Reply #4260 gwailoplayer's post
Well.....actually things WERE just like you suggest in the past.
Us non-natives/ABC's/CBC's etc would keep in touch with each other (mostly via ISG in those days), co-ordinate our times to come over, get together and swap information/leads and just watch each other's back. It was kind of a small community amongst us and we did have a lot of good times. Then the Taiwanese tour groups started getting organized and organized well, followed by the Sammyboy guys and these "Agents" started operating and arranging things for even the lone stragglers who comes over.
Whilst in the past we DID arrange our own outings - KTV, BBS's, saunas etc - these things are now better organized by these professional agents. For lets face it - arranging these kind of things is NOT an easy job - and I know for a fact that doing so is not only very onerous, it's quite a thankless job. Worse, I've experienced just once too many times actuall monetary losses when somebody wouldn't show up at a KTV party I've arranged...and the rest of the guys insist that I should still "charge" the guy for being a "No-show" (yeah - right..me and whose army to go and collect this) or some idiot would not show up for his hotel room reservation which I guaranteed and even one particular wanker I remember actually walking away from his hotel bill....and the manager who I made the reservations through got after me!! Oh, the hazards of organizing things for other mongers are plenty, varied, mostly unexpected....and is just something I now defer to the professional agents.
But Gwailoplayer - you're VERY welcome to try to organize such a trip and I will definitely join in and look forward to it. THANKS!
But as far as having anything to do with the actual organization....welllll....!!
SEAN - nah....got burned once too many a time.
Ps edit
Here it comes again!! LOL!
So......please somebody (ONE BODY ONLY PLEASE!!!) dock me -1K to reverse!!
Or maybe....just maybe..... we should ALL just leave it to Twice to do so....since he's gone off to Shanghai anyway....the mice SHOULD play while the cat's away - no?
LMAO
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