An Evening with the Typhoon Tigers
Life is pretty funny. When it realizes you’re about to give a place up, all of a sudden there are a hundred and one things coming your way to deter you from doing that. For me, it was the reminder that I had (to my acknowledgment or not) built up a comfortable life in London with friends and activities that I now have to forgo.
Last Saturday night, I was reminded of the wonderful people I’ve come to know whilst in London. I went to Bodean’s for some unadulterated American-sized BBQ at Tower Hill for Alan, one of the Typhoon boys’ birthdays. Check out the size of this combo. I only ate half and already was bursting out of my seams!
Bodean's Pulled Pork and Ribs with Chilly Fries Combo - GBP 14.95
The Typhoon Tigers Dragonboating Club were the first group of people I got to know when I moved to London when I briefly joined their B-team for training in 2007. Even though I did not train with them for long, they’ve always just invited me to most of their gatherings and treated me as one of their own. Awesome club, awesome peops! Here’s a picture of me and the captains of the U.K. Premiere League dragon boating team. Just a few days ago, TT paddler Thanh nicknamed them the Four Heavenly Kings (四大天国), and rightly so!
All the captains of the Typhoon Tigers, Great Britain's 3rd ranked dragonboating team for the 200m and 4th ranked for 500m in 2008. L-R: W. Hung, Dan C, Andy L and S. Ping.
After a gorging session of porky goodness, we headed to The Refinery for the K-pop night. No, it wasn’t Karaoke or Korean pop but an R&B party. Here are the boys giving Alan the birthday boy some nookie-loving.
The Typhoon Tigers on a typical birthday celebration
Here are some more pictures from Saturday night.
Bumping into Kim after a year of not seeing her was nice!
Sam C being attacked by chicks on the dance floor! Try spotting this extra in the movie Wimbledon!
I was trying to get a picture with the birthday boy, but he couldn't get over the lipstick doodle on his chest!
It was really quite nice to see everyone again! I’m going to really miss them when I go. Hopefully I’ll catch them in Hong Kong for the Stanley Cup!
