Shanghai Nite

It is Friday now - Shanghai night will be tonite. And I'm in a pleatted black skirt, with a fushion black embroidered top. Little red tear drop earrings, with pointy-red-shoes.. I did feel uncomfortable in this outfit, compared to my trusty jeans on a Friday. Durn! I did miss wearing "garbage" clothes...

Work officially ended at half past 3 today, but, with all the melodrama with our members, many of us left at half past 5, and, that's considered fortunate for those who made it for it. Many of us left 6pm, thereabouts, and D&D started at half past 6. And I belong to the fortunate people.... all thanks to the lovely aussie/kiwi members whose 4 to 5hours ahead of us at this point of time -- day light saving mode.

The dinner consist of a really long receiption. A lot of crowd mingling, and everyone straddling in late. There was a pretty good mix of people. From those who manage to doll up and looked like little china dolls, to some looking dreadfully clown-like in their brightly-donned dresses. The men were looking more like from Qing Dynasty, rather then the 1930s/40s Shanghai. But, I have to say, that there were some.. that did actually capture the theme very well.

Most ladies were in Cheong Sum, strangely, one hardly sees modernisation in tonite's Shanghai nite. It almost seem like all the flavour have gone out of it.. its sad that people perseve Shanghai in the 30s as mainly sasshaying china dolls in high collar and tiny waists... Where was that western costumes ? where were the furs, the long stick cigarettes, the long string of pearls ?? Those added to the lovely, bright colours and sights of Shanghai night....