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man i fucking miss hk so much

do you want to hire me cchen? willing to do anything to get to HK

haha pretty funny i came across the FIL store in wan chai completely by luck when i was looking for a different store. dragged my mate in who had no idea what visvim was. didn't buy anything though. i used to buy anything and everything in hk too. this trip i was a much more constrained and i only picked out pieces i really loved. copped a few +j shirts, some wallabees, heaps of thick winter socks, a navy suit made with peter lee and other random bits. mostly spent my $ on food and drinking.

best peking duck: da dong in beijing

best fried dumplings: yangs in shanghai (seriously best hangover cure, ate it about 5 mornings in a row)

best xiao long bao: across the road from yangs, din tai fung a close second

best overall asian cuisine: i would have to say grandmas in hangzhou.. great food

one gripe, i could not find a decent coffee anywhere

i met alot of people on this trip, some i will stay in contact with and others not but they all cool. the honky girl was cool as shit. very bubbly and funny, had heaps to chat about, not dumb, spoke english well, and cute. she passed out on me on nye though

dont get me wrong about the filipinos i know they get put down alot in hk for being maids etc.. i was just shocked to see them all there. especially to see they were setting up picnics on the tables outside IFC mall. its good that even though they are away from their families in the Philippines, they've got each other in hk.. i didn't really get any discrimination, i remember drunkingly crashing a private party in lkf, and the cute canadian asian doorgirl was still nice about it haha

yeah you know what i always hear about the horror stories of working life in hk/sg/japan etc, but I think i need to make the move now or it will never happen. Im 28 this year, so the window is well and truly closing for me. I guess Im mentally prepared to work my ass off for at least a year, and just soak up the experience for what it is. my aussie mate that we partied with on nye (and subsequent nights) works in hk and hes loving it. he went to taiwan a couple months back, and this past weekend chilled on beaches on boracay island. that kind of life is so fucken appealing to me right now. what makes it worst is the high prices in aus at the moment. i dry cleaned some shit that i wore on the trip yesterday and it cost me $80 AUD. same shit would have been like $20 max in asia. tailors charge $28 to taper pants, where shops do it for free over there. fuck that.

i know what u mean.. i love my outdoors too.. we have some of the best beaches in the world on my doorstep, but im willing to trade that in for the big city at least for little awhile. so yeah mate this year will be it.. gonna take the plunge and see where i surface..

hope you had a good time mate. i spent new years in tokyo at one of the biggest clubs in japan, ageha. it was actually pretty nuts. i think there had to have been 20,000+ people in the place.

glad you had a good time in HK. try visiting there in the summer time though and see if you still want to move there. its so stanking ass humid. it's disgusting. lol. i spent only 3 days in HK, but had a good time. hit up prive and tanzania bar a few of the nights. did some more chill stuff the other days. i actually noticed HK getting douchier for sure though. lol

haha funny looking back about the stuff we talked about regarding hk girls before our trips.. because I actually met a hk girl on nye and she's pretty cool. different to most hk girls i've met..

i didn't spend much time in hk actually.. went to soho for nye, spent the next day in bed in my hotel after eating some dodgy MK food, walked the avenue of stars with the girl, other 2 days shopped around central and tst. i realised im too poor to afford anything in lane crawford so i just bought a bunch of shit from I.T haha. i bought heaps of thermals from uniqlo, but even that was not enough for the beijing weather. also bought a shades of grey parka from aegis in Shanghai, which is a really cool shop.

oh have you been to central when all the phillipinos come and hang out there? it was seriously weird, like we walked into a twilight zone when we got lost and walked into a mall filled with all middle aged philipino woman..

i hated the table and bottle style of chinese clubbing. its so fucken pretentious and all about who has more money. and wtf its like every single chinaman/woman likes to wear puffy and shiny jackets with a fake ass moncler or northface logo on it.

dont think ive been to ageha, but last time i went to womb, gaspanic and a tiny hip hop joint in shibuya..

so tell me about your trip mate, how was tokyo? you back in the states now?

well i just landed back home after an epic 3 weeks.

things i found:

I want to move to and live in HK

china is FUCKEN cold

chinese mainlanders are not nice

clubbing sucks in china

how was everyone elses NYE?

anyone there now? are there sales on?

ahh guangzhou ... my auntie goes there alot for massages... one of my uncle always goes alot but for different kinds of massages ... lol

i'll be going to hangzhou for a few days, i've heard they've got some really pretty girls there..

will do, cheers man

jws, yeah mate I'm from Perth.. you too im guessing? sup bro

hmm i have a thing for japanesey girls, hk girls don't seem to quite cut it.. but having said that i've never really been to hk for any sort of real partying.. (the last two times have been for funerals).. so I can I only comment from what i've seen in malls/markets/restaurants etc.. my aussie mate who got a job there a few months ago will be taking us around, and we're meeting one of our thai friends there who is a model, looking forward to using her as a wingwoman hehe. our group has a good mixture, so if anyone wants to party up then just PM me

i'm similar to you in a way then landy, was brought up in New Zealand and Aus, parents from HK. its funny how people there can tell straight away you're "ABC" even though u have the black hair and gook eyes. i've had countless store people ask if i work out, even though ill be considered a small guy in aus lol

christmas spending is eating into my holiday savings.. might have cut down on the shopping and focus on the going out

how's the partying over there mate? looking forward to checking out a club called babyface in a few weeks time when i land.

my good mate has been over there for a few months now studying at an international school, and the guy has been ripping it up nearly every night. told me to bring my A game..

good thing the guy im going with (who isn't big on shopping) booked us into Raddisson Blu in Nanjing Rd West. From the info in this thread, that is a good central location to base ourselves?

IT Plaza 66

Shop 328, 3/F, Plaza 66, No 1266 West Nanjing Rd, Jing'an District

Tel: 86-21-6288-4270

IT Xintiandi

Unit 01, 2/F, No.7 Xintiandi Lan 123 Xingye Rd, Luwan District

TelL 86 21 6336 5131

interested to know too.. probably check out the I.T. stores?

yeah we'll have no problems being assertive.. as that's what we are used to doing in our clubs.. girls here, especially aussie girls are hell easy to start chatting to. but fuck, theres a club called metros (where all the asians go) and every girl there thinks they are the queen or something.. if you so much as stand too close to them they straight away put up defenses.. these are usually average looking chinese or hongkies as well..

still to this day I don't 'get' hk girls.. i get along fine with any other race of asian girls, thai ex, sg ex, jap friends etc.. but just not hongkies..

how do you go about picking one up at the clubs?

hey landy you been to beijing club? my mate who spent new years in hk went there and suggested i go..

can't wait! 3 more weeks from now I'll be landing in HK

thanks for the suggestion Ken, I love my sushi so I'll be on the lookout for hiro.

man one place I remember is a dirty old shop upstairs from a street market near my grandparents house in tuen wan. for as long as I remember since I was a kid, my parents have taken me there. they said they've been eating there their whole lives as well as my grandparents. what they sell is some of the best shanghai noodles and dumplings ever.. and the price is like less than $5 per bowl..

don't even know if they have a name but i can normally find my own way there from memory

I've always been curious... those upstairs places with the neon foot "massage" sign, are they legit reflexology places or brothels?

oh uniqlo will be my first stop as well for heaps of basics..

just hope they still have stock of the stuff i want.

do you guys know which uniqlo in hk I can find J+? particularly interested in the down jackets..

Peter Lee from Lee Baron? I've been researching up HK suiting on Styleforum and his name comes up quite often. WWchan is the other one but prices for them go upwards of 1K, i'd rather spend that much on P Johnson tailors in Melb.

I might just end up getting a whole bunch of shirts and maybe one suit from Peter Lee..

every time I've been back to HK, I've never gone to IFC mall. That is definitely on the list of places to visit. How are Lane Crawford prices though? I'm trying to toss up whether to buy my outerwear online before i go then? at least i wont get to hk and find nothing i like..

checked out bcmagazine.net and hkhustle.com and theres not much on the in terms of nye parties.. i might just go the LKF route and see what happens on the night. what are you guys planning?

oh did you all hear about the Ladies Market fire? was it triads related?

i'll be there from 4th of jan to about 13th.. any party peeps?

Can you get them from any uniqlo? Will be in HK later next month..

Oh, speaking of uniqlo, do you guys know if they have the J+ down vests available anywhere?

hey fellas,

going to read through the thread again.. but hoping to get some quick answers..

I'm coming to HK next month with 2 other mates, will be landing on the 30th. What's everyone doing for NYE? I saw that Hed Kandi is playing a gig somewhere, but what else is worth checking out? Im honky, but this will be my first time in HK for NYE. can't fking wait.

Going on the theme of partying, what are some good clubs? I've been back to HK every year, but nearly always with family so I didn't really have time to let loose. Been to the usual LKF places but im sure most hongkinese hate that expat dump? We like all manner of music, but mostly old school hip hop and house for nights out.

Suits. Where do you guys get your suits done? I've had a few suits done at a place near Trendy Zone in MK in the past, but looking to up the ante as I think I've developed better sense of suit styling and know exactly what i want now (as opposed to the tailor telling you). I know of Armoury and WW Chan, but I don't think I can afford their prices. Somewhere around the $500-700 price range will suit me (no pun int..). Probably going to get some shirts made at Ascot Chang though.

Sight seeing. Got to fit a bit of this in for my mates who is going to HK for the first time. Planning to take them to the prerequisite places like Victoria Harbour and the Peak, what else?

Shopping.. Obviously the main reason for me posting here.... I'll be looking to buy some nice outerwear and boots, since the next stop after HK for us is freeeezing Beijing and Shanghai. I've been looking online and I like brands like W+H, Engineered Garments, Canada Goose, WWM, Penfield, Pendleton, Norse Projects, Mark McNairy, Yuketen etc.. do you guys know of any places that stock that? I want to get at least a down vest and jacket..

Food.. well there are some great suggestions in here already and I know of some places myself.. so thanks for that.

Finally. thanks for reading and hope some of you can share your infinite wisdom and knowledge of the great city of HK

what were we wearing

hey what are those on the right?

shorts

socks

details on the shorts please?