Dees mom won a competition on 5FM (a very cool radio station). The prize was two tickets to the Bar-One Toffee Krisp (a very nice chocolate) 25 Hour Party, including airfare there and back and a chance to win an XBox 360. She was nice enough to give the tickets to Dees who invited me along (because I am currently the closest thing to a single guy friend that he has). I think it's important to mention that Dees mom is incredibly lucky because she was also a winner in the Durban leg of the competition. Those tickets went to Ajay and Desiree (some very cool relatives of Dees who made this experience fun, pictured below).
So the Party was to start at 11:00am in Jozi (Johannesburg), which meant that Dees and I had to be up at 6am to catch our flight that left CT at 08:30am. While on the flight we didn't get much sleep because we met Amy, a 12 year old who has been in more relationships than Dees and I put together. So naturally the late bloomers spent the 2 hour flight seeking sage advise from someone more experienced.
When we arrived at the venue we were each given tickets that had to be clipped every two hours (which just meant chasing the MC around most of the night, while he drank and spaded every chick in sight). We were told that at the end of the party all the tickets with 12 holes would be collected and used in the draw for the XBox. Stay awake and win a XBox, easier said than done. So of we go to party, most of which was outside under a tent over tennis courts.
Let me just say that the Bar-One people made sure that there was enough of everything, from the time we got there the drinks were flowing, if you smoked and didn't have any they provided, the place had chocolates everywhere (oddly enough there were none left when it was time to leave). Dees being the hedonist that he is dove straight in with gusto and I decided to pace myself (after trying out the various XBox games set out for our entertainment on the prettiest high definition tv's). I really wanted to win. XBox games, alcohol and our own company was not the only form of entertainment provided. The Bar-One people had arranged for four bands and various dj's to entertain us: 'Desmond and the Tutus' (a cool band), Tumi (from 'Tumi and the Volume', really cool hip-hop group), '340ml' (reggae band, the lead singer is cute), the Parlotones (awesome rock band). My favourites were the Parlotones (see picture below) and Tumi. The great thing was that after they had performed they hung out at the party with the rest of us.
Oh, and we did get food, lunch, supper and breakfast.
At the height of the party there were probably more than 300 people there, but at 4am when the Jozi cold set in the only people left were those that couldn't go home, i.e. the CT and Durbs peeps.
So what happened if you got tired. Well there was a "chill" room, filled with foam matrices, bean bag chairs, games, cards and Bar-One chocolates. Dees after reaching new levels of intoxication used this room relatively often (he got at least 7 hours sleep at the party). I on the other hand could not sleep, I have a thing about foreign places but that didn't stop me from getting in 20 minutes on a bean bag when my eyelids rebelled and closed after being awake for 25 hours. Very few people actually managed to survive without nipping of for a nap. In fact at about 6am people were sprawled out everywhere, it looked like a movie.
Dees and I after 14 hours...
Did I have fun? Hell yes!! Were there points when I would of preferred my bed? Hell yes. Especially when the temperature started dropping, and the only warm place was under one of the three outdoor heaters. It all got a bit tedious after a while, but I soldiered on.
At one point a poker game broke out. What was the minimum bet? One Bar-One Toffee Krisp choc. The picture below is of a poker game at 7am, this time we had to use Monopoly money.
We met tons of great people but Cindy and Caleb (below) here were by far the most friendly and I'll definitely be keeping in contact with them.
I met this nice young (18) man, Johnathan (I think, I was 3 apple martini's down by then) at the fire side. I liked his tie.
Eventually, after all was said and done. The draw happened and it turned out that there were four prizes, a XBox bag, some music gift vouchers, a 30Gig iPod and iTrip and the XBOX 360. In the end my efforts to win the XBox were in vain, but I did win something. This chick walked away with the iPod and iTrip but forgot to get a picture (because she was so excited about actually winning something). The iPod is now called the spicePOD.
By the time I actually got some sleep I had been up for 37 hours.
Let me just say that the Bar-One people made sure that there was enough of everything, from the time we got there the drinks were flowing, if you smoked and didn't have any they provided, the place had chocolates everywhere (oddly enough there were none left when it was time to leave). Dees being the hedonist that he is dove straight in with gusto and I decided to pace myself (after trying out the various XBox games set out for our entertainment on the prettiest high definition tv's). I really wanted to win. XBox games, alcohol and our own company was not the only form of entertainment provided. The Bar-One people had arranged for four bands and various dj's to entertain us: 'Desmond and the Tutus' (a cool band), Tumi (from 'Tumi and the Volume', really cool hip-hop group), '340ml' (reggae band, the lead singer is cute), the Parlotones (awesome rock band). My favourites were the Parlotones (see picture below) and Tumi. The great thing was that after they had performed they hung out at the party with the rest of us.
Oh, and we did get food, lunch, supper and breakfast.
At the height of the party there were probably more than 300 people there, but at 4am when the Jozi cold set in the only people left were those that couldn't go home, i.e. the CT and Durbs peeps.
So what happened if you got tired. Well there was a "chill" room, filled with foam matrices, bean bag chairs, games, cards and Bar-One chocolates. Dees after reaching new levels of intoxication used this room relatively often (he got at least 7 hours sleep at the party). I on the other hand could not sleep, I have a thing about foreign places but that didn't stop me from getting in 20 minutes on a bean bag when my eyelids rebelled and closed after being awake for 25 hours. Very few people actually managed to survive without nipping of for a nap. In fact at about 6am people were sprawled out everywhere, it looked like a movie.
Dees and I after 14 hours...
Did I have fun? Hell yes!! Were there points when I would of preferred my bed? Hell yes. Especially when the temperature started dropping, and the only warm place was under one of the three outdoor heaters. It all got a bit tedious after a while, but I soldiered on.
At one point a poker game broke out. What was the minimum bet? One Bar-One Toffee Krisp choc. The picture below is of a poker game at 7am, this time we had to use Monopoly money.
We met tons of great people but Cindy and Caleb (below) here were by far the most friendly and I'll definitely be keeping in contact with them.
I met this nice young (18) man, Johnathan (I think, I was 3 apple martini's down by then) at the fire side. I liked his tie.
Eventually, after all was said and done. The draw happened and it turned out that there were four prizes, a XBox bag, some music gift vouchers, a 30Gig iPod and iTrip and the XBOX 360. In the end my efforts to win the XBox were in vain, but I did win something. This chick walked away with the iPod and iTrip but forgot to get a picture (because she was so excited about actually winning something). The iPod is now called the spicePOD.
By the time I actually got some sleep I had been up for 37 hours.
3 comments:
Bloglines dropped you from my reader! I have some catching up to do. Nice to see more pix of you, even though this blog wore me out. I've been up for 6 hours now, and I'm tired.
Hey! I'm not really gone. I just moved.
http://kingverbal.blogspot.com
Yeah! I was at that party! WOO-HOO!
That was quite a party!
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