weekends

two weekends ago i went on a junk trip to saikung, which is far enough away from hk that the water is clear. it's the premier scuba'ing spot around here, which incidentally, is not saying much, but you can actually see your feet underwater. the day was quite nice. we brought a picnic of breads and olives, cheeses and meats on sticks. for the vegetarians and the ants, we brought dorritos and baba ganoujh (and by we, i mean they who do the cooking and bringing). we lazily disc'd for a bit, but mostly, i paddled around on a windsurfing board (with a kayaking paddle) and explored the shoreline. it took a lot of balance since i wasn't strapped into the board, and the next day my obliques were sore. i totally saved the day by going on a beer run back to the boat when we ran out...but it turns out that after all that clamoring (by them) and all that rowing (by me), only two people drank the beer. the rest of them pirated my seven-up and coke. while rowing, i sang the pirates of the caribbean theme song and just around the riverbend at the top of my lungs...the whole thing felt slightly anti-social and totally shuangy. oh, and i snorkeled for a stint. plenty of rocky crabs and little silver fish skimpered across my path. i crept up to a dark cavern, but shied away...if i were in the little mermaid, i'd be Flounder.

last weekend i played lots of frisbee and dressed up like a pimp. halloween here is a Big Deal. the police roped off lankwaifong because once some people died mufasa-style (a la trampling).

this weekend i fell asleep during a mongolian throat singing concert. the jazz band accompaniment wasn't doing it for me. the two mixers on their stupid ibooks were even more vexing. stop exploiting these people's culture. let them do their own concert and make your money being a jazz band. sheesh. horses can't run in a darkened coffee shop. at points, the music reminded me of that scene in funny face (with audrey hepburn) where she's in the french cafe and dancing with lots of elbows and knees and trombones.

saturday, i: got my cable fixed, played some disc, skinned a knee, won HK$100 in a poker game, fell asleep during the aviator, scored two cigars from a friend (one cuban, one dominican-for comparison's sake).

sunday, i: watched connie and carla (heart), played more disc, ate half a watermelon by myself sans spoon, got a foot massage, and rode around on a friend's motorcycle. SWEET. my life is sweet. and of course, throughout there was plenty of food.