Broken record, old dance moves, 70s, 80s, and 90s

Went to pub crawl with workmates. I will skip their chit-chat because it just sound like previous post (about The Frog Prince). Their account of him being with this Vicky girl is like twisting a knife in my heart and hurting quite a lot, so I will not repeat the steamy events that was described by several gossiping female. Their forked tongues are scary, wish when I go, they will not talk about me too much. But I know it's inevitable.

First pub was The Cook. It is situated very close to the university. The deco was o.k. I like the comfy couches. People slowly drifted into The Cook, and we avoided talking about work (without success).

Second pub was The Eastside tavern. Great scenery since it's on the east side of Waikato River. You can see the Bridge. Apparently it's parked full with cars. People who live in Taiwan will understand. It's the beginning of the Christmas holiday. So of course, the traffic is a killer.

Talked about PDA (public display of affection). In Asian countries, this is a big no no. But in European countries and in NZ, it's very common. Some horror stories include Japanese woman who got kissed in public and killed herself just because of PDA. Indian teenager took his girlfriend's love scene picture using his mobile phone and this ended up on the internet(!) Her/his parents were fuming and the authority is hunting this guy down etc. Very big rumour. But being an Asian I probably am used to PDA in New Zealand, and the lack of in Taiwan. It's culture difference.

Have seen people in compromising posture on bicycle (!) If you get my meaning. Actually, I was worried about the police car cruising on the road. What if they are caught? Must be quite embarassing.

Third pub is Sekure. It's a new one on the west side of the River, so we have to cross the bridge when we are still sober. Good. People have not started to walk in funny manner.

More people have come to join us. E and P are wearing cool outfit, but no white and denim. By the way, our theme last night was "White and Denim". You should wear: White top, blue denim jeans with white shoes, or denim top, jeans and white shoes or any combination of the above. However, you still get people coming in red and black. They are excused.

The Sekure is a cool place with nice couch, and we talked about Grand Prix in Melbourne Australia, Shanghai, and holiday spots in general. Talked with De about shopping in Melbourne. She loves shopping in Melbourne and got both her top and jeans in Melbourne. Talking about NZ fashion and Oz fashion. Ended up stopping and move onto Spirited.

Me and another Egandopamine (my real name is, *cough*, of course not Egan, but I will let it slide) have won the pool game against C and J. C and J are considerably better than us but I got a feeling that C is trying to loss. Anyway, was not really drunk at this stage because was having a Heniken (excuse my spelling). Was trying very hard to win because never won a game. Sunk everything and when sunk the black 8, felt very happy and jumped up. Feeling very good, so when moved onto Cubby Hole in the second story building in Victoria Street, gave myself a treat: a Pina Colada.

N and his brother have joined us, but after that they sort of disappeared again. Anyway, I will try not to get distracted by foreign cute guys.

Cubby Hole is a great place. You can watch people walking down on Victoria Street, and the sky is clearing at this stage. The weather is clearing and hopefully we will not get too much rain this Xmas.

This pub (Cubby Hole) has a dance floor for Spanish music. M and E and P all danced together. Especially want to mention M and E. They are both my workmates from my group. They are a great team when it comes to work and dancing. Good on ya, E and M. I love the way they move.

Enjoyed dancing there, is also A and the other P. These two girls are never far from the dance floor and they are powered by.......(drum roll)......alcohol and H2O (water). Interesting combination. Because they jive and sometimes they just run on pure water. Not alcoholic drinks. Their energy levels must be high.

Leaving Cubby Hole, we come to the Caz Bar. A corner bar beside the Outback, I kind of drifted to the mature folk group. Listening most of the time, C said that he is going to sing in the summer festival in Hamilton Gardens. Must do a piece on my Chinese webpage now for this cool event. I went last year with Grid. I should text Grid again so we can watch the opera that C is going to do and also the Shakespear thing.

Running toward Diggers because it was raining a little, I tugged at M's shirt sleeves and annoyed the hell out of him. But it was ok. The Diggers is already full of drunken people. I don't like it, so walked out and got into The Loaded Hog for dinner. We waited .....and waited......for 35 minutes for our evening meal. And it was awful food. Too much wedges and chips for our friends, Egan, J and C. C got into singing mode because was too bored. The other Egan started to talk about her holiday and reading Janet Evanovich. J talked about his wedding anniversary being on the 27th of Dec. Aww....too hard to book an restraunt, but to be honest, I think I know why he is such a lady's man because he is very romantic and considerate. I understand why in parties he gets all the girls. Girls feel secure and very comfortable around him. Note to self: should learn from this person.

We missed The Handle Bar, but this bar has its unique quality. All of its windows are opened to the street so you can see (the drunken people walking on the street) or the great scenery. (I doubt that you can see much with all this thick crowd so I will not dare to lie about the drunken people part)

The Bank was the coolest because they put on very good music. WE all danced there. Young and old. The songs are from the 70s, 80s and 90s. All sorts of songs. Wine, beer and liquor flows as well. There are no men or women unsatify. This must be the coolest bar in town.

We kind of finish there. M, E, P, C, J and the other Egan went home. People start to go home from there. It was a great night, I must say. Not too tiring, but exhausted enough for me to clean myself up and go straight to bed. Generally speaking not a bad crowd of people. Everybody danced, jived, talked, drank and had fun. No one was left alone, people were helping one another. Told one another which bar has the best features such as good music, nice dance floor or cocktail etc.

I say, these people work hard and play hard. Cool.