I'm in Hong Kong!
It has been eons since I last blogged, but now that I'm heading into an all new and exciting chapter in my life, I so have to blog about it, both to update the people around me and for memory keepsake. I wouldn't be adding much pictures, or any at all for this entry, one being a little lazy, and two being someone who does not take much pictures anyway. Of course, I will still try to upload whatever I have, maybe some here and there in the many HK entries to come, and maybe the rest in some online photo album.
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First day, well thanks to all who came down to see me off, especially the arts club gang who stayed over at the airport. It was a really nice gesture, and I really appreciate it. Was feeling really sad at the departure gate, and it was only at that moment that it dawned upon me that I was leaving the country for almost 4-5 months. I was not going to see my gf, my family, my friends, and the all so familiar surroundings for a really long time. It was so unreal, and my emotions were just all so mixed up.
The flight was personally rather bad for me, not because the service or the aircraft was bad or anything, but simply because I started to feel the 'sickness' I had from the previous day. I started feeling my throat going bad again, and started feeling feverishly cold again. I even had to trouble the stewards and stewardesses, as I asked for warm water for about 10 different times throughout the 3 hour plus flight. Thank goodness the Kungfu Panda screening made the trip a little more bearable.
The rest of the day was spent lugging our heavy luggages to CUHK, settling in our orientation hostels, and settling all the administrative stuff. It was a kinda long and hectic process as I spent the entire afternoon settling down. The slopes were horrendous too, and I promise never to complain about NUS slopes or stairs ever again. They are nothing compared to CUHK's. Haha, it's really funny because tien kwan was complaining about slopes at korea not too long ago, and cherie too at australia, and now here I am complaining in HK too.
The rest of the day was spent out with the usual clique, elaine, josh and myself. Thank goodness elaine had this CUHK buddy, Irene, who was super welcoming and super friendly, and she took the entire day off to bring us to CUHK, bring us out for dinner, tell us more about HK, teach us some basic canto and settle all the miscellaneous stuff that we had to settle. She made the settling in much more easier for us, and this despite her having a really bad throat. Hospitality to the highest level!
It was a tiring first day, and it really didn't help that I was feeling sickly for the whole day. The fatigue, sickness, the many many administrative stuff to settle, and mixed emotions I still had at the end of the day, left me feeling a little bit ... lost. Not the best way to start my SEP, but oh well, I believe things will be much better when I recover, and when I continue to settle down.
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Second day. Had a good night's rest at the comfort of having a double room all to myself, as my room mate hadn't come into HK yet. The good rest made me feel a little better today. We took a self-guided tour round the campus, and I got a good look at where my permanent hostel is. It's right on top of the mountain, and the view is just awesome. For this I'll let the pictures do the talking, when I do upload it of course. Now I am just hoping I get a room with a good view.
We headed to Shatin for dessert, authentic HK dessert! I just had to try the mango sago, the one I always eat in Singapore. The HK one I ordered had some tofu pudding with it, and I thought it was real nice. I wasn't sure if it really tasted good, or because I knew it was authentic HK dessert, or simply because I was feeling much better today, I really enjoyed that bowl of dessert. Irene then brought us to some shopping centre around the Mongkok area to eat dim sum! Our first go at HK dim sum! Haha, sorry gang josh and I didn't bring the huge chopsticks with us this time, but there'll be plenty more chances, and I promise to post pictures of us eating with those chopsticks. Dim sum was good, and cheap too! More to come for sure.
Well orientation starts tomorrow, and it's filled mostly with talks and administrative stuff. Sounds a little boring, but oh well, there's the all important module registration, so we can't give it a miss. I am really hoping to get all this module mapping hassles out of the way as soon as possible. Meanwhile, more canto lessons, as I am hoping to have my first canto conversation without giving the 'huh?' look. The culture shock I kinda felt yesterday and at the start of today is slowly starting to fade away, as I'm looking forward to the days at HK!
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First day, well thanks to all who came down to see me off, especially the arts club gang who stayed over at the airport. It was a really nice gesture, and I really appreciate it. Was feeling really sad at the departure gate, and it was only at that moment that it dawned upon me that I was leaving the country for almost 4-5 months. I was not going to see my gf, my family, my friends, and the all so familiar surroundings for a really long time. It was so unreal, and my emotions were just all so mixed up.
The flight was personally rather bad for me, not because the service or the aircraft was bad or anything, but simply because I started to feel the 'sickness' I had from the previous day. I started feeling my throat going bad again, and started feeling feverishly cold again. I even had to trouble the stewards and stewardesses, as I asked for warm water for about 10 different times throughout the 3 hour plus flight. Thank goodness the Kungfu Panda screening made the trip a little more bearable.
The rest of the day was spent lugging our heavy luggages to CUHK, settling in our orientation hostels, and settling all the administrative stuff. It was a kinda long and hectic process as I spent the entire afternoon settling down. The slopes were horrendous too, and I promise never to complain about NUS slopes or stairs ever again. They are nothing compared to CUHK's. Haha, it's really funny because tien kwan was complaining about slopes at korea not too long ago, and cherie too at australia, and now here I am complaining in HK too.
The rest of the day was spent out with the usual clique, elaine, josh and myself. Thank goodness elaine had this CUHK buddy, Irene, who was super welcoming and super friendly, and she took the entire day off to bring us to CUHK, bring us out for dinner, tell us more about HK, teach us some basic canto and settle all the miscellaneous stuff that we had to settle. She made the settling in much more easier for us, and this despite her having a really bad throat. Hospitality to the highest level!
It was a tiring first day, and it really didn't help that I was feeling sickly for the whole day. The fatigue, sickness, the many many administrative stuff to settle, and mixed emotions I still had at the end of the day, left me feeling a little bit ... lost. Not the best way to start my SEP, but oh well, I believe things will be much better when I recover, and when I continue to settle down.
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Second day. Had a good night's rest at the comfort of having a double room all to myself, as my room mate hadn't come into HK yet. The good rest made me feel a little better today. We took a self-guided tour round the campus, and I got a good look at where my permanent hostel is. It's right on top of the mountain, and the view is just awesome. For this I'll let the pictures do the talking, when I do upload it of course. Now I am just hoping I get a room with a good view.
We headed to Shatin for dessert, authentic HK dessert! I just had to try the mango sago, the one I always eat in Singapore. The HK one I ordered had some tofu pudding with it, and I thought it was real nice. I wasn't sure if it really tasted good, or because I knew it was authentic HK dessert, or simply because I was feeling much better today, I really enjoyed that bowl of dessert. Irene then brought us to some shopping centre around the Mongkok area to eat dim sum! Our first go at HK dim sum! Haha, sorry gang josh and I didn't bring the huge chopsticks with us this time, but there'll be plenty more chances, and I promise to post pictures of us eating with those chopsticks. Dim sum was good, and cheap too! More to come for sure.
After dim sum, we took a walk round Mongkok. Didn't really do much shopping, as I guess we were more interested in just walking around experiencing the HK streets. Haha we kept telling ourselves to not act like tourist, taking pictures everywhere we go, going into every shop and looking at everything, because we have another 4 months to do so! So in the end, we just dropped by some shops here and there. I must say though that I am really fascinated by the number of shopping centres in HK, and the size of their shopping centres. We have gone to a few already, but the one that really caught my eye was Langham Place. 13 different levels of shops, super long escalators, and very nice ambience and architectural design with a good variety of shops.
Well orientation starts tomorrow, and it's filled mostly with talks and administrative stuff. Sounds a little boring, but oh well, there's the all important module registration, so we can't give it a miss. I am really hoping to get all this module mapping hassles out of the way as soon as possible. Meanwhile, more canto lessons, as I am hoping to have my first canto conversation without giving the 'huh?' look. The culture shock I kinda felt yesterday and at the start of today is slowly starting to fade away, as I'm looking forward to the days at HK!
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