We may be regarded assholes by some, but The Dark Side stands up for those who like it up there. Exposing Mr. Heyes for the religious zealot he is led to praise by those in the community fighting for recognition and acceptance. Unfortunately Marty’s former colleagues seem to share his views, as illustrated by the following.

Yesterday we were tipped off about a situation that occurred last Saturday night at gay venue Volume in Central, where a crowd gathered to celebrate the successful Mr. Gay Hong Kong pageant, including winner Rick Twombley and organizer Noel Furrer. At around 2 am, approximately 30 liquor licensing board members and police offers decided to enter the venue to swoop the place. Interestingly, the senile licensing board members, all locals in their 50’s and 60’s, were overheard murmuring phrases such as “these degenerates must be stopped” and “this place will be shut down.” Luckily all went down peacefully and the gentlemen left after not being able to find anything to close the place down on the spot.

Now obviously the occasional police visit is a fact of life for any bar/club in this city. Evan Steer -one of the shareholders of Volume- however commented that in all his years in Hong Kong food & beverage, he has never seen anything of this magnitude before. Which makes you wonder whether this attempt by our government to show off its hairy balls is not a direct result of a widely shared anti-gay attitude among its (former) officials.

We never thought we would say this, but it seems our officials could learn a thing or two from their mainland counterparts.

Setting up a Mr. Gay Hong Kong pageant ain’t no walk in the park. Just ask Man Asia Productions, the organizers of the event. Today SCMP mentions that the two guys behind it, Noel Furrer and James Gannaban, experienced a fair amount of hostility so far and even received an email ‘expressing hatred of homosexuals in unprintable detail.’ Unprintable perhaps, but luckily for you we’re an online medium. Hold on tight:

Who is Martin Heyes you ask? Martin is a former police offer who came to Hong Kong over 30 years ago and is currently retired. He’s an avid hiker and also a rugby ref. After we were tipped off, we checked with Noel whether he received this email from the above email address. He confirmed, and also mentioned another email received today from that same email address in which a written apology is offered with the promise of a verbal one later.

Now of course it could have been anybody writing from this email address, so in order to make sure we don’t further ruin this man’s social life for no reason, our own Johnny Mountain called Martin up to verify the story. He confessed to having a few beers (no shit) before writing the 1st email and is currently desperately involved in damage control.

Too late now buddy. Smile, you’re on the Dark Side.

A female student at the Shanghai Jiaotong University has become quite the internet hit the past few days after attending a speech by Barack Obama in Shanghai last week. Dressed in a black dress and read coat, Wang Zifei here was spotted because of her “poise and beauty.” And rightfully so if we may add:

Initially anonymous, the girl’s identity was discovered by netizens with too much time on their hands (which sounds rather familiar somehow). Wang is however a reluctant celebrity, as she doesn’t welcome the digging into her personal life. She also insists that the obvious red coat was in no way worn to attract attention. Shame Obama didn’t seem to have noticed her, as it might have been the highlight of his China trip. Especially since the man is known to appreciate a good piece of ass.

Update: we were wrong! Obama did indeed notice her… look at that smirk (Thanks Chinasmack).

Do you have a property to rent? If so, watch out for bluffer tenants (Cantonese: 租霸), a type of local scum that could give you hell like you’ve never imagined before.

Apple Daily told us the story earlier about this dopey poor landlady who has been given months of hell by a tenant occupying her flat in North Point. It started with the landlady wanting to rent the flat out. She left the door of the place unlocked and asked the security guard to take down the names of the prospective tenants who wanted to see it. In April, a certain bitch called and expressed interests in the property. HK$ 2,500 was credited to the owner’s bank account as deposit, the HK$ 7.500 monthly rent would be taken care of later.

By the end of April, the landlady discovered that the flat had already been occupied, although that same bitch claimed that the guy was only a renovation worker. Until June, the landlady still couldn’t get the agreement signed and rent paid. So she did what normal people would do; she called the police. Some police officers visited the flat with her, only to discover that the balcony connected to the flat had been turned into a barbecue site where HK$ 120 per head was charged for parties. Our bluffer here also sub-rented two bed spaces out at $1,000 per month. Home sweet home indeed.. (more…)

With all the beautiful oriental girls walking the (virtual) streets, temptation for expats is abundant here. For males that is, as evolution somehow made sure Caucasian women have become unsusceptible to these kinds of hairdos. The cock/pussy ratio in Hong Kong isn’t helping either. Hence, being a wife or girlfriend isn’t easy at times and that of course also counts for relationships between locals, as more and more men are looking across the border for someone who doesn’t require a pair of Louboutins every other month is more tradional in her views.

It is thus no surprise that the forums on asiaxpat.com provide us with a revealing peak into the lives of some troubled female specimens. Their problems vary from excess bodyfat, boyfriends being cheap, boyfriends sleeping with prostitutes, serial cheating, flirting hubbies and of course the eternal question of where to find a good divorce laywer. Txcowboy however makes an interesting point, namely that honest guys are… well, boring. Nuff said.

We’re off for a drink. It’s ladies night. And btw, asiaxpat sucks.

With all the reporting about compensated dating and ketamine abuse, it’s nice to finally read something positive about one of our teenagers. Turns out Ng On-yee below here became the youngest WORLD CHAMPION SNOOKER yesterday by thrashing 49-year old Australian veteran Kathy Parashis in Hyderabad, India. Congratulations!!! You have made us all very proud.

Ps. Shame that thousands of Hindu Indians preferred to cross over to Nepal to brutally slaughter 200.000 animals instead of watching our girl kick ass yesterday.