A Horrible Hangover Experience

While the title sounds like a truism under any circumstance - my experience at the Chinese Karaoke place in China Town, Bruma rings in a similar vain to The Hangover movies.

Organised a KTV event with a few friends from UCT and managed to have a really cool time, singing, socialising and of course - drinking. As per the norm in a Chinese Karaoke you complain about the price of alcohol and question whether the whiskey is fake or real.

The two gentleman from the Huawei Sales team informs me that they're 100%  convinced that EVERY bottle of whiskey that they sell is fake, including the wine and that we should just stick to beer since it's the least likely to be faked.

I voiced my skepticism and ordered a bottle of Bell's Whiskey for R470, quadruple price of a normal liquor store - but hey, there is no way that you could possibly get fake whiskey that only costs around R100 in  the shops, right?

8 beers, and about 1/4 of a bottle of whiskey later the entire night was super hazy, and I ended up passing out in my car for almost 90mins before I woke up shivering. Got home threw up and forced myself to drink as much water as possible.

When I woke again I was in agony, head still spinning and rashes on my face indicative of alcohol poisoning. None of this is new to me since I have done it all before - but not for this relatively small amounts of alcohol and how hazy the last bit of the night was.

Long story for a simple conclusion. NEVER BUY WHISKEY FROM A CHINESE KARAOKE PLACE, EVER!

I think I Will Avoid the C's From Now On

Coincidentally - KC, AC and TC all share the same surname. I suppose it's not all that strange considering that it's the 4th most common Chinese surname; the Big 4 makes up something like 60% of the Chinese Han population and C is also the most common surname in Southern China so I guess it's not THAT big of a coincidence.

But despite that - meeting a girl whose surname is C makes me wanna run away already.