d.i.l.a.: Hou-hai and the many faces of Kunan

I was feeling rather lazy this weekend, so I apologize for the brief hiatus on d.i.l.a. I'm sure all of you were sitting at the edge of your seats for the next post. So here goes.

Friday night, a few of us went to Hou-Hai for dinner and drinks. This is a really nice place that has numerous restaurants and bars surrounding a lake. One cool thing was that there were like 100 Chinese people dancing/waltzing in the middle of the square to traditional music. Around these couples were dirty men preying on foreigners, saying phrases like "siao jieh" which is directly translated to "little sister" but in Beijing is the equivalent to "prostitute." The normal thing to do would be to continue walking and ignore them, but that wouldn't make for a funny story. Fortunately, I wasn't approached by many of these guys, only one actually, but I jokingly said "ta yao" which means "he wants." Apparently my buddy Matthew Lewis, who was here just a few months before me, would say that to every guy that came up to him. So I thought it'd only be fair to carry on the tradition.

Here is a picture of me in front of the entrance to Hou-hai

After dinner, we decided to go to a bar/lounge for a few drinks. There was a cool lounge, that was apparently 80s night, not due to the music they were playing, but due to the average age of the patrons in said place.

Live music is pretty standard in most bars, however at times I wished the music wasn't live in the bar we were at. Knowing how hard it is to get up on stage in front of 80 year old people, Kunan and I decided to support the band by shouting "ai ni guh guh!" which means "I love you older brother!" I think they liked that since all the other guests in the bar could barely hear the music, let alone chew their own food.

One interesting, yet awkward thing about this bar were the bathrooms. The floors were made of plexi-glass, and under the toilets was a pond full of live fish. Now at first I thought this was pretty cool and modern, but soon felt awkward as the fish swam to the surface to stare at me relieve myself. These fish were tough too, as they didn't scare easily or swim away as I tried to stomp my foot and shoo them away.

For those of you who know Kunan, I'm sure you will all agree with me that he is a ridiculously hilarious Malaysianese (Malaysian + Chinese). How this guy distorts his face into so many configurations, I have no idea. All I can say is that I appreciate the many faces of Kunan, as they make me laugh so hard that my voice raises about three octives in pitch, and I let out an embarrassing Michael Jackson-esqe "heee~!" Below are some pictures of the night and the many faces of Kunan: