Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Singaporian Relatives, perhaps my first job, shopping, dimsum, birthdays and Swedes!

Hey hey heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy!
Weeeeeell, i left off last friday.
During the weekend the singaporian gang came over, that is; Guama, Kong Kong, Fred, Susan, Beatrice and Mei fong!
Oh btw, i went out to dragon I on friday, and i met Champ when we were heading home, it was good to see him again, he was dressed up pretty flashily and was with girlfriend and friends.
Well sunday morning Claire and I woke up in the morning for some Dimsum. Dimsum for those who don't know, is when you go sit down at a table and order small dishes from carts being pushed around. . . . trust me, we were STUFFED.
Wait a minute. . . . i think i met the relatives earlier than that. . . .. hmmm. . . . .yeeees, saturday during lunch time i met up with the relatives at the foodcourt in times square, it was great seeing everyone again. Everyone seemed healthy and energetic .. . oh almost forgot, uncle Eng wah also tagged along to hong kong.
So i sat with them while they ate their lunch, then i tagged along for a while during their shopping, but then i had to go back home because my flu was making me SO exhausted.
I said i'd meet them for dinner later on, so after having Guama buy me lots of medicine and then listen for about an hour about how to take them and how i should wrap a t-shirt around my neck when i sleep and yadda yadda yadda, i left them and headed back to the appartment. . . sweet Guama haha
When i got back home i believe Claire had come home as well. . . I had been spending the first part of the day with her. . . can't quite remember what she did while i was with my relatives, well anyway, when i got home she wanted to go shopping.
After a bit of convincing, i got her to want to sleep as well haha, so we slept for about 2 hours.
Unfortunately i could not make it to dinner with the relatives that night because we were booked for Dragon I and i had some agency party thing i was supposed to attend.
So later on Claire and I headed to Dragon I, ate dinner, ended up heading home early and skipping the agency party because we were going to meet up with my relatives the next morning for dimsum!
Ok so NOW! Back to sunday, haha. . . now i've filled you in on all the back info.
So we met up with the relatives sunday morning to go eat Dimsum at the same place we had eaten dimsum during the 4-day vacation i had made to hong kong with the relatives while i was in singapore.
I introduced everyone to Claire, it was fun being with them at the same time as i was with Claire haha.
Well we went to the restaurant, only to find out that there was a 30 minute wait time till we could get a table.
Claire was craving a coffee so we just headed off to a starbucks across the street and grabbed a coffee each. After the coffee we headed back to the relatives at the restaurant and after a short while we were given our table.
We ate loads. . . . Claire could barely walk and i felt more than satisfied!
Claire got along well with the relatives, she was sitting next to Fred, and he was being very nice.
After the satisfying meal, Claire headed off to meet Kelly for some shopping, i followed the relatives back to their hotel (Holiday Inn) and ended up falling asleep in Yee yee's hotel bed while they went off to do some more shopping haha.
When i woke up, i grabbed the additional medicines Guama had bought, including lots of other little goodies in a bag, Swedish candy from ikea, cookies, etc. . . I was very grateful.
I headed home and waited a while for Claire, then we headed off to central to meet up with the relatives for dinner at a Goose restaurant. During the 4-day vacation we had also eaten here before hehe.
The dinner was wonderful, once again everyone got along really well and we all ate till we couldn't walk haha.
For the rest of the day Claire and I watched movies. . . . .we went through 5 of them haha.
Final destination 1,2,3, Wind Chill and "The Sweetest Thing", 4 out of 5 of the movies we watched were horror movies.
The next day we once again woke up early, at around 9am. Got ready and headed off to meet the relatives for another round of dimsum.
This place was apparently quite famous and had awards and what not. Needless to say we all ate ourselves fat!
Sadly, after dinner we followed the relatives to causewaybay and then parted ways. They were heading back to singapore, and i told them i'd see them in a month! It was so great seeing everyone again haha.
As for claire and I we continued the day by shopping. Causewaybay, which is where we live, is loaded with shopping! Everything from cool tiny shops spread out along the streets with lots of unique and cheap clothes, to a fashion walk with all the big brands.
Claire and I went through Everything!
Claire is a huge shopper. . .. always buying clothes and bags.
This time i think she ended up reserving a few dresses, i myself reserved a nice coat (Which i today decided not to buy. . . . . not 100% sure yet though, it only costs 1600!), i also bought a t-shirt with an attachable scarf. . . it's more badassed than it sounds haha.
Oh right, Claire bought two dresses from Calvin Klein (Friggin amazing prices in hong kong, and it was on sale!), She also ended up buying the dress she reserved hehe.
I found a pair of pants i really liked at Calvin Klein, they are shiny and dark blue, they can be worn as suit pants as well. . . . .i ended up buying it two days later mwaha!
I have also found a favorite shop, it is called "5cm", it's pretty much exactly the kind of clothes i want, and it's cheap like nothing else. Today i'm going to head down and buy a jacket with a hoody on it for no more than 699 HKD, i'm also gonna look for a tshirt and a scarf.
After clothes shopping we also went to "Welcome Superstore" and bought some food, chickpeas, kidneybeans, corn, salad, tuna, oatmeal, shampoo, marshmallows, and some other crap i can't remember hehe.
I don't fully recall what we ate that night. . . . but i think we ate the beans with salad and tuna hehe.. . . . what the hell did we do monday night? We didn't go out partying anyway. . .. hmmm. . . .
Well teusday . . . .i can't recall what we did. . . . we did however end up going out to dragon i during the night for dinner, i was on detox so i didn't drink much more than a glass of red wine, same thing goes for Claire.
We met interesting new people, i met a man by the name "Pottsy". He's the model PR at dragon i, and he's a big fat man with a hip hopper style, really funny guy haha. We exchanged numbers so now i can reserve tables at dragon i.
I've also met a swedish guy named "Robin". It's funny, when i was in singapore everyone kept asking me "Have you met Robin? Dude you have to meet Robin, he's a eurasian guy from sweden just like you!"
Then one night at dragon i, i was with claire and she started talking with some of her friends at a table, and one o the guys sitting close to us asked me "Hey are you Alex?". . . I'm like. . . yeh!
Turns out he's Robin, the guy everyone told me i had to meet when i was in singapore hahaha, He's from malmö and my impression so far is really good, it's so nice to speak swedish again too :D Besides, Claire goes crazy when i speak swedish, she thinks i sound really hot mwahaha.
So what else has been happening? Oh right, yesterday was Kelly's birthday, that's why we went out on teusday so that we could congratulate her when the day hit midnight. (Although we never stayed out till midnight. . ..)
Then yesterday (Wednesday) I claire had 4 castings and 1 fitting, i had one casting (Which turned out to actually be today, so i went all the way to Kwun Tong which is REALLY far away for nothing hehe). When i got back home from my casting i walked around some perfume stores because Claire and I have both been looking for perfumes quite a lot recently.
Seeing as how it's Claire's birthday today, i went out to find her a present.
Scrunchies, are big scrunchy hair bands girls put in their hair, i know mom has a black one.
Anyway, a few weeks ago during a 70's party at dragon i, claire bought a red scrunchy to seem more retro, at first we laughed at it, and eventually she started to love it and now wears it all the time. She also recently bought a black one, so she's really into scrunchies haha, but we still laugh at them cause they're so cute.
So back to my search for a birthday present, i walked to jardine's bazaar and bought 4 scrunchies, then i headed to the perfume stores and smelt the two fragrances she had been most interested in. Versace, and roberto cavalli Serpentine.
After a hard time, i finally decided i like the Serpentine fragrance the most. So i bought a bottle and asked the store to wrap it for me.
I made sure i got shiny blue wrapping paper (Her fav colour is blue), and before i let them wrap it i put the scrunchies around the bottle haha, everyone at the counter were like "WTF?" hahaha i told them "it's an inside joke, she'll understand" well the whole thing was kinda funny :D
So i headed back home and Claire was already sitting on the bed with her computer, we decided she could open it the next morning (Thursday, which is today).
We got dressed and headed off to dragon i, where we ate dinner with Matt, Avril, Darren and Aleksandra.
After dinner we danced and hung around Dragon I, it was really fun, and when the clock struck midnight we all congratulated Claire on her birthday. What do ya know, as soon as it hit midnight, the DJ also started playing the song "Go shorty, it's your birthday, we gonna party like it's your birthday" haha.
However, Claire had a job today at 11am, so we got home at around half past 1.
Well, that brings us to today!
When we woke up i gave Claire her present, which she seems to really have liked, especially the scrunchies wrapped all over haha.
Then she headed off to her fitting or whatever it was, while i stayed home and slept for a while more.
At around 1pm, i got dressed and met claire at the MTR exit, we then headed to pumpernickle and at lunch. It's a bakery, she had Salmon Salad with lobster soup, and i had the lunch set. For 75HKD I got a bread basket, the daily soup, chicken pasta, coffee and some delicious pudding desert covered in chocolate sauce :D It was one hell of a satisfying lunc haha
Claire also ordered the Creme Broulei, or however you spell it. . . . she loves that thing.
After lunch i rushed off to a casting, and Claire went to go buy a dress.
Oh btw! I have recieved my first job! .. . or jobs even! :D
I am now confirmed for a Levi's show which pays 4500, and the client also booked me for a fitting show which pays 500 per hour! Whoopieiieieieiie!
The fitting is this saturday and the show is either monday or teusday.
haha ok back to today's casting. . . it was underwear. . . we were told to wear a g-string. . . PFFFF as if. . . i put on a pair of briefs, less than that i'm not friggin wearing haha.
It was a simple casting, just get down to your underwear, pull over a few of the company's underwear and have you picture taken. Easy. . .. but shit everyone there sept for me were like bodybuilders. . . so don't think i'm getting that one! haha
Mwaha. . . my agency just texted me. . . i have a job tomorrow! whoo a fashion editorial haha, sweeet, good things seldom come alone! So now i'm lined up for three jobs :D haha
Ok. . . weeell. . . that just about sums it up! After i've uploaded photos i'll be heading to 5cm and i'll buy some stuff, if i pay over 800 i get a unique umbrella which stands by itself too hahahahha
Alright hope all is well with everyone!
Lots of love!

/Alex

PS.
Btw! Tonight i've been written down on a list for a "CELEBRITY PARTY" haha how cool is that! I'll make sure Claire brings her camera so i can snap pictures if i see any famous chinese actors haha

PSS.
Lena
Haha yes, i'm trying to make Claire as swedish as possible, she's now using all the simple swedish phrases with me "Kan jag få vitt vin tack, NEJ INTE!, Du är Sexig .. . " etc hahaha, she'll make her swedish grandmother proud. . . .
Oh that's a pitty about facebook, but don't worry too much, i put the more essential ones on the blog anyway!
It's good to know i have such loving people waiting for me at home! :D
Lots of love and i hope you are doing alright!

PSSS.
Claire and I ate the chicken feet! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW .. . . and century eggs! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW
LOTSA LOVE!
Pictures
Pic1: Yee Yee hates getting her picture taken. . . . BUT I DO IT ALL THE TIME ANYWAY!
Pic2: The relatives and I walking around hong kong
Pic3: Kong kong and Eng wah. . . always lagging behind :D
Pic4: Times Square
Pic5: A little Crab!
Pic6: ZOMG! The Crab was eaten by a Goose head!
Pic7: The Food Patrol
Pic8: Hong kong
Pic9: Claire
Pic10: Good bye singaporians!
Pic11: Not only does hong kong have interesting people. . . but the dogs are fashionable as well
Pic12: My Calvin Klein Pants. . . shiny
Pic13: Me and a part of our tiny room. . . . probably one third of the room is shown in the picture haha
Pic14: Claire and I on our way out
Pic15: The birthday girls, Claire and Kelly
Pic16: Dragon I. . . Where we eat free dinner almost every night!
Pic17: Me standing over claire in the Mtr, that's my scarf thingy btw haha
Pic18: Claire and I, on our way out once again, that was Kelly's birthday night
Pic19: . . .. .

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wish I was there in HK too!I have never eaten chicken feet!!!!! Great pants! Congratulations on the jobs!! Birthday hugs from Mom to Claire! Take care. Love Mom

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