burro was meant to close.  I called them to pre-order some burritos and we ran down the street from the bar we were in to Burro.

I was so drunk I immediately blacked out eating the burrito...this is sad, also, I made kind of an ass out of myself by busting into the shop so drunk, so not sure if I'm still welcomed there.  But my friends said the burrito was really good...this doesn't really make me feel better.

trapped

Got up and ready to go to work this morning after staying out a little too late last night because I had a friend playing at an open mic night.  I was all ready to leave a bit early so I could stop and get some breakfast on my way to school...but the joke is on me because when I went to leave my apartment the door handle would turn, but the door won't open.  So, I'm trapped inside my apartment.  I took the handle off on my side of the door and still no luck.  Currently I'm waiting on a locksmith.  And by waiting I mean I'm going to take a nap, this is a karma gift for all the good things I do!!

There is Only One Direction

I was lucky enough to go to the UK over my summer holiday...and even luckier to have a couple friends to meet up with while I was there.

First, I met up with my friend Josie and stayed at her parents home for a couple nights. It was amazing family home stay. Nice family meals, naps on the couch, bike rides through the countryside...so basically amazing!!!

Then, I went to Bath for the weekend and met up with my pal Pippa who was visiting some friends having a double birthday party, masquerade style.  Coincidentally, I had just purchased a set of masks featuring the one direction band (can I used band in this context) members.  So, while most of the other girls were getting their feathered and bejeweled masks on, I was pondering which 1D to be...I ended up choosing Nial, the blonde one, and Pippa decided to join me and wore the Louis, of course I brought the rest of the masks to the party, I mean after all they are a group and should stick together.

This was Pippa's first time to see a lot of these friends in 2 or 3 years, and she did it wearing a Harry Styles mask.  Some still knew her right away, and some just thought she was some creep wearing a 1D mask, fair enough.  I knew Pippa and her friends' whose house I was staying at, so I definitely
just looked like some creep wearing a 1D mask.  Also, Pippa's Louis eerily matched her skin tones and hair, so it really did resemble Louis in a dress

As the cider kept flowing we found our way to the dance floor, and let me tell you, dancing while wearing a 1D mask has changed my life.  I already dance like an absolute fool, but with the addition of the mask I seriously think we looked like weird cartoons or computer animations, it is in my top 5 dance floor moments.

End result of the Nial mask:  got asked to go home with a guy at 10pm, I declined because that's just too fucking early to be hooking up unless you stay at the party, felt like a celebrity on the dance floor...almost as if I was a member of 1D, the mask started a lot of conversations and ended a lot of conversations with all my new stranger friends, ended up going home with a welsh body-builder in town for some sort of tournament...thank you Nial.

I did end up losing all of the masks, Pippa managed to get hers home...I will never know how. So, before I caught my flight back to HK I was on a mad mission to re-collect them all.  I am still missing a Zayn, so if anyone wants to be a hero and send me one that would be fantastic.

And yes, they are now on the wall next to my bed, I am officially a 13 year old girl.

Things that make you go hmmmm

Well...recently a friend's boyfriend made her choose between our friendship and their relationship. She chose him. Okay. I am really sad, but I can overcome (you know, like the song). Then today I got an email from another friend (one who is/was friends with me and the other friend I just mentioned). She emailed me to tell me I am no longer welcomed to be in her wedding party. So...the reason for this post, how many friends can you lose before you start thinking you are the problem...

Questions, comments, please