It's the thought that counts

Apple found a new job and thought it would be cool to celebrate it by having a BBQ at Shek O. We all got the invite on Facebook to be there at 2pm and said she'd be treating everyone so encouraged everyone to show up. On the facebook invite, there were 6 confirmed guests.

On the bus to Shek O, A calls me up.

Me: "What do you mean you don't know about the BBQ"
A: "Oh right, I bloody forgot all about it! Damn I'll be right there! Just give me half an hour"

I get there about 2:30. Very nice, though slightly chilly day at the beach. Have a scavenger hunt around the BBQ area. No Apple to be found. I decide to call her up...

Apple: "Wai?"
me: "Apple! lei hai bin doh ah?"
Apple: "Well, where are you?"
me: "At Shek O, and you?"
Apple: "Well no one confirmed with me by phone last night. I sent a message to everyone! But no one replied! So I'm at home"
me "Oh really, and I wonder why I didn't get it..."
Apple: "I sent you the message on facebook at last night"
me: "Really? What time did you send it at?"
Apple: "Around midnight... I also sms'ed A"
me: "Yau mo gau cho ah! You should've sent an sms to everyone! You do realize that not everyone checks facebook every 10 seconds"
Apple: "Come on, I didn't want to disturb anyone and I thought you were with A"
me: "Diu... I'm feeling very disturbed right now"

Who said it's just blondes that exhibit dumb blonde behavior? While it is true that the term "dumb black" just doesn't seem to resonate as well as "dumb blonde", they seem to be all over Hong Kong these days. Joey Yung and Elaine Li? 100% dumb blacks. The type who'd date a thrice married, loser gweilo with a criminal record over a successful, cleancut Chinese guy? Pretty much guaranteed to be a dumb black.

Went over the the Thai restaurant in Shek O and met up with A.

me: "What? You didn't get her sms?"
A: "uh... no...
me "And you didn't get my sms just 5 minutes ago?"
A: "uh... no...

That's what you get for buying a "Nokia" from a Shenzhen street dealer for the "low low price" of 1000 kuai.

Apple eventually called back and promised to buy us drinks that night for our bak cho trip to Shek O.

10pm on the bus back to Central:
A: "Hey Apple, where you at?"
Apple: "ummmm. I'm in bed. I'm very tired..."
A: "Why is everyone so bloody tired tonight? I called Patrick, CC, everyone's asleep! What's up with that?"
Apple: "I'm.... so.... sorry.... Maybe I will come out later...
A: "You better... Don't fall asleep!"
Apple "snoooozeee....."

Had we been the ones BUYING drinks for her, she'd be out in a heartbeat. I guess it's another ploy to evade the responsibility of paying, but without losing face... Hence "it's the thought that counts". I admit. I've been guilty of this in the past and probably owe a couple thousand in broken promises.

Birthday party: "Hey, I was going to buy you something, but totally forgot"
At the bar: "Thanks for the drinks man, next week first round's on me!" (Do this While everyone's too drunk to remember anything. Claim exhaustion the following weekend)