I was well informed leading up to Halloween weekend in Hong Kong that this would be the biggest weekend of the year. With over 76,000 people passing through LKF (central bar/club/restaurant district) all drunk and dressed in costume. I was pumped! A few costume ideas were thrown around amongst the boys, but with the launch of Battlefield 3 on PS3. Johan, Jeffrey and I knew we had to dress up as some sort of armed enforcement. So Jeffrey being the HK local, took us to a place called Mong Kok which seems to have a street for everything (including sneaker street) that was lined with shop after shop of military gear. Every countries uniform to every type of weapon you could imagine. And these aren’t just some plastic water pistol type of guns. They’re gas powered BB Guns that can do some serious damage. I then found out that there’s a hobby called ‘War Games’ where groups of people go out to abandon warehouses and basically play war games. It’s one of the amazing things about living in foreign countries. You’re always amazed by interests other cultures have.
Getting back to Halloween. After purchasing a SWAT outfit, pistol, machine gun, laser pointer (that could shoot a laser beam over 500m). Johan was US Marines and Jeffrey was a crazy Paratrooper. We were ready to storm LKF! But hold on. What about cops on the street and security guards at the venues? Were they going to be cool with us all just cruising the streets packing heat and then let us into clubs??
Jeffrey: “No worries! It’s Hong Kong!”
Me: “Really?? Because I don’t wanna get my guns confiscated or have a real gun pulled on me”
Jeffrey: “Don’t worry. I spoke to my copper mate and he said Halloween weekend is the only time you can take them out”
Me: “F#ck I love Hong Kong”
And he was right. We were waving our guns through the crowd, sniping girls from 100m away with our lasers and doing raids on clubs and bars. They loved it! We got so many free shots from the venues because they loved our costumes. It was definitely one of the best weekends I’ve ever had. Once again Hong Kong never ceases to amaze me.
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