Monday, May 10, 2004
More frustration today, even though the Lakers won in impressive fashion. Seems my iDisk is a bit broken, so I can't upload any pictures or pages -- so my new digicam will have to wait a bit before I can show it off.
In the meantime, check this out. You might think that it's boring, but you need to delve a little deeper. It's the website for a flashy new supercomplex of apartments in Hong Kong called Caribbean Coast. Click through the flash stuff a bit. It's just so insanely excessive it's ridiculous. There are FIVE clubhouses named after Caribbean Isles, each for a "different taste" -- though a quick inspection of the facilities on offer shows that taste actually means "price bracket". This is evidenced by "Bermuda" effectively consisting of a jogging track, putting green, kid's play area and lawn... while "Jamaica" has a waterfall, sauna, rock climbing, beach volleyball, jacuzzi, 30 metre classical Roman indoor swimming pool, "teenage adventure playground" (translation: teenage smoker's area), all arranged around a 120 meter artificial "beach pool".
What makes it even MORE fun is when you check out the showflats (including some with "three bedrooms with ensuite bedroom" -- um?), all of which are ridiculously tiny and absolutely abysmally decorated. One (Flat B) is literally Hello Kitty's Flat, with EVERY INCH of the apartment covered in various Hello Kitty goods. Another has what is obviously a boy's bedroom dominated by what appears to be a full-sized F1 car hanging on the wall. Worst of all: Some of the flats boast what they call a "Maid Storeroom"... not a "Maid's Storeroom", but a "Maid Storeroom", which will make an awful lot of sense to anyone reading this from Hong Kong.
It might not be outright hilarious, but I really got a kick out of the stupidity of the entire thing.
Posted at 5:49 AM
