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The AIA Great European Carnival 2015

I'm sure you've heard of the return of The AIA Great European Carnival to Hong Kong after years and years. Eight years, to be exact, because its last appearance in the city was at the end of 2006 to the beginning of 2007. And apparently, it's to return for three consecutive years! I remember going once as a child with my Gonggong (Grandpa) and cousin Cherie, and once again when I was in Year Eight with Karina and Marie. I still have photos from both occasions, and typing this entry makes me sort of nostalgic so I think I'll go dig them up right now. But not to show you guys, of course, because I was hella ugly back then (I mean when I was a tween. I don't think I was too bad as a cute child). I had tons of fun both times and you bet I was excited when I heard that it was making a reappearance back in Hong Kong!

Though it opened in December, I actually didn't go until February. I even gave up going because I work a full-time job which meant that I could only go on weekends, but the weekends were usually crowded as hell and the tickets for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays cost more. Being the cheap ass I am, I felt that it wasn't worth it (how dare I?)? But in the end Jason and I went anyway because fuck it, it was a once a year thing so I might as well let go of my OCD tendencies for one damn day.

Jason kept telling me how much pressure he was under because I'd seen many cute dolls I wanted from winning stall games through scanning other peoples' Instagrams. In particular, I really wanted this pink-and-purple unicorn and I couldn't shut up about it. I thoroughly expected to get it... and guess what? I DID! But the plot twist?

I won it myself!

Actually out of the three dolls we ended up taking away from the fair, two of them (the bigger ones, may I add) I won myself. This strong independent woman don't need no man! Though it was possible to win the purple unicorn from a stall game (which both Jason and I tried and failed), I actually won it from a crane machine... on my second token. LOL. I didn't expect it at all because the guy before me was trying to get the same unicorn and he'd spent like twenty tokens on it before giving up? I just decided to try for the hell of it. Am I freakin' skilled or what? (I refuse to admit that perhaps I was just lucky - I am never lucky, guys.)

We actually didn't try any rides because a few days before we went, there was an accident on one of them and we were too pussy smart to risk our lives. We also didn't purchase any extra tokens because we are cheap as hell. So I suppose we didn't get the full experience, though to be honest I was a hundred percent satisfied and ready to leave after winning my unicorn in the first half hour we were there (we only ended up staying like two hours).



























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