Be on Your Guard

As far as crazy nights go, last night will go down as one for the record books. I’m not sure how it all started but for as long as I can remember, my brother and I developed this tendency to flank our friends and walk on either side of them…Although we’re not big, a joke started that being Asian we looked like bodyguards - apparently all of us know martial arts…which isn’t true by the way, just in case the stereotype has been that ingrained.

Since last night was Xav’s last weekend in Cape Town before he left for Europe and NYC; he requested that we act as his hired guns for the evening. Just as an aside we’ll be glad to let our bodyguard services to anyone, but be warned; should trouble arise we may turn and run like sissy girls…our services are not refundable.
The M.O. was supposed to be that he was the son of a powerful French ambassador, and that we were to ask anybody who came within 2 feet to politely step back and give him space.

As the night began we rounded up the troops me, Joe, Xav and Action Dan and headed out to craziness. We were to meet up with Michael Fassbender, the guy who played Stelio(“Then we shall fight in the shade.”) in the 300 movie, as he’s working with Action Dan on a British Civil War film. Ernst met up with us a little bit later in the evening as well.When ever a bunch of blokes get together you know a good time is to be had, but It was even more fun last night as we were playing the fool and acting out our roles.

At the end of a big evening in Cape Town, it’s customary to get a pie form the 24 hour Engen in Orange Street. There’s always some interesting folk at the store in the wee hours of the morning; and it always surprises me who you’re going to meet . We starting chatting and made friends with two British girls, one of them, by chance happened to come from the same place Dan is from in Leeds.

The taxi that had dropped them off had told them that it was fine to walk back to their backpackers… in the middle of the night…although I’m sure they would have been fine; it’s perhaps not the best idea to walk alone in the dark, just two girls; and being ever chivalrous we figured we’d drop them off on our way home.

Done like true body guards; at the end of the evening, we did actually get to do our fair share of protecting! For those of you who are not from South Africa, it is a pretty safe place…so long as you use a little common sense and not open yourself up to potentially dangerous situations, just like in any other country that you might happen to be visiting.