I'm on a boat

My roommates and I were invited to a birthday party on a boat, a booze cruise if you will. Well my mind had conjured up different images of where we were going, a large boat perhaps, maybe some outdoor space to get some nice fresh air? Well the boat was like a ferry boat with the inside chairs taken out and replaced with strobe lights and disco balls straight from a cheesy night club. At 1:30am we got to the dock to get on the ferry, er, boat and headed up the river. Entering the boat we were all initially panicked about being trapped below deck till 5 in the morning because they wouldn't let us on the top deck while moving. We also asked our friend if it was an open bar because we paid a hefty 50 pesos to get on. "Of course it's an open bar. Why wouldn't it be?" He told us before we agreed to this party. When we asked him again as the boat starting sailing out to sea he said that the bar was open over there and pointed in the direction of the bar. He was confused why a bar wouldn't be open at a party. Thus another cultural misunderstanding. We ended up enjoying ourselves and the game of trying to stand up as the boat rocked turbulently beneath us. But I think we were all pleased when the boat docked and we could head home. 

Polo

Polo is the most posh sport around. Not only are the players deceivingly good looking they look like they walked straight out of a Ralph Lauren catalog, with shaggy naturally highlighted hair and bronzed skin and often times bright blue eyes polo matches are also fun to watch. I like admiring the strong horses and the swiftness and control in which the players handle them. But more than anything I like going to watch the people. The extremely elegant, put together people that I only thought existed in the movies.

These are the people that television shows about high society people are based off of. A friend of mine was telling me that each polo player owns at least 25 horses and that each horse costs roughly half a million dollars, sans sponsorship. So basically polo is a sport that the elite can play because they love it and are willing to fork out the dough to compete FOR FUN.