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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Cross Cultural

A new series on Fuel Injected Male.........

What brings an older gay male into the arms of a much younger gay male of a different ethnicity and social standing?  And vice versa?

Is it........

  • Masculinity?
  • Menopause?
  • Mentoring?
  • Martyrdom? 
  • Manipulation?
  • Mutual Masturbation?

FuelMix invites impressions., experiences and suspicions from those involved in cross cultural encounters.

E-mails for publication to fuelinjectedmale@live.hk
Subject: Cross Cultural

To kick off the series, see the post, Charlie's Asians.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

ABC Sauna 15

6/F Cheong Hing Building, 
72 Nathan Road, 
Tsim Sha Tsui, 
Kowloon, Hong Kong
MTR: Tsim Sha Tsui Station, Exit A 2

Tel: 2301 - 4500
Note: NOT open 24 hours. 
Opening times 2pm to 1am.  Call to confirm. Staff speak good English.

Received from a reader: 

Hi FuelMix

Read your earlier post about ABC getting GWMs on weekdays [ABC 14] and can confirm this is true. However, they come in earlier than you had written  - about 3pm onwards.  There are actually 2 shifts of GWMs:  An early crowd about 3pm till 6ish and the evening after-work GWM professionals that you mentioned from about 6pm onwards.  GWM tourists are in both crowds.

There are also some  brown guys on weekdays like Indians, Pakistanis. Some of them are pretty hot and there seems to be a wide age for them between 20s and mid40s.  Also some muscular Filipino tourists finding out about ABC on Grindr.  Apparently Grindr is big in Manila.

Should be interesting to see what happens now that The Great has also opened nearby.

Cheers

FuelMix says:

Thanks for the clarification and update. Yeah should be interesting to see what crowd shows up to ABC and The Great.  As for the Filipinos showing up at ABC, FuelMix had written about that long ago.

The review of The Great - which is open 24 hours -  has already been uploaded and readers are invited to submit their impressions by e-mailing the blog.

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A Stack of Steroids

".....rather than risk prosecution in Australia, everyday gym users are travelling to Asia and ''stacking'' a dangerous cocktail of steroids that include powerful veterinary drugs and fertility medicine........

Numerous Australians in Thailand told of how they were buying and consuming their steroids overseas rather than end up with a criminal record at home."

------"Steroid vacations" a dangerous rage for the ripped, the age.com.au 27 May 2012

Apparently, Bangkok and Pattaya are famous with Aussie hunks hankering after bodybuilding steroids, whose possession would result in prosecution Down Under.   Solution? Pack a gym bag and head to Thailand, buy steroids on a no-questions-asked basis, at cheap cheap prices, consume them in Thailand, work out and party your ass off, then head back Down Under.

Click the link above and read more.

Then ponder this......

a chart apparently from the World Health Organization plotting Dependence and Harm of various substances........note the position of anabolic steroids compared to the usual buffet of chems that so many fags take


Who's right? The bodybuilder with the economy class ticket to Bangkok and Pattaya? The medical opinion interviewed for the linked article above? the WHO chart?

And then check out the trailer for Bigger, Stronger, Faster a 2008 movie on steroid use in bodybuilding and sports. From the producers of Bowling For Columbine and Farehneit 9/11,  the full movie is on YouTube.



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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Apple of My I

HHmmm..........let's think about this.......

The Fed in God's Own Country announces Quantitative Easing 3 (in other words, ejaculating electronic currency out of thin air) one day before the official global launch of I Phone 5.  It's common knowledge that the whole purpose of Quantitative Easing is to jack the stock market.

So QE 3 and the release of I Phone 5 duly sent AAPL's share price to new highs.  AAPL is the richest company on the planet and heavily invested in by every hedge fund manager and his crack whore.

According to various news reports, the I Phone 5 was expected to set new sales records.  But has it...?? There are reports suggesting that devices were held back in order to induce hype and drive the share price;  There are other reports suggesting that the actual sales of I Phone 5 over the global launch period are less than the I Phone 4S.  And AAPL'S stock price slid.......

And what kind of user reviews is I Phone 5 getting...?  Mixed.  Ignoring for the moment the flak AAPL is getting for dumping Google Maps (no love lost between those 2) there doesn't appear to be anything that thrilling about the new device.  It's longer screen is still less than Samsung's and it still looks like a brick.

Oh....and Foxconn, that Taiwanese company that has the official AAPL contract for the manufacture in China of the I Phone 5 - and its earlier iterations - as well as the IPad and therefore has the capability to reverse engineer both products, recently announced that it will open its own retail stores (it's already opened one in Brazil).

Did you get that fags?  The company that has the manufacturing monopoly on the world's most hyped up device as well as manufacturing devices from other companies, announces that IT will open IT'S own retail stores.  What ever will they sell.....???

Several of the brands manufactured by the company.

In other words, Foxconn (not AAPL) can dictate what products it decides to re-sell - and at what price.

What will that do to AAPL's profit margin from now on.....???

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Memo To Fags 17

To: Fags
From: FuelMix

Re:  The Hypocrisy of Straights

When a small build guy has spent time in the gym and developed a hot muscular body that atrracts attention,  the str8s point to him and say, "yeah, because he's not tall he doesn't have self-esteem, so he went to the gym and over-compensated.  The guy's just insecure and trying to hide it behind a wall of muscle."

But when a tall guy has spent time in the gym and developed a hot muscular body that attracts attention, the str8s point to him and say, "yeah he's hot! Just look at that self-confidence! He worked out really hard in the gym and it shows."

Where did str8s get this perverse notion that mere height alone equals the degree of self-esteem and self-confidence?  If they bothered to read the biographies of some of the champion hetero and homo "tall" bodybuilders, they would discover that many of them were gangly, skinny, social and academic misfits that turned to bodybuilding specifically as a means of raising the self-confidence which they so chronically lacked.

If str8s looked more carefully, they would find that shorter guys often have naturally beautiful proportions and symmetry - unlike the "tall" dudes who have lousy posture (conveniently blamed on low ceilings, low door frames, chairs are too small etc) and lousy proportions: legs are too long in relation to the body,  pear-shaped frame, flabby ass,  non-existent ass, or that the top half of the body is out of whack with the part from the waist down.

The idea of Quality being perfectly scaled down, apparently doesn't compute with str8s still hung up on Quantity and super-sizing.

There is no shortage of hot muscled smaller build hunks that (mentally, emotionally and aesthetically) can absolutely hold their own against their "taller" counterparts. Just like there is no shortage of hot muscled smaller build hunks who are just as well hung (or better) than their "taller" bros.

Tell that to the str8s.

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Monday, September 24, 2012

Urinal Dot Net

Somebody at the sauna twigged FuelMix onto this site. Initially, FuelMix didn't believe him, but hey presto........the site does exist.

Here's what the blurb on the site says:

"Show casing the World's largest collection of urinal photographs ever assembled, Urinal Dot Net is the best place to piss away your time on the internet:

http://www.urinal.net/

It's a massive collection of urinals here there and everywhere. No sex, no porn, no sleaze, this is THE site for the connisseur of urinals.

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

The Great Gay Sauna 4

Hollywood Vista
Back 114 - 116 Austin Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Hong Kong
MTR: Jordan Station, Exit D

Tel: 2620 6844
Web: http://www.hongkonggay.info/archives/7336

Note: Open 24 hours
Currently advertised entry price: HK$140.00

The Clientele

FuelMix dropped in on a Wednesday night about 9pm and left at 10:30pm.  During that time there were 8 customers there, 7 local GAMs and an aggressively cruising Filipino tourist demanding FuelMix's phone number. (He didn't get it).

The GAMs were pretty average chain smokers.  They appeared to be the 30 something office crowd de-stressing.  The staff said to come on a Friday evening or on weekends.  Remember, this sauna just opened about 3 weeks ago so at the time of writing this, it's not possible to give a general indication of the type of clientele.  However, 3 or 4 more GAMs appeared around 10:30pm as FuelMix was leaving.


Pros

  • Great location, really easy to find, well signposted and located in a discreet pedestrian lane between Austin Road and Hillwood Road.
  • Finally - a 24 hour gay sauna in the Tsim Sha Tsui area.  FuelMix had previously written about the crying need for one in this area since ABC, Galaxy and NiChome are not open 24 hours.
  • 24/7 plus Tsim Sha Tsui location plus easily accessible from all the TST hotels theoretically means it should attract tourists.  Would be fun if it did.
  • Very close to cruisy Kowloon Park.
  • Close to California Fitness in The One, Tsim Sha Tsui. That gym attracts lots of gay guys. So some potential for The Great to attract muscular guys.
  • Decent sized private rooms with mirrors, easily accessible light switches, adjustable lighting, some with porn screens
  • Nice showers
  • Large well lit Wet Area


Cons
  • Bizarre   Hideous  Irrational......what the hell......make up your own mind about the decor in the Locker Room and the TV Lounge
  • Shortage of large lockers
  • Seems claustrophobic when out of the Wet Area
  • You like the crinkly satin vinyl in the private rooms.....??
  • Expensive compared to ABC, Galaxy and NiChome


The Verdict:  Would FuelMix Go Back?

The blog has a policy of reviewing a sauna at least twice to ensure fairness and accuracy.  So yeah, given that this is a newly opened sauna - the 18th actively operating gay sauna in Very Rich Megacity -  for the moment FuelMix would go back in a few weeks to  see how it's panning out. (But he's not going back for the decor).

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Friday, September 21, 2012

The Great Gay Sauna 3

Hollywood Vista
Back 114 - 116 Austin Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Hong Kong
MTR: Jordan Station, Exit D

Tel: 2620 6844
Web: http://www.hongkonggay.info/archives/7336

Note: Open 24 hours
Currently advertised entry price: HK$140.00

The Layout

The layout of The Great is easy to grasp.  It's basically a 3 sided narrow rectangle. In other words, it's U shapedThe actual premises are not very large and may be described as "intimate" or "claustrophobic" depending on one's point of view.

Within the U-shaped rectangle, the layout is as follows:

1.  Dinky little Reception Area - a la Alexander style. Not surprising when one considers that the Big Fag Bald GAM with the Booming Voice used to work in Alexander.  Be nice to him.  He's the one with the business card that says Queen Nancy on it..............

2.  Locker Room

3.  An Alcove with 2 massage chairs and a flat screen TV

4.  A Snack Bar with a Mini-Fridge

5.  A TV Lounge

6.  The Wet Area and 2 Toilets

7.  A Not-So-Dark Area, accessible via the TV Lounge or the Wet Area, with 8 private rooms, some with porn screens


The Decor

Yeah well............ how should one put this...........?  Ah......how about Rococco-meets-Noveau Riche-meets-Liberace-meets OMG.....???

From the faux crystal locker knobs reflecting the light from the faux crystal chandeliers, to the reflective grooved brown and silver floor tiles, to the wall-to-wall leopard print tiles and faux suede sofas in the TV Lounge, to the swishy brown curtains, to the customer's absolute inability to identify a rational colour scheme..............

The decor in The Great initially screams..............EFFEMINATE !!!!!!

And THIS is supposed to be a 24 hour MEN'S SAUNA.....!!!!!

 **sigh**

Now, to be fair and accurate, the Wet Area is entirely masculine looking and quite spacious.   The narrow Not-So-Dark Area is in masculine  tones of dark brown and white and that's perfectly fine (subject to the unexplained sloping floor). It's just that the decor of the Locker Area and the TV Lounge is disconcerting. 


The Facilities

1.  The strange look of the Locker Room will hit the fag as soon as he enters. It gives an initially ambiguous impression of doubling as a Dance Floor. Must be that fuckin' chandelier. If there's one thing FuelMix demands are decent sized lockers and str8 up, The Great fails right there.  Most of the lockers are dinky square shaped.  There were only 6 large ones.  If coming in with a bag or a backpack, be aware.  They obviously got their cue from NiChome that pulls a similar stunt. Although Alexander also has a wall of small square lockers, most people are first given the larger ones.

2.  Open the lockers and there's a portable pouch containing 3 large towels and a small face towel.  Nice touch.

3.  The Alcove with the 2 massage chairs is dark and uninspiring.  It brings back memories of Central Escalator and vibrating fat white fags oozing out of them.

4.  The Snack Bar is the usual shit - bananas, crackers, bicsuits, Hot/Cold water dispenser, instant coffee packs to stir your own.  The MiniFridge has Coke, 7UP and iced lemon tea. (Sooner or later fags will be storing their Poppers in there......).

5.  Once the fag has finished giggling over the decor of the TV Lounge, fiddle with the wall mounted touch screen computers.  They're kinda fun.

6.  The Wet Area is large and the undoubted centerpiece of The Great.  It's well lit. There are adjustable showers with excellent water pressure, a jacuzzi with a control panel that needs a pilot's license to operate it but the water pressure is good, a Dry Sauna and a cubicle with 2 private showers..................

7.  But............hold on a second.  A fag has to climb up into the jacuzzi and climb down to get out of it via a spindly little aluminum step ladder that's an obvious afterthought.  Presumably, they couldn't get permission to sink the jacuzzi.  That step ladder is an accident waiting to happen.

8.  And there's another thing...........the Dry Sauna is not a custom built installation that one would find in say, Alexander or Central Escalator.  It looks and feels like something that was bought on the Home Shopping Network via a credit card.  If a fag thought that the Dry Sauna in Central Escalator was tiny, FuelMix has news for him.............the Dry Sauna in The Great can only hold 2 skinny chink twinks or one moderately fat white guy.  That's it. (But it's very brightly lit in case you wanna give a show to those in the jacuzzi).

9. Again, the 2 "private" showers are enclosed in a white capsule with 2 seats, adjustable lighting, adjustable pressure.  Not entirely clear what the deal is there.  Seems geared for the exhibitionist teaser who wants to flick the lights in the capsule on and off while showering and attracting attention from those in the jacuzzi.

10.  FuelMix would be grateful if a fag could explain why the floor in the Not-So-Dark Area slopes in a couple of places. It's annoying. There are 8 private rooms, reasonably sized with sliding wooden doors, some with porn screens and the usual condom / lube accoutrements.  Light switches are easily accessible, give good lighting and the rooms have mirrors.

11.  But the rooms are fitted with the most peculiar vinyl on the mattresses and pillows that FuelMix has yet encountered anywhere  It's a vinyl that feels like satin and is crinkly at the same time. HHHmmmm...........still haven't reached a decison on that one.

Coming up in Part 4:  The Clientele, Pros And Cons, The Verdict

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Great Gay Sauna 2

Hollywood Vista
Back 114 - 116 Austin Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Hong Kong
MTR: Jordan Station, Exit D

Tel: 2620 6844
Web: http://www.hongkonggay.info/archives/7336

Note: Open 24 hours
Currently advertised entry price: HK$140.00


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Getting There

This has got to be the easiest sauna to find here in Very Rich Megacity.  It's pretty much spitting distance from the corner of Nathan Road and Austin Road, just steps above street level and very well signposted.

Take the MTR to Jordan station and then come up to street level from Exit D.  That will be on the on Nathan Road.  Turn left immediately on leaving Exit D and walk south on Nathan Road for a few meters until reaching the intersection with Austin Road. The Baleno casual wear shop is on the corner and across the street will be the TSL jewellery shop.

Cross Austin Road towards the TSL shop and then face LEFT in order to walk Eastwards down Austin Road.  Shops such as Circle K, 7-11, Starbucks and Japan Home Center will be on your Right whilst walking.

On passing Japan Home Center, look up and spot the Salon Hair Code signboard in the foreground and the Watsons sign in the background. Keep walking.........just next to the Watsons shop are large signs, one of which is The Great with a crown logo. There are also steps on the Right leading up to a side lane.

Take the steps and look for the second door on the Left. It's green and imprinted with the crown logo. That's the place.  Ring the bell and wait to be buzzed in.

Simple huh?

Coming up in Part 3:  The Layout, The Decor, The Facilities
Coming up in Part 4:  The Clientele, Pros And Cons, The Verdict

2012 FuelMix All Rights Reserved 
 



Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Double Sauna 12

8th Floor, Oriental House
24 - 26 Argyle Street
Mong Kok
Kowloon
Hong Kong
MTR: Mong Kok Station, Exit D3

Tel: 2396  9595
Web: Double Sauna

Currently closed as they're moving to new premises.

The Great Gay Sauna 1

Hollywood Vista
Back 114 - 116 Austin Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Hong Kong
MTR: Jordan Station, Exit D

Tel: 2620 6844
Web: http://www.hongkonggay.info/archives/7336

Note: Open 24 hours
Currently advertised entry price: HK$140.00

Apparently opened (quietly) on 31 August 2012, this is the lastest addition to the gay sauna scene here in Very Rich Megacity.  Interesting choice of name for a sauna huh? (Actual name is "The Great"). The website is in Chinese, but has lots of pictures of the joint.  Rumoured to be run by a partnership of people connected with Alexander, ABC, Action and Gateway, this sauna operates as an entirely separate business and is not part of the group.

This place is open 24 hours.

FuelMix will publish a review of this place in due course.  In the meantime, go check it out and write to the blog with your impressions.

2012 FuelMix All Rights Reserved 



Thursday, September 13, 2012

ABC Sauna 14

6/F Cheong Hing Building, 
72 Nathan Road, 
Tsim Sha Tsui, 
Kowloon, Hong Kong
MTR: Tsim Sha Tsui

Tel: 2301 - 4500

Well, well, what's this......? FuelMix was told by 3 different fags that ABC was getting white fags on weekdays in the evenings between 7:30pm and 11pm. They're a combination of the western suits working in Harbour City, the occasional stray from Central and western tourists staying in the hotels in the Tsim Sha Tsui area.

Overcome with curiosity and looking to validate what the fags had told him,  FuelMix dropped into ABC twice within a week - on a Wednesday and Friday evening -  during the above time frame and yep........there were the whites. The occasional stray from Central were none other than Central Escalator alumni.

Notice that FuelMix has not made any comment on whether the whites were hot or not. (Fascinated readers already know what FuelMix thinks of whites sexually).

Before readers rush over to ABC to get their fill of protein and potatoes, the comments made about ABC in previous postings, still apply.

Oh yeah......good luck attempting to get an explanation why ABC has a sticker price of HK$130.00 pasted on the Reception Desk and Alexander (in the same group of ABC, Alexander, Action and Gateway) has a sticker price of HK$150.00 pasted on its Reception Desk and where it's pretty obvious that not everybody is paying that price).

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Alexander Sauna 23

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  

Pricing in Alexander?

So.......after a fairly decent interval, FuelMix showed up at Alexander on Friday 7 September 2012 about 9pm.  There was the sign stuck on the Reception Desk saying "Admission Fee HK$150.00"..........FuelMix got charged HK$130.00........yeah go figure.........that's the same price he's always paid.  But that's no guarantee that's the price anyone else has paid......


Clientele

It was packed with different ages - not surprising for a Friday night. But there was a very high EEEEeeeWWWwww factor and a major case - and we do mean major case - of the Fuglies. The place was swarming with Mainland Chinese offset by the attitudinal local chinks.  Both were coming through the door every few minutes.  They'd strip and then chain smoke near the toilets.

There were a few white guys there. But since they were Fugly too, they didn't have a hope in hell and stood around like sandwiches in search of a picnic.

Given the disappointing and startlingly Fugly clientele, action was limited to the darkest corners of the jam-packed Steam Room.  Presumably the logic was that if one couldn't or wouldn't look at their faces, then anything from the waist down was fair game.

Again it has to be said, there has been a definite increase in the age of Alexander's clientele.  That's not a bad thing and it's good to be open minded. But on that Friday nite, Fugly was still Fugly - whatever the age.

FuelMix was not thrilled and left an hour later for Big Top where he had a blast.


Customer Feedback Form

A recent feature in all the saunas in this group (Alexander, ABC, Action and Gateway) has been the introduction of a Customer Feedback Form.  In Alexander it's located on the wall just above the ice cream cooler, near the 2 computers. The bilingual form is entitled, "Complaints & Comments".

The 2 main areas covered in the form are Staff Attitude and Store Environment.  There are 4 choices:
  • Fucking Shitty
  • So So
  • OK La
  • Well Done

There's also space for other comments as well as a request by the management for the complaining customers contact details.

Alternatively a customer can e-mail their gripe to hksauna@gmail.com

The notion of a gay sauna in Very Rich Megacity inviting feedback is certainly novel. We suspect others will follow suit. It could be competition from other saunas, a desire to improve or that uncomfortable feeling that - finally -  their business, their facilities, their cleanliness, the food they offer, their staff attitude, their pricing policy and the look of their clientele are being accurately examined and exposed by Not-So-Humble bloggers and their readers.

We are living in a fast changing world are we not? Being a passive (gay) consumer doesn't cut it anymore.

2012 FuelMix All Rights Reserved 




Saturday, September 08, 2012

Colony Sauna 11

2nd Floor, 177 Prince Edward Road West
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel: 3486 1342
MTR: Prince Edward Station, Exit B1

Open 24 hours
Web: http://203.86.167.152/ads/Colony/

Sent in by a reader:

Hey FuelMix

Showed up at Colony on Thursday night [6 September 2012] about 9:30pm. The place sucks and not in a good way.  Was advertised on the website as Nude Nite with Mask.  There were about 12 guys there all nude, all GAMs - no masks.  They were not good looking at all.  I wouldn't say there was attitude as such, but they ran around avoiding each other.  Nobody said anything to each other. The place was deathly quiet in the vibe.  Maybe that's how they prefer it.  But it's a real erection-killer.

Didn't get any action and left about an hour and a half later. The music they played was awful - a fuckin acoustic version of Gaga's Born This Way.

Oh yeah.....and the Princess on duty at the desk gave me attitude........I'm naked holding a small towel heading to the shower and she squeals I'm not allowed to carry a towel coz it's Nude Nide.......and I'm thinking "WTF....??!! you want me to lick myself dry....?"  There were other people's towels hung on the hooks in the shower too.  Jeez.

Got really pissed off and left.

I see from a previous post on Chaps that you had written off Chaps and Colony because of staff attitude.  Now I understand why.  Will not be going back to Colony.

FuelMix says:

**sigh** Yeah......anecdotally FuelMix hears the word, "boring" used repeatedly to describe the vibe and (lack of) action in Colony.  It's even worse than Action on weekdays.........but at least in Action, the staff will actually tell you that the best time to show up is Saturday afternoons onwards.

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