Catch-up Wrap-up I

Hey folks, I've been pretty slack with my blog lately. So I have to do some catching-up.

Week 9 - 15 April
On Saturday I went to Shenzhen with a colleague from work. It's the first Mainland city across the border and a shopping paradise, well at least in terms of prices and range of stuff you can buy. The shopping experience is only mildly pleasant. Had a headache afterwards.
At night, Jeff and I went to FINDS for a house party, yeah Hed Kandi (Ministry of Sound) was in town. Jeff, me and especially Philipp had been looking forward to it for weeks. Philipp, for SOME (ever changing) reason, pulled out ;). Had been the craziest night so far. A German girl kept on offering Moët Chandon (bought with daddy's credit card). As polite as we were, we never refused :).

Week 16 - 22 April
On Friday was the grand opening of the Mercedes-Benz Performance Studio in posh Repulse Bay, the dedicated outlet for AMG models. Hence, I had quite a lot of work that week. For instance, on Wednesday I had to wait in Repulse Bay for the cleaning company to tidy up the showroom after the big renovation. They finished after midnight instead at 22.00, so I had a long chilling evening in RB.
The opening event as such was pretty cool. An AMG mechanic from Affalterbach (D) was flown in. He assembled a 12V bi-turbo engine live. Quite impressive. Most of the time I was standing next to one of our classic cars, the original 450 SLC which won the South American rally in 1978, in case anyone had a question about the car. Luckily enough, nobody came up to me coz I had no idea about that car, eigher :). After the event, there was plenty of food and champagne left. Never waste food and drinks, right? ;)
On Saturday, I met the AIESEC trainees in HK for the first time. We had a farewell dinner for a Dutch trainee first and then I introduced them to the PI club ;).

Week 23 - 29 April
On Friday, there was an afterwork cocktail gathering co-organized by the Swiss and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce :). Well, the Swiss were highly outnumbered, 4 Swiss vs. the rest of the bar full of Swedes. So, more Swedes for everybody :). After a couple of drinks (happy hour), I parted from the big Swiss delegation and went on to Goccia with some of the sweet Swedes. Goccia, a fake Italian bar where they also cool down red wine to 4° (!), was apparently the place where the HK Swedes hang out (Good to know!). After some more drinks, we decided to move on to Drop. I had never managed to get into that place, I always had to put up with some lame excuses not to let me in. But guess what! Have a cute blond girl right next to you and they lay out a red carpet for you (only metaphorically, because literally there is already one, and most probably more for the blond girl than for me). Anyhow, the place wayyyyy doesn't justify the fuss they make at the entrance. As for the Swedes (I don't wanna generalize as I'm interculturally sensitive after all), it seems that they are quite sociable at the kick-off stage, but there is no follow-up, I mean just judging from my first experience. Hence, another pile of business cards for the dumpster and phone numbers that use up storage space of your mobile. Anyhow...
On Saturday, beaching for the first time. But the water was still too cold for me. So no dipping for me that time. In the evening, I went out with Jeff, the AIESEC trainees Hilton and Faisal, and Mani, a local girl hanging out with the AIESECers. First we went to Dragon-I, a fancy place for bes and wanna-bes or wanna-be-seen-by-the bes, whatever. Paid 150 bucks for the most boring place ever. At least one highlight, we saw Jackie Chan's son, yay. We then went on to the PI (again, as far as I can remember), but it was dead. So we moved on to Wanchai and to good old From Dusk till Down, never a disappointment.
On Sunday, I was surprised to receive a SMS from Katrin, an AIESEC St. Gallen alumni. She did two internships in HK and couldn't get enough of this city. I had dinner with her and some more AIESEC trainees I had not met before. Cool night, but incredibly hot Indian food (It took me the whole next day to recover). Katrin and I went on for a drink in the fancy Aqua Rome where you can sip at your well-priced drink and enjoy the harbour view.