Things are definitely picking up this week, and I’m a lot busier. Today I registered at the university and took my first placement test to put me into a class. I’ve got a meeting tomorrow about a possible internship. On Thursday morning I have to check out of the hotel, I have my final placement test, and in the afternoon I’m going to finalise the contract for the flat. Friday and Saturday so far have been designated moving in days, which includes going to Wal-Mart and Ikea. And then on Sunday is the university’s Opening Ceremony which is when [...]
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29 August, 2010 at 3.16 pm
I would like to think that if I were back in Hong Kong right now that today would have been spent donning black, pinning a yellow ribbon to my top, carrying a white carnation, and walking the streets of Hong Kong in a rally demanding justice for the victims of the Manila hostage tragedy. But I would just like to say that the black travel alert that the Hong Kong has issued for the Philippines is ridiculous. the Philippines is now, according to the Hong Kong government, a more dangerous place to travel to than Iraq. According to the SCMP more than 500 people have [...] 26 August, 2010 at 3.20 pm
 You know that song by Albert Hammond, “It Never Rains in Southern California”? Peak at number 5 of the Billboard Top 100 in 1972? No? Well, I think the same can be said about Shanghai. “It never rains in [Shanghai], but girl don’t they warn ya. It pours, man it pours.” Cheesy, I know, but I guess the same can be said about any top 10 singles released in 1972. I’m just generalising here. I can’t name any other single released in 1972. The only reason I know this is because I just wiki-ed the song before typing all [...] 25 August, 2010 at 11.50 am
Today was meant to be day two of The Flat Hunt. Significantly less productive than yesterday. Yesterday I went to two different estate agents and looked at probably around 7 flats (I can’t be sure, they all merge together into one mess of a flat in my mind). And it was really great. I saw that there are quite a few okay flats available right now, and that I have a bit of time to decide which one I’d like to live in, and a bit more time to make sure I’m picking the right area to live in. [...] 20 August, 2010 at 9.26 am
SORRY ABOUT THAT. Okay, so after Bangkok, I went back to Hong Kong. The next day my mother and I flew to Kuala Lumpur to spend time with the family for a few days, and then I came back to HK. I’ve been here since, and worked this week teaching English as Anne’s substitute while she took a little holiday. But on Monday I’ll be jetting off to Shanghai. Our plans of going to Beijing fell through when I had problems getting a student visa with my UK passport because of my status as a Chinese national. The universities [...] |
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