Hongkie Town: What I do for my readers

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

What I do for my readers

Monday night and of course I'd like to spend a quiet evening at home with my dogs and my maid. Instead, I went out to a press junket on Fashion TV's F. Diamond mega yacht, currently anchored in our fair harbor. While there, I was forced to watch a show that featured 17 models in tiny dresses and bikinis. It's a hard luck life for Spike.

The F.Diamond is here in HK for a week and there will be a big party on Thursday night, co-sponsored by Prive, which I will probably also attend. This marks the 10th anniversary of the Fashion TV cable channel, which claims to be the 4th largest channel in the world (in terms of households which could tune in to it). After HK, they will be in Shenzhen this weekend before steaming off someplace else.

We witnessed their weekly Miss FTV contest, 17 contestants, including three Hong Kong models (one of whom was first runner-up and is my future ex-wife, though she doesn't know it yet).

Since they had their own camera people swarming around us, this leads to the nightmarish possibility that my face could soon be appearing on FTV. The apocalypse is indeed nigh.

Here are a selection of photos - small on this page because there are so many but click on them for slightly larger versions.

This is Michel Adams, the founder of FTV, with the three local HK models. Most of the other girls are from eastern Europe, one from Spain.

# posted by Spike @ 10/16/2007 12:06:00 AM

Comments:

Check out the Chinese chick in pic 0192...she's got the eye for you.

# posted by

Anonymous : 10/16/2007 2:51 AM

Ya..!! real hard .. for you .. :P

# posted by

mama bok : 10/16/2007 3:19 AM

Sucks to be you!

Watch out for the Chinese model-she looks high maintenance.

# posted by

Skippy-san : 10/16/2007 6:09 AM

Just what i needed to see, brought me out of a state of despair straight after reading about the hate mongering bigots! :-)

# posted by

ozirob : 10/16/2007 6:48 AM

I thought for sure I saw you fenwick's. Then again, I don't know who you are, so it's a little difficult to make those calls.

# posted by

Christopher : 10/16/2007 8:38 AM

I almost never go to Fenwicks.

# posted by

Spike : 10/16/2007 9:44 AM

Spike !!
Thanks !

So where did you end up going after this event eh ??

Was any of them up for a few drinks with you in Wanchai ?

I notice most are not following Britney's going commando style for the media

# posted by

Anonymous : 10/16/2007 11:15 AM

these ladies are very nice!!!!

video of guess who?

# posted by

macboy : 10/16/2007 3:28 PM

Life is so hard...and the things you do for a free drink :-)

# posted by

Indiana : 10/16/2007 5:32 PM

Doesn't take a genious which one is your future ex-wife. Gotta admire your taste though :-)

# posted by

Peter : 10/16/2007 5:37 PM

I hope you managed to sneak some pies to those poor girls - some of them look close to hospitalisation...

# posted by

smog : 10/16/2007 6:22 PM

I note, with admiration - well not much, that this f;oating brothel (converted greek ferry) has a garage you can drive your stretch limo into. So, Spike, did you driev your amphibious Lexus out into Victoria Harbour?

# posted by

Luke : 10/17/2007 10:48 PM

a giant step up from Fenwick, what are their prices?

# posted by

Anonymous : 10/18/2007 1:33 AM

It seems one of the girls had really "grabbed" you - this can be the only reason for no post since several days .....Chris Farlowe

# posted by

Anonymous : 10/20/2007 2:19 AM