What am I getting myself into??

I am participating in 'Shave 09'. It is a fundraising activity joining 10,000 other brave shavees raising money for Leukaemia & Blood Foundation.



How it works is pretty self explanatory.

I WILL SHAVE MY HAIR OFF.

But before I do that I need my friends and family to sponsor me for this awesome cause. All funds will go to the Foundation for patient support, awareness and research for blood cancer patients.



On the 7th March, my hair will come off. I will be botak (bald). It is all for a good cause to help cancer sufferers.

As an individual I cannot do much but together we can make a difference. I truly believe every little bit helps. We can easily spend money on luxury things such as hundreds of dollars on alcoholic drinks, thousand dollars handbags and watches but not many people stop and think about helping those less fortunate ones. So please my dear friends and family, I need your generous help.

You may kindly donate here. Please sponsor me to reach my target of NZD1000.00 to see me turn into Shaolin Monk.

Postponed...

Yes, due to the unstable weather condition today, Wigs On The Waterfront has been postponed to Sunday 22nd March, same time same place.

Guess the reason behind iss so that drag queens are able to walk comfortably in their high heels without slippery surface.



Ya? Anyway~

First prize!!

The prizes that we won at Big Gay Out (we bought three raffle tickets from Long Yang Club Auckland) arrived finally!!

They are pretty mean prizes!! Check them out!!



This is the main cheese among the prizes. It is a wooden parrot, beautifully crafted by some real talented craftmen. Should get them to go to New Zealand Got Talent audition!!



It's not just a tiny statue. It is as tall as our pedestal fan at home!!



Came with that was a hamper.



And in there were couple of Prezzies Card, similar as credit card type thing, a Feng Shui book, pair of fluffy dices, and a lanyard for keys and stuff.



Pretty awesome prizes!!

The best thing about this whole thing is, the three raffle thickets only costed us NZD9.00!!

Busy weekend (pt.2)

Right, where were we? Oh yes, Waitangi Friday.

And Sunday was a big day for us. It was a huge annual gay event held at Coyle Park end of Point Chevalier Road.



Same as all the funfair, they had variety of stalls setup for this gay day.




Ah ha! Spot the gayest stall in town!!


Our dear friend Jeffery and husband outside Long Yang Club's stall. And just for your information, we won first prize for the raffles tickets we bought from the club that day!! Yippee!!


Yup free test anyone?


Perfect day for shave ice.

A stage was setup as well for all the performers



And of course the main highlight of the day was gorgeous men,



Yes, our dear Prime Minister is a handsome man without his plaster cast which sold for $18,500 on Trade Me auction website. Mr Key broke his arm when he fell while exiting from a stage at a Chinese New Year celebration in Auckland last month, and it was covered in some high-profile signatures by the time it was removed. And all of this fund was donated to Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF).

Second highlight, sexy bodies.


Ahh~ body to die for


Man this is 'a bit' too tight I think.. OUCH!!

And of course, drag queens!


Our darling friend Ling (right) and her friend, guy's kinda cute too.




Queen from Wellington came up to join the party.





One thing about being a drag queen, unless you think you are up and have the asset for it, then you are most welcome to go for it. Otherwise, the result won't be as what you are expecting...







See what I mean?

Drag Divas Miss Ribena and Miss Ford was there strutting their stuff





Looks like both of them had a bit too much of Big Mac last night..

One thing I admire about those drag queens are no matter how they look or what people say about them, they don't care. All they want is just to have fun and enjoy themselves. Not many people can do that. Too many people are too busy worry about how other people judge them nowadays and lost alot of opportunity having a good ole joyous gay time. Maybe I am one of those people. Maybe I have to learn to let go by following the drag queens footstep. But don't expect me to be in a drag. I am as butch as ever.



One unusual thing they had in this event was a 12 metre long water slide. In this scorching hot weather, maybe this was not a bad idea at all.







Kids had so much fun on the slide, of course some adults as well. We were there when a funny incident happened. Hopefully the photo below explains:



Still don't get it? A sizable female jumped on the slide, she only went for good 4 metre then came to an halt... photo showed her buddy gave her a hand... it was a hilarious scene!! Good on her for giving it a go. I would never do that. Would have come to a complete halt within 2 metre!!

We stayed for about three hours slowly sipping beer and water quenching our thirst. As more and more people arrived, we decided to call it the day because the heat of weather and heat emitted from all the nice bodies were just too much for us to handle..

And there it was another fabulous day full of colours full of fun!!



Wigs On The Waterfront, a drag and entertainment show held annually at Auckland’s Viaduct Basin, is on this Sunday 22th February.



Come pretty people!! Come join in the fun and have a taste of the fabulousity of this community. Guarantee we won't bite... hard~~

Today...

To all 天下有情人 (Lovers Under The Sky),



Like to wish you,



HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!



Hope you have lots of fun. Ya know what I mean.



From both of us, lovers under the sky.

Busy weekend (pt. 1)

Weekend was long but full on. With few events happened around town, we tried our best to make the most of it.

Friday (Waitangi Day)

Heard on the Good Morning Show, in the morning that there was a celebration thingy at Okahu Bay, East Tamaki Drive which started at 9am so quickly we had shower then shot off to the party.

Apparently this was the second Waitangi Day Festival celebrated here hosted by local tangata whenua (Ngati Whatua Orakei) in partnership with Auckland City Council. And for those who don't know, Okahu Bay was the original site of the arrival of Governor Hobson who was invited by Ngati Whatua chiefs to create the city of Auckland in 1841.

When we arrived there people everywhere.



And classic sailing yacht,



waka and contemporary boats



were there to join in the traditional welcoming ceremony by the hosts - Ngati Whatua o Orakei.

Oh yes, this is a non-related topic. I love summer not only because of the sun and warm weather, big part of it is because of this:



Men and boys in shorts and legs!!!

Anyway back to the topic. Shortly after 9am dignitaries started to arrive



We saw camera men lined up with their tools and thought this must be some VIP.


Big man, big tool...


Even One News was there!!

Ah so there he was, our beloved Auckland City Mayor Mr. John Banks together with Maori Dignitaries.



Suddenly dashing thru the otherside were few Maori 'Warriors' in their traditional grass skirts and some just stubbies performed traditional welcoming ceremony for the 'migrants'.




Man...


in grass skirt... as usual, we couldn't help but kept thinking if he wore something underneath it..


Young warrior too shy to show off his warrior hood

There were a few expressions from John that I thought was quite comical. At that time he probably thought:


Oh God, what did I get myself into now...?


Ah! My Head! My Head!!


Crap! Looks like I just have to be brave and keep my chin up today...

Of course, those were my assumption based on the few photos I took. He is a very good looking man, and husband agreed too.


Bleh~ I'm good at doing the tounge too so I've been told.

Across the road at Okahu Bay Domain, lots of food stalls, clothing and Maori craft stalls were setup to participate in this nationwide celebration.




Traditional Hangi


Maori bread is traditional, not sure about the toffee apples...





A travelling farmyard was there giving opportunities for us who live in concrete jungle a chance to get up close and personal to the mammals.




Hubby patting a calf. Moo~~~


NZD1.00 for a small cup of grass


And off you go feed the baa~~ sheep


Caged animal, caged children...


Picking up animal poo. Wouldn't this be a job to die for?

Temperature kept creeping up as the day went so we decided to get something to cool us down and came across this.


Mmm~ nothing beat icy fresh fruit and ice cream on a scorching hot day!!

So hubby bought a juicy pineapple sundae and I got delicious rockmelon and ice cream.


Check out my husband's delicious melons!!


They look yum and actually tasted yum!!

On our way home we saw this car and really admired it. Yes we are Holden freak.



Only until a bit later we noticed this,



It's like.. This car belongs to the Mayor. Do not tow.

Rich people with political power. Don't mess with them.

Twas a great and enjoyable day. Will update with more activities that we've done on the next blog. Ciao bello~