Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Simon Fisher @ CityU HK (from University of Bath, UK), 8-12 September 2008
Monday, 8 September 2008
I have not been up to a great deal today, just recovering from late nights on the weekend. I went to Lan Kawi Fong last night for drinks in the lively clubbing centre. Mondays are lecture free for me, so today I took the opportunity to finish organising my classes and general admin tasks. I took a walk down Cornwall Street to try and get my bearings outside of the campus / residence, still need to find the nearest local supermarket other than “Taste” in Festival Walk to do a food shop. I’ve heard there’s a good market in Sha Tin a short bus ride away, but I think that will be an adventure for another day!
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Today has largely been occupied by lectures and tutorials. This morning I had to watch an induction video at the gym on campus so I can get a card to use the gym. Then I met some friends in the canteen for a light lunch of traditional dim sum – steamed dumplings served in small bamboo baskets. Also bumped into some local students that we know from week 1 and ate with them and some of their friends which was good. Then had lectures until 10:20PM which was heavy, so very tired now, heading for an early night now I think!
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Got up early this morning to check out the History museum in Kowloon. The History and Science museums are free on a Wednesday so we thought we would take advantage. The museum was very insightful, learned lots about the evolution of Hong Kong, particularly the last 100 years and its colonial history. Unfortunately I had a lecture early afternoon so I didn’t have enough time to pop over to the science museum. We have to save that for another day as I’ve heard good things about it.
Then had lectures until 8:30pm. It was quite interesting as one of them used a PDA to interact with the class which is a new one on me. Tonight we are heading out to a club called Skitz in Wan Chi, seems to be a popular place with the ex pat and exchange students. I prefer the more local places to be honest, but everyone seems to head to Skitz on a Wednesday as it is ladies night, so I will follow the crowd!
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Today has been another slow day, recovering from a late night last night and going to afternoon classes. I tried to sit down to do some work in between lectures but the humidity seems particularly high today, making it very difficult to concentrate on everything without turning the air conditioning up to full blast. I may go for a swim later in the campus pool just to cool off. I find it difficult to work and sleep in the heat, but I am slowly getting used to it! Hopefully as the month goes on it will cool down a bit. Other than the heat I am feeling very settled now. HK almost feels like home already even though I’ve only been here for coming up to three weeks.
Friday, 12 September 2008
Today has been fun. My buddy took me to Mong Kok for dinner and a few drinks. I’ve been to Mong Kok twice before, once to buy some new shoes and once to eat at a Korean Barbeque place. But tonight it seemed busier than usual, I guess because it is a Friday night and mid-autumn festival celebrations are kicking in. We found a relatively local looking place to eat and I had a Vietnamese Satay which was one of the best meals I have had to date.
Then we went for a walk around some of the many shopping malls – found a place that sold really cheap tailored suits and shirts. I may have to invest in a new suit from here before I leave. Also indulged in a drink I have become quite fond of made from soya bean milk, called Dow Joan (no sure of the correct spelling!) On my way back to campus I met a pal from my floor at amid-autumn party on the residence which was fun to join in for a while. Going to bed now, it’s late and tomorrow we are heading to central to join in with the mid-autumn festivities.
I have not been up to a great deal today, just recovering from late nights on the weekend. I went to Lan Kawi Fong last night for drinks in the lively clubbing centre. Mondays are lecture free for me, so today I took the opportunity to finish organising my classes and general admin tasks. I took a walk down Cornwall Street to try and get my bearings outside of the campus / residence, still need to find the nearest local supermarket other than “Taste” in Festival Walk to do a food shop. I’ve heard there’s a good market in Sha Tin a short bus ride away, but I think that will be an adventure for another day!
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Today has largely been occupied by lectures and tutorials. This morning I had to watch an induction video at the gym on campus so I can get a card to use the gym. Then I met some friends in the canteen for a light lunch of traditional dim sum – steamed dumplings served in small bamboo baskets. Also bumped into some local students that we know from week 1 and ate with them and some of their friends which was good. Then had lectures until 10:20PM which was heavy, so very tired now, heading for an early night now I think!
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Got up early this morning to check out the History museum in Kowloon. The History and Science museums are free on a Wednesday so we thought we would take advantage. The museum was very insightful, learned lots about the evolution of Hong Kong, particularly the last 100 years and its colonial history. Unfortunately I had a lecture early afternoon so I didn’t have enough time to pop over to the science museum. We have to save that for another day as I’ve heard good things about it.
Then had lectures until 8:30pm. It was quite interesting as one of them used a PDA to interact with the class which is a new one on me. Tonight we are heading out to a club called Skitz in Wan Chi, seems to be a popular place with the ex pat and exchange students. I prefer the more local places to be honest, but everyone seems to head to Skitz on a Wednesday as it is ladies night, so I will follow the crowd!
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Today has been another slow day, recovering from a late night last night and going to afternoon classes. I tried to sit down to do some work in between lectures but the humidity seems particularly high today, making it very difficult to concentrate on everything without turning the air conditioning up to full blast. I may go for a swim later in the campus pool just to cool off. I find it difficult to work and sleep in the heat, but I am slowly getting used to it! Hopefully as the month goes on it will cool down a bit. Other than the heat I am feeling very settled now. HK almost feels like home already even though I’ve only been here for coming up to three weeks.
Friday, 12 September 2008
Today has been fun. My buddy took me to Mong Kok for dinner and a few drinks. I’ve been to Mong Kok twice before, once to buy some new shoes and once to eat at a Korean Barbeque place. But tonight it seemed busier than usual, I guess because it is a Friday night and mid-autumn festival celebrations are kicking in. We found a relatively local looking place to eat and I had a Vietnamese Satay which was one of the best meals I have had to date.
Then we went for a walk around some of the many shopping malls – found a place that sold really cheap tailored suits and shirts. I may have to invest in a new suit from here before I leave. Also indulged in a drink I have become quite fond of made from soya bean milk, called Dow Joan (no sure of the correct spelling!) On my way back to campus I met a pal from my floor at amid-autumn party on the residence which was fun to join in for a while. Going to bed now, it’s late and tomorrow we are heading to central to join in with the mid-autumn festivities.
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