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hong kong 「香港」 ([personal profile] bauhinia) wrote in [community profile] poolside2014-01-07 07:46 pm

新年快乐! redux

The 31st of January is Chinese New Year, guys!! You know what that means. Time to have a huge party. This little shindig will be occurring in two locations in Holly Heights between the evening of the 30th and the morning of the 31st. I'll explain what's happening where and when below.

First, there will be a gathering at the Holly Heights Zoo. This will involve what all zoo-hosted events involve: copious amounts of food. As always, any donations to the creaking, about-to-collapse food tables are 1000% welcome.

The event will feature two big attractions inside the zoo itself. The first of these will be the addition of a new area in the petting zoo. 2014 is the Year of the Horse, of course! To commemorate this, there will be several breeds of horse added to the zoo's population and some of these will be available for horse rides. If anyone wants to man this area, that'd be great.

The second event will be the opening of the poll for naming the zoo's pandas. Hong Kong took naming suggestions in November and will be posting the final list on the 30th. There'll be a drop box for each of the animals and on the 31st, the votes will be tallied and the names announced in a forthcoming post.

Other than these two events, there'll also be festival games and other entertainment. If you'd like to run a stand or booth, there's a sign-up comment for that below!

Onto the second location, which will be the International Commerce Centre. Hong Kong will be arranging for a fireworks/light show there at midnight. The lion/dragon dances will be happening here as well (hosted/led by China!). For the adults, there will be drinks and more food on the 118th floor bar.

I'll post sign-up comments below and if you have questions, please feel free to ask!
barrette: (♡ me first。)

Re: HORSE RIDES

[personal profile] barrette 2014-01-08 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
dawn would happily help with horse rides!
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[personal profile] hoasen 2014-01-08 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
helping out with this per usual, little brother!
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[personal profile] hoasen 2014-01-08 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
and lol maybe something here too
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[personal profile] hoasen 2014-01-08 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good Luck" and "Great Wealth". (I'm not sure if I'm serious yet)
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Re: BOOTHS/STANDS

[personal profile] splasher 2014-01-08 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
...not sure if this qualifies

can we put the swim club calendars in here LMAO
shiningcrystalbits: (Break a leg! Sing your song!)

[personal profile] shiningcrystalbits 2014-01-09 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Athena is reporting here! o7
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[personal profile] splasher 2014-01-09 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
EXCELLENT
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[personal profile] chinchinpurin 2014-01-18 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
meeeeeeeeeeee
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[personal profile] volcanic 2014-01-18 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Iceland would be willing to help, although he wouldn't initially offer- once he catches wind that there's HORSIES he'll definitely want to hang around.

And he has experience with northern breeds! So he'd prioritize looking after those, if there are any.
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[personal profile] volcanic 2014-01-18 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Related question: Would it just be one breed to care for (i.e. Icelandic horse) or could it be several(Icelandic Horse, Norwegian Fjord Horse, Danish Warmblood, for example)?
volcanic: (eh)

[personal profile] volcanic 2014-01-18 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really... But is it like, okay, Iceland is watching One Horse, and then he can take a break when Character B goes on shift? Or were you talking about the horses going on break...
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Re: FOOD STUFFS

[personal profile] ladyfascination 2014-01-19 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Jam's gonna have the same street food she usually gives out at the welcome parties available, but will also be making tons of Ningao for anyone who wants to try it. Family recipe and all.
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[personal profile] volcanic 2014-01-19 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! Much clearer. OKAY ONE MORE QUESTION ARE YOU SICK OF ME YET but then we should be crystal clear on this whole event.

Do the two horses have to be the same breed? Would that be your preference? Two Icelandic horses instead of an Icelandic horse and a Danish Warmblood- I understand if that'd be too much to keep track of!
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[personal profile] gochuugoku 2014-01-23 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
China could help before or after the dances!
nagyka: depeche mode. (a question of lust.)

[personal profile] nagyka 2014-02-01 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
The LEU, yes.
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[personal profile] nagyka 2014-02-01 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
The plan is to sit there with hot drinks for a few hours and awkwardly try to get people to join because paperwork is piling up.

That's the booth.

(It sucks.)