It was so funny because the other Asian people avoided them like the plague!Then we arrived in Central and proceeded to look for the club. While we were walking we quickly realized that it was the night for the Halloween festivities. It kind of resembled what I think Mardi Gras might be like. Open top trams went by full of costumed people yelling at the people on the street. Streets were blocked off and it was generally crazy. We decided to take a taxi to our destination so as to avoid any further confusion in all the madness. We get to The Fringe and it was a tiny bar/lounge place and there are all the ICS kids playing on the little stage area.
In a bar - with alcohol! Call me old school but that was so weird to me! That would never fly in the states. But it was all good here! Huh. I think the drinking age here is loosely 18 but I'm not sure. Not that the kids were allowed to drink but still...weird. Then we stayed to watch the professional jazz band. They were awesome and played older jazz tunes. Then the singer came out and they did a beautiful rendition of "Over the Rainbow." Harriet - if you're reading this - I said out loud "this is for Harriet!" and then I teared up. Then our feet were hurting because we couldn't get seats and we wanted to get home before the trains stopped running so we left. On our way to the station (we walked) we saw lines and lines of cops patrolling the streets and plenty of revelers all around. We narrowly missed stepping in vomit and then I saw someones fake eyelash on the ground. It was so weird that random eyelash...Then we finally get on the train and Cath strikes up a conversation with a young, sort of nerdy looking Asian. He wasn't holding on to anything and she was holding the pole so she was talking about balancing and such and then he asked her if she'd pole dance for him! I said "Cath, did that guy just ask you to pole dance?" I couldn't believe it. Finally, after a long journey in painful shoes (pain is beauty right?) we made it home. What a night!
We celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary here at ICS among nearly 20 friends that we've made here in Hong Kong. It was an amazing night. We ordered 10 pizza's, my friend Kate made two cakes and Ernie surprised me with a gorgeous bouquet he'd had specially made and a silver engraved plate. And of course I found out our trip is to Koh Samui Thailand! He also wrote me vows that were amazing and read them in front of everyone. Very special!
Then we went downstairs to the theater and saw the ICS show choir perform. It's like Glee and they did several Glee songs but then it had a Christian twist at the end. It was fun and at the end the gave us a shout out and spotlighted us and we had to stand up. That was neat.We leave for Thailand in 9 days!!!
I'm praying for nice weather there. Looks like it should be. White sand, warm blue water, spa massages and plenty of tropical flowers and romantic dinners. It's a resort that tailors to romantic getaways so it should be good. I will need a break after this coming week. We have a field trip to Outback Steakhouse for our restaurant theme. I take both my morning and afternoon classes together at once. Each kid has a parent going though so I just facilitate but still I'm a bit anxious. Then Friday I have twenty conferences from 8am to 8pm. All I can say about that is if the Lord brought me to it He'll get me through it because that seems impossible. Then I have 8 more on Saturday from 8-1pm. Then I work that next Monday and Tuesday - Sunday (23rd-28th) I am in Thailand. Phew! Then it's on to Christmas! Wow - time is beyond flying for me. I think I'm getting past the adjustment stage onto the living here stage. I have routines now and I've got some other things I'm looking to get involved in but I'll save that for another blog as things develop. All in all I feel blessed and for now, quite happy!God bless and peace out!
