The Real Meaning of Exchange
Before I go on about today, I do have to say that blogger is not all that friendly when it comes to uploading photos. It kinda messed up my alignments, so I will not be adding photos. Maybe I shall turn to facebook or something. Josh has some nice photos at his new hk blog, and you can find the address in his msn nick. Oh, and his camera and shots are way better than mine, so I guess it would probably be better to look at his photos. The awesome view I mentioned about in my previous entry can also be found on his blog.
As for today, it wasn't really about where we went, but who we were with. Almost the entire day was spent at the lecture hall listening to talks and administrative stuff, but I'm glad we got to meet a few other Singaporeans from SMU. And guess what, one of them is actually my closer poly friend's gf. Again, it's a small world after all. She also told me that my friend will be coming to visit her in hk in a couple of weeks time, so I would get to meet him too! It's been a really long time, and I'm looking forward to catching up with him. The good ol' days we had in poly!
Dinner tonight was at some 'cha chan ting' at Tsim Sha Shui, before we headed to Victoria Harbour and the Avenue of Stars. Wonderful night view of the hong kong business district. It was also a little different tonight, as our usual clique kinda expanded. We had a few other exchange students for company, from korea, america, taiwan, and I think a few other countries. It was really nice to just chat with them while we walked along the harbour, getting to know more about them, their cultures and their countries. And yes it's true, the foreigners are really amused and amazed by Singlish.
So all in all, not only did we get to meet up with our counterparts from SMU, but we had a whole lot of interaction with the foreign exchange students from the many different countries. Now thats what exchange should really be about, meeting new people both from home and abroad, and getting to know more about each other. I'm sure more of such opportunities would soon follow, and I'm really looking forward to the rural teaching trips coming up soon. Will explain more about that in time to come.
Oh, it has been 3 days already, but we realised that we hadn't really eaten as much as we thought we would. We haven't really had a single breakfast in HK yet. We ate dim sum yesterday but I'm sure we could have eaten much more. We only ate KFC egg tarts (yes its KFC!) for dinner last night, and today was simply canteen food and a bowl of noodles at the cha chan ting. So far still no krispy kremes, no 'lao po bing', no roadside stalls, or no other snacks, and the closest we came was the dessert we had yesterday. Maybe its because we are still settling in, and are still unsure of where we can really find good food. But oh well, considering that we haven't really started our exercise regimes yet (apart from climbing stairs and slopes), it's probably best that we didn't eat too much.
Last but not least, photo count for today, zero. Reasons being dirty camera lense, not so good camera, laziness and that same old mindset of 'we will come back soon, so sure can take picture one'.
As for today, it wasn't really about where we went, but who we were with. Almost the entire day was spent at the lecture hall listening to talks and administrative stuff, but I'm glad we got to meet a few other Singaporeans from SMU. And guess what, one of them is actually my closer poly friend's gf. Again, it's a small world after all. She also told me that my friend will be coming to visit her in hk in a couple of weeks time, so I would get to meet him too! It's been a really long time, and I'm looking forward to catching up with him. The good ol' days we had in poly!
Dinner tonight was at some 'cha chan ting' at Tsim Sha Shui, before we headed to Victoria Harbour and the Avenue of Stars. Wonderful night view of the hong kong business district. It was also a little different tonight, as our usual clique kinda expanded. We had a few other exchange students for company, from korea, america, taiwan, and I think a few other countries. It was really nice to just chat with them while we walked along the harbour, getting to know more about them, their cultures and their countries. And yes it's true, the foreigners are really amused and amazed by Singlish.
So all in all, not only did we get to meet up with our counterparts from SMU, but we had a whole lot of interaction with the foreign exchange students from the many different countries. Now thats what exchange should really be about, meeting new people both from home and abroad, and getting to know more about each other. I'm sure more of such opportunities would soon follow, and I'm really looking forward to the rural teaching trips coming up soon. Will explain more about that in time to come.
Oh, it has been 3 days already, but we realised that we hadn't really eaten as much as we thought we would. We haven't really had a single breakfast in HK yet. We ate dim sum yesterday but I'm sure we could have eaten much more. We only ate KFC egg tarts (yes its KFC!) for dinner last night, and today was simply canteen food and a bowl of noodles at the cha chan ting. So far still no krispy kremes, no 'lao po bing', no roadside stalls, or no other snacks, and the closest we came was the dessert we had yesterday. Maybe its because we are still settling in, and are still unsure of where we can really find good food. But oh well, considering that we haven't really started our exercise regimes yet (apart from climbing stairs and slopes), it's probably best that we didn't eat too much.
Last but not least, photo count for today, zero. Reasons being dirty camera lense, not so good camera, laziness and that same old mindset of 'we will come back soon, so sure can take picture one'.
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