Sunday, March 16, 2008

IJ case 2: HK club scene

when in rome... what do HK PLU's do on a saturday night? two years ago, i visited three clubs: rice bar, meilinfan and of course, propaganda. on this trip i found out that rice and meilinfan have closed! a relatively new kid on the block, volume, is the place to go. of course, propaganda is still very much around.

my friend and i checked out volume. he doesnt go out as much so this is a virgin case, too. we easily found the place. not too big. just one main area with some cocktail tables around and seating by the walls. not too impressive, design-wise. which may be deliberate. hmm. not too many people at first (saturday night 1230am). then filled up by 130am. crowd quickly fizzled by 245am. a handful of nice looking chaps. a lot of locals, quite a young crowd. some caucasians.

friend and i were looking for the pinoys. there will always be one or a few, especially since Disney opened. soon after, right beside where we were staying, where a pole was strategically placed, two young guys were hamming it up on the pole having tremendous fun pole-dancing. one was really having fun, being sexy, making like this vegas stripper as he worked that pole. friend of mine asks and confirms - they're pinoy and they're with Disney! pretty soon, we were a group dancing, about two more of their friends joined us.

then, quite suddenly, people started leaving. our Disney friends had to go home because they live quite far. friend and i transferred to of course, propaganda. and it was PACKED, at 3am! so many PLUs, locals with their caucasian boyfriends. in my first 5 minutes there, one was pulling me closer to him to dance, somebody passing behind me was kissing my neck and another was smiling sweetly from the dance floor. luck be the lady!!!!

but a quick change of position changed my fortune. i had to avoid the aggressive ones so i positioned somewhere else. and suddenly, no more flirting, no one was making passes anymore. what happened?

oh well, not my luck anymore that night. friend and i ended having breakfast at McDo at 5am.

so volume is the before-propaganda place. okay for hanging out. but for making out, nothing beats propaganda, no matter what other jaded locals would have you believe.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great account. I thrive on these types of write-ups, which is one reason why I started my blog, to give others first-hand information about places where PLU can hang out. Spread the cultural learnings!

How about Singapore? Have you tried the scene there? :-)

closet case said...

its been ages since ive been to singapore. the last time was with ex so there was no adventure then!hehe. but i heard that its so different now. so relaxed. i might visit soon. definitely, ill do IJ work there, too! thanks for the comment, Vince.

mavey said...

was at volume with tony and another friend late last year. we were kind of bored. at least i was. and since my bed time was 10pm, we left volume and went back to sleep. before volume we checked out propaganda and it was empty. if we had read your review, we might have gone back to propaganda to take a look.

as a 10pm bed guy, although i am singaporean, too bad i cant update much about sg scene. but is pretty much the same old places plus sunday night in st james power station i would think. and with towel club closed, most of the crowd has moved to one seven where sauna is concerned.

closet case said...

hey mave!!! yeah. a bit TOO early at 10pm. hehehe. you should have slept first then awoke at 2am. =)

there's your answer, vince. a topline review of the singaporean scene courtesy of mavey!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the tips. I haven't been to SG and I've only been to the airport in HK on a layover so I'll definitely check these places out when I get the chance. Then again, maybe by the time I set foot on these cities, the scene would've changed. :-p

joelmcvie said...

Baka yung dalawang sumayaw na taga-Disney sa Volume ay sina Dan at Rye.

ONAI said...

hey

rampa ba talaga sa HK, yes Volume is the in place to be ika nga my friend na marami din Disney characters as friends in HK, and most sa kanila dancers to rampage talaga and dun and dropping and drinking, open bar wednesday din sa volume...

btw why are you in HK

bilib na talaga ako sa spirit mo CC, grabeh na toh di ko kinaya

go parteeee

closet case said...

well, you just better make sure you'll get to visit soon, Vince!

i actually thought i saw either of them but nah, they werent dan & rye!

di nga masyado ang rampage. and i must say the pinoys make me proud because they are such great dancers! im in hk for a business activity. i extended just to enjoy and give my heart a break!!!
thanks, onai!!!