Joy Gift Shop

Shop L56 Peninsula Centre
Tsim Sha Tsui East
Kowloon
Hong Kong

Tel: 2366 4822
Web: http://www.joygiftshop.com.hk

Hint No. 1 :  Look for the HSBC Branch in Peninsula Centre on the Ground Floor, and take the escalator to the Basement from there.  On reaching the Basement, turn Right and walk)

Hint No. 2 :  They have shops in other locations around town.  Check their website.

Tucked away in the basement of Peninsula Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui East, is this sex shop. Actually, it's one of 2 on that floor - the other is at the other end (how Freudian.....).

It may be necessary to wander around a bit in the basement.  Most of it appears to be taken up by (legal) majong parlours. The shop is recognizable by the Japanese-dominated advertising of semi-life-size female dolls with all the appropriate orifices and the labia pink curtains that serve as the doorway.

Before going any further, FuelMix can't resist quoting the blurb from their website:

"The Joy Gift Shop chain stores has become the talk of the town in Hong Kong and is a must for the beautiful people. We have injected a new respectability into the sex shop business so that it is no longer frowned on or considered sleazy locally. Tasteful decoration, comfortable spaciousness, variety, openness and surprisingly competitive prices contributed to our success. And every store manned by our Girl Jennys has brought pleasant smiles to our customers."

It's primarily a hetero adult store.  The clue is in the cheap-looking and over-priced dildos.  But for the fag there is a range of "sexy" underwear and thongs and for the serious fag...........

They stock the genuine Fleshlight, made in the USA!!!  It comes in a big metal tin can with your choice of mouth, ass or pussy.  Currently priced at HK$380.00.  That is one big heavy mutthafukka, even if it is built to look like an oversized "flashlight".

In order to touch the Fleshlight, you'll need the female shop assistant.  That's the rule so go ahead don't be shy.  She's kinda pushy in a polite sort of way and was helpful in answering questions about how to clean that thing after using it. Make sure to feel  the interesting texture of the latex inner sleeve of the Fleshlight.

Tip:  She claimed to be able to offer a discount on the price.  FuelMix suggests taking a buddy or 2 or 3 and then bargain for a group discount on a bulk purchase of Fleshlights.

Which gave FuelMix an idea............would there be any interest here in Very Rich Megacity if a group of guys got together regularly for fun with their Fleshlights...........????

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Alexander Sauna 9

1st Floor, Wing Cheong Building
404 Reclamation Street
Mong Kok
Kowloon
Hong Kong
MTR: Mong Kok Station, Exit E 1 

Open 24 hours
Tel: 2148 0400

From a reader who dropped in on 27 December 2010, a Public Holiday here in Very Rich Megacity:

Hello mate,
 
I literally stumbled across your blog when I searched for gay saunas in Hong Kong. I thought it was very good - chatty and up to date. I have read many of the entries and have found them enormously useful. So thank you.

I get to Hong Kong twice a year for a fortnight at a time and always intrigued to check out the local scene. I was very impressed by Towel Club but as I have gathered it is now closed. Shame. So having read about your glowing experience at Alexander, I thought I would give it a go.

Alexander, as per your instruction, was very easy to find. Having paid the $130 entrance fee, I quickly found my locker. It was certainly busy when I arrived at 16:00 on the bank holiday Monday. I stripped down to my sexy thong and had a good look around. I thought it was a bit too dark - the whole place needs a lot more sympathetic lighting. The clientele was almost exclusively chinks - apart from one friendly Pakistani gentleman. All suits me find as there aren't too many in Nanny Kingdom where I live.

Then the manager told me I had to take off my thong and wear a towel. I was not too happy about that - I love my thongs and I think I look pretty sexy in them. A lot of other guys would look sexy in a nice pair of briefs or bikinis too. I was quite annoyed having to take them off. So, in my protestation, I decided to walk around naked.

Either I had 'fresh meat' tattooed on my forehead, or because of my 5'11" 40" chest  smooth muscled chink frame, or being naked -  wherever I went there were wondering hands.  People seemed happy to grope or pinch, but never a smile or a node. It must be the attitude of the local chinks you were referring too. It's just slightly on the rude side - I am laid back and never mind a knowing squeeze - but being mobbed is another matter.

There were a small handful of guys with pert pecs and gym toned physique, a fair few average bods and some of those Fuglies you were referring to. I managed to have a pretty good time - fucked a muscle guy for a good half an hour, then played with a few others. So I left the place with a nice grin on my face.

Goodness, that sounded like a rambling message. I hope you find the above interesting and feel free to publish it in your blog. Would be happy to send you a self pic too if you are interested - let me know. 

FuelMix says:  Glad you left the place with a grin on your face.  Local attitude takes some getting used to. Unfortuately some chinks try really hard to copy the attitude they received in the West.  A clear case of doing unto others what they hated having done unto them.

As far as your thong is concerned, technically the management should not have bothered, because you were for all practical purposes, undressed.  But it's their establishment and they make "the rules". If you've got an underwear or thong fetish, you might want to try Chaps in North Point and check out their website.  They have Theme Nites which definitely include underwear nites.  Check out FuelMix's review of Chaps on this blog.


Since you claim to be a muscular chink, also drop into Double Sauna.  They're open 24 hours are in the same neighbourhood as Alexander.  Other readers have given their impressions of Double and you are welcome to do the same.

Galaxy Sauna 6

5th Floor, Harilela Mansion
81 Nathan Road Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon,
Hong Kong
MTR: Tsim Sha Tsui Station, Exit C2

Tel: 2366 - 0629 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              2366 - 0629      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
No website that FuelMix knows of

From a reader:


Hiya


Wow.....your reviews of Galaxy sauna are totally accurate - right down to the sole filthy urinal and the spit flooded showers.  The place is decrepit and grubby but it was really packed with GAMs of all ages and body types.  As you pointed out some can be pretty aggressive and many seem to be married guys. Absolutely agree with your observations on Fuglies.  It's obviously a very popular place although I would not describe the customers as "hot".  It's friendly enough but the guys were not my type.  Did notice a number of guys who were also regulars at ABC Sauna across the street.


FuelMix says: Yeah, Galaxy is a law unto itself. It's got a winning - if incredibly grubby - formula and it just sucks the customers in.  It is the largest sauna in Tsim Sha Tsui and probably the most successful.  Why they are not open 24 hours is kinda baffling.

Gay Sauna Etiquette 8

What Do You Think About The Jacuzzi or Hot Tub In a Gay Sauna? Is It OK To Have Action There?

Yeah, it's OK to have action in there and a lot of guys do. So how does a fag get in the mix?

• Shower first - with soap.  You ARE responsible for your personal hygiene in every nook and orifice.
• It's polite to check out the number of people already in the hot tub.  If it's full, what the hell are you doing getting in?  It boggles FuelMix's pretty head to see utterly stupid fags of all ages descending into the tub when every seat is taken.  And they stand there right in the middle of the tub like pilgrims in the Ganges.  Wait until a spot becomes available, idiot.
  
• What these stupid fags don't realize is that there is considerable eye contact and footsie playing in the hot tub.  If a fag is gonna stand there right in the middle,  just how popular does he think he's gonna be?  Unless he's utterly gorgeous and wanted by everyone, he's not gonna get smiles.
• If the fag gets a seat in the hot tub, he should not assume that it's OK to start pawing the guys next to him.  Wait for eye contact, a smile, or better still, let the other guy start pawing. Fags are in the hot tub for different reasons: some just arrived in the gay sauna and want to soak, some want  quiet time, some just finished fucking around and are resting, some are migratory fags - they arrive, dip n' go, some are predatory fags lying there half submerged like crocodiles (they can be really persistent), some get their kicks only playing with guys in the hot tub.  In other words, the hot tub is a fuckin' microcosm of society.

Oh yeah......if a fag needs to shit, get out of the hot tub.  Once in a white country, FuelMix recalls seeing a rejected fag leave a floating token of appreciation in the hot tub.  He figured that if he wasn't going to get action in the tub, neither should anyone else.

So Does FuelMix Like Hot Tubs ?

No actually, he doesn't.

FuelMix absolutely avoids them all over the world.  Why is that?  Well.....once in a gay sauna (in a white country.......*sigh*) when the hot tub was full of apparently "hot" white men,  FuelMix just dipped his ankles into the hot tub..........and a couple of days later, ended up with the most painful skin rash called Folliclitis.  Effectively, bacteria in the hot tub got into the skin via the hair follicles in his ankles.  It was ghastly, it was awful, it was agonizing.  Try going into the office when you can't wear socks...........and when you do put them on, all you do is scream in pain.

That heartwarming lesson completely turned FuelMix off from entering a communal hot tub in a gay sauna, in a hotel - or anywhere else for that matter.

It also contributed to FuelMix's view of the health and hygiene of whites in their native habitat, which (after additional observations like what rotting Meth Mouth in a white guy actually looks like),  led to FuelMix sexually shunning whites worldwide thereafter.  But then as you people would know, "it's a preference".

That's right fags........great oaks of resistance grow from itchy skin lesions on raw and inflamed ankles. Sadly, many chink fags are emulating white fag lifestyle choices  It doesn't bode well.  It really doesn't.

Personally, FuelMix thinks that hot tubs should be removed from gay saunas and cautions fags about entering them.

It's your body.

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Hyundai Sauna

From a reader in Seoul, reporting on the gay sauna scene:

Getting There

• From Hamilton Hotel, cross the street and walk straight down the hill and take the first left turn. 
• Hyundai is half a block down this lane, on the right side. 
• The sign is in Korean only, but look for the 2nd sauna sign (a bowl shaped symbol with three fingers of steam rising), not the first sauna sign which is another motel.

Facilities 

The action is all in the 2 upstairs sleeping areas, which are basically 2 large rooms with some blankets on the floor. Since no lube or condoms are provided, you must bring your own, or be prepared to participate in the unprotected action that seems to go on just about all the time.

The shower and locker area is drafty and cold in the winter, and not clean. The shower floor is moldy, and the plunge pools look disgusting. There is a dry sauna as well, if you feel the need.


Verdict

This is a very old and dirty sauna. It has been there for many years, and was one  the first in town where foreigners could hang. Over the years, it has not been improved or maintained in any way.

As the area it is in has changed its make-up, the clientele has migrated to older locals and (older) tourists. Friday and Saturday overnights used to be packed, but since newer more modern (and clean) places have popped up, this old stand-by has continued in decline.

Overall this place is best avoided unless you are into taking risks with your health. 

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Papa Don't Preach

FuelMix had to carefully read the report in the Telegraph dated 15 December 2010, entitled Switzerland considers repealing incest laws.

Yep, that's what it said.  A draft law proposes de-criminalising sex between consenting family members.  Sponsors of the bill take the view that adequate legal safeguards already exist against abuse and paedophilia.  Besides, there were only 3 cases of (presumably non-consensual) incest since 1984.

FuelMix really doesn't know what to think.  Given Switzerland's historical insularity and general xenophobia, consensual incest for them seems almost logical.  But it raises all sorts of other social, medical and social implications.

Just thinking about it, some random thoughts:

• It complicates giving kids the Facts Of Life Talk;
• How does a parent come out and propose the scenario to their legal-aged offspring?
• How does a legal-aged offspring raise the prospect with their parent?
• We've all heard about sibling rivalry.  What about parental rivalry for the sexual affections of the offspring?
• What about pregnancy? Would that be an offence?  Would abortion be automatic?
• What about transmission of STDs?  Would that be an offence?  Would the trial be open to the public?

In future, IF this bill becomes law, when a Swiss guy in a fag bar says he has a close relationship with his family, ASK exactly what that means.  It sounds creepy.

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Equus

Submitted by a regular reader in Seoul, South Korea who says that the gay scene there is really taking off.  As part of the database of mens gay saunas in Seoul, this post is about  Equus, a new gay Playspace that is open 24 /7.

Subway No.6 Itaewon Station Exit No.3
Telephone:  02-793-6227
Cost: 10,000 Won overnight /5,000 during the day 
Note:  Open 24 hours


Getting There

• Go straight from Exit No.3, about 2 city blocks past the Fire Station and Police Station. 
• It is on the 3rd floor of building right before the tall Chiel building.
• Note that in Seoul, most people navigate by using urban landmarks.  There does not appear to be a sequential street numbering system.

Facilities & Comment

This is a relatively new location for this "Jimjilbang" (sleeping room). The old location was down the block and very, very small. The old location was either empty, or so full that there was nowhere to play. The new location has plenty of play spaces, and room to spread out.

Weekend overnights are the most crowded, but more attitude at these times. Late mornings on the weekends tend to be the best time to play, as the posers are gone. 

Weekday afternoons very quiet, but evenings after about 9pm can be fun. Most action happens in the bunks. The more shy types will take you to a room to play. Others enjoy the exhibition, as well as occaisional group play. 

Crowd is 80% local, and 20 % foreigner. Condoms and lube supplied and in use for the majority of the players. 

Place is well kept, and since it is new, in good shape. There is a gang shower, as well as 2 private showers near the lockers. The [ gay ] scene in Seoul is growing fast, and inhibitions have fallen away over the last few years.

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The End Of Camp ?

An article in the Guardian dated 30 November 2010 entitled The end of gay men being camp observes the apparent demise of the camp gay man as "straight-acting" gay men gain the ascendancy.

The author also states as FuelMix did sometime ago in this blog, that the term "straight-acting" itself implies a fake. Sort of like "spray-on-butch" which one of the commenters of the above article used. (FuelMix thinks that one's pretty good).  But the author goes onto say that the frequent use of "straight-acting" is part of the psyche of gay men, which collectively has a deep rooted fascination with the masculine straight man.  Interesting point particularly when one looks at gay erotic art of the 1940s and 1950s or going further back, the adoration and glorification of the naked Olympian athletes.

But is "straight-acting" the right label or concept to replace camp?  The author says:


"And what if the pressure to be "straight-acting" gradually squeezes out camp behaviour? Will we have lost something important? Perhaps we should be pleased to see it go, an unnecessary relic of a time when gay men risked prosecution and when a lisp and a limp wrist were a relatively safe way of communicating your sexuality to other men. Or maybe it would be a sell-out, allowing ourselves to be railroaded into behaving like straight men – and, what is more, the kind of straight men who are most likely to give us homophobic abuse or a beating.

Perhaps gay men should view "camp" in the same way as we view a minority language or regional accent, something to nurture and encourage, even if we don't speak that way ourselves."

But here's FuelMix's question: Is "Straight-acting" really the opposite of camp? Or is it really the opposite of "effeminate"?  Have gay men got it wrong?  And how does one define "camp" in contrast to "effeminate"? And what about those Muscle Marys who appear to be both camp and effeminate? Gay men need to re-visit Susan Sontag's seminal work, Notes On Camp.

The last point about camp being a minority language is also interesting. "Camp" indeed has its own patois, known as Polari.  This "language" was initially spoken as slang by those working  in the English theatrical world in the 19th and early 20th Century, before being adopted by English gays fairly quickly as a means of identifying and communicating with each other when gay sex was illegal.

Polari appears to be a mish-mash of  Gypsy, some kind of bastardized Italian, English, a sort of Yiddish and other bits and pieces such as maritime slang. Researchers at Cambridge University listed Polari as one of the languages headed for extinction. Polari slang is on a free website by the World Oral Literature Project.  Some Polari words can also be found on http://www.polari.org.uk/ 

Fags will instantly realize that bits of Polari are now in mainstream fag patois.

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Memo to Fags 9

To: Fags
From: FuelMix

There's no accounting for the creativity and inadvertent stupidity of supposedly horny fags advertising on Craigslist.  This gem is taken from the page for Very Rich Megacity spotted today:

"i am FortySeven Five Foot Ten OneHundredSeventy LBS
I have a body of a 35 year old"

1. Where did he find the body?
2. Is he trying to dispose of it?
3. Is he into necrophilia?
4. If he's describing himself, just what is the accepted definition of a body of a 35 year old?
5. How did he land on that figure?
6. What makes him think that others will agree that he has a body of a 35 year old?
7. How do we know he's actually 47?

Twit.

Memo To Fags 8

To: White Troll Fags
From:  FuelMix

Whilst it is always encouraged to show good manners to an older white fag, the line is drawn when the white troll enters a gay bar, finds a booth, unzips and starts playing with his cock as a means of attracting attention from younger fags.

You'll get the attention alright.  But it will probably be derision.

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Gay Sauna Etiquette 7

What's The Deal About Exhibitionism In A Gay Sauna?

It sometimes comes as a shock to newbie fags when they witness the exhibitionism that goes on in a gay sauna.  Some get un-nerved and lapse into performance anxiety.  Others claim to have a "stiff" rule that they don't do it in public coz they're picky and discreet.

Yada, yada.....whatever.

Listen up fags, exhibitionism is an integral part of fag culture and history.  Think about body conscious clothing, hanky codes, discretely fondling one's crotch in public when making eye contact with a hot guy, sex in public toilets,  sex in parks, sex in alleyways, sex in porn theatres, sex in adult stores, go-go dancers in gay bars, male stripper nites in the clubs, crotch enhanced underwear and cockrings, gangbangs, circle jerks, gay porn.......get the point?

Yeah, the location of the gay sauna might be discreet but when you actually show up there, just how many pairs of eyes are already staring at you?  Discretion has pretty much gone out of the window - and so should your towel.

FuelMix gets totally turned off by guys who still wrap their towels around their waists while removing their underwear.  What's with that?

As pointed out in earlier segments of this series, there are certain areas of a gay sauna where being appropriately robed with a towel is basic courtesy and full frontal sex is not the best idea.  But in other areas of the premises, quite frankly, the fag won't be getting his money's worth unless he struts it.

Now for some nuance.  While many saunas in Asia now have Nude Nites (they've been going for years in the West), Asians still have a cultural resistance to exhibitionism.  Sure they'll walk around naked, but they'll cover their bush with both hands or only engage in group sex in the very darkest part of the Dark Rooms.  Even if they're fucked in a room, many will still insist that the lights be switched off.

Funnier still is after being fucked, they'll still switch off the lights before re-emerging into the public corridors.  Initially FuelMix found it quaint.  Now he just finds it annoying, turns the lights right up  and shoves the chink out. For Chrissakes, the corridors are dark anyways.......WTF??


Can I Keep The Room Door Open When I'm Playing or Alone?

Yeah of course.  You've come to be seen.  If you're alone in the room and are looking for a hot dude to join you, open the door, turn up the lights to a comfortable level, lie back, pose or whatever and let the bod speak for itself.  Remember, it's a two-way street.  The passing foot traffic is perfectly entitled to stop, window shop and even feel the goods before making a commitment.

Just don't be one of those stupid anal fags that sits in the dark, with the door open, jacking, leaving passing fags to guess what kind of shit might actually be in there.  You're wasting your time and theirs.



I've Got A Guy In The Room And The Door's Open

If you're already playing with a guy with the room door open and the lights on, then you're sending one or more of the following signals:

• Look at me !! Look at me !! Look at us !!
• Come and join us !!
• U can join us if we think you're hot !!
• Stand in the doorway and JO while you watch us !!
• U can come into the room and JO while you watch us !!
• U wanna gangbang him with me ?
• U can look but U can't touch;

Exactly which signal is correctly sent and received will be dictated by body language, a smile or a nod (if "yes u can play with us") or a "no thanks".

The above comments also apply to the Steam Room, The Dry Sauna, The Jacuzzi, The Showers, The Maze, The Dark Room, The Glory Holes, The Video Rooms.

The Golden Rule: No means No.  Always. Everywhere in the sauna. Anywhere on the planet.

The paradox of gay exhibitionism is that it is private to those doing it.

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Memo To Fags 7

To: Fags
From:  FuelMix

If the Bible is hard to believe or take literally, what's even harder to believe or take literally...........is the online suggestion by so many fags offering to have sex at the airport - and actually getting it.

FuelMix has not heard of one credible account.

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