luxy: it's kinda like...

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so its 5 am now & we just got back from Luxy...well to be honest, i probably spent less than an hour in the club itself, but had a pretty successful night. i know i need to censor this & i'm a little bit drunk, so if this post doesn't make sense, just use your imagination.

we started out the night by meeting up with rea (i've been spelling this wrong the whole time...its REA not RAE** gahh i suck at spelling) & an and walked over to Luxy. music selection while waiting in line: Jenny from the block, J.Lo, Flo Rida, & Mariah Carey. I was slightly worried, but more so entertained. also funny was the list of rules outside the door, one of which read:

Dress well. Do not test fate by wearing shorts & sandals.


we got upstairs and first thing out of the elevator was this green lazer scheme creating sort of an illusion of a wall or mirror or something. if you've ever seen Entrapment, it looked just like the security system that Catherine Zeta Jones trains to get passed to complete the robbery. we went into the first of three rooms only to hear pitbull. pass. we went to the "electro room" and found out that it was canceled and replaced with a bar-tending competition. first guy up sucked...yah, he cud juggle, but he dropped shit every minute. i was nervous for him, bad entertainment. we left to buy cheaper alcohol so we didn't have to pay for drinks there. Red wine for 175 NT ($7) was pretty good and after 3 bottles we were sufficiently drunk enough to deal with pitbull. but we didn't want to. Mel & I stayed outside with our newfound friend (name still unknown) while chris, rea, & an went back upstairs. mel & i made occasional trips upstairs to use the bathroom however. one of which some lady was taking pictures of me from afar (now i know how all those asian babies feel when i try to play paparazzi)...she ended up asking to take a picture and apparently the girls next to us in the bathroom were talking shit (haters gona hate).

so mel & i went back down to the street to chill with our friend (let's call him mel's taiwanese soulmate). some of the stuff that came out of his mouth was hilarious (despite the language barrier).

"you're from california? ohhh you guys have a lot of...shrooms"
"i went there once when i was a kid to this place called, i think it was called costco?...i don't remember the name but it was a market...and they had a lot of samples..."
"you know borat? i like you, you like me?" --in a borat voice 

he made multiple trips to get milk tea (it makes sense though) & was very generous with his "tea"... apparently it's from india (powdery not leafy). and it's kinda like...

while chris, rea & an had fun in Luxy, we had our fun on the streets. oh and we all decided how cute an is :) can't wait to see them both tomorrow and hopefully get some sleep. can see the sun coming up, wish i could blame this on jetlag but 1) we are just nocturnal, and 2) silence of the lambs is on tv, all time favorite movie.

danshui: a day of tourism

today mel's friends rae & an (both natives of Taiwan) took us to Danshui, which is a little city along the Danshui River in Northern Taiwan. it had the same feel as a boardwalk, with little arcades, food stands, & souvenir shops along the water. of course, the food was very different than cotton candy and candied apples and the souvenirs were mostly hello kitty, little buddhas, & jewelry (completely tailored towards tourism).

most of the food was seafood, but we tried some interesting foods

some kind of seafood

more seafood (squid?)

fruit>cotton candy

bird eggs: i think quail bc i used to eat this as a kid
whenever i was in London & it tastes really similar

hardened eggs 

rae bought a carton

stewed 7 times, actually really good :)

of course mel got a corndog 

baby yan-yan-so cute! 

apparently Danshui is famous for one dish (even though rae & an warned us it wasn't that good)...we still got it & yeahhh...not very good. it's those clear noodles inside a tofu cake in this broth that i didn't like. glad i tried it though.

don't know the name of the shop, but here it is

bleh, even looks weird

i can see why it's a touristy spot-such pretty scenery!!

on&off rain

love the clouds

creepin

dunno if he knew i was taking a pic of him, but i think he's posing

stray dog :((( 

an, mel, rae, & chris

even the bathrooms are cute!

praying for more fishies 

fishing is big here, so there is a ritual where fishers buy this "money" (not real money, but fake money for the sole purpose of burning) to call upon the ancestors to help them catch fish...sounds like something right outta mulan  :p

burning of this "money" 

grass for an ashtray 

clearly didn't see the "no photo" sign

just two kids, playing on the playground...

cutieeee

chubbay cheeksss

 taiwanese sex shop (obviously thought of you gianna...)

variety of flavors & colors

i guess this is a really famous pineapple cake box, filled with condoms

ice cube tray

thought this was cute :)

first time using a squatting bathroom :/

we then went to the hello kitty cafe, but i don't have time to write about that yet!! we are already late for Luxy (link to their fb page), one of the more popular clubs...not sure what to expect. tonight is electro night, big fan, but don't know if that means there is a dj or what. ferry corsten was there last month and paul van dyk is spinning in september, but don't think tonight is anything special. it is, however, lady's night so we get in fo free! it's times like this that make me thankful that i live in san diego (got to see both ferry corsten & paul van dyk @ fluxx)...ill write about it laterr!!! ill probably have a birds eye view, wearing heals n all hehe :)