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February 17th 2013
Hello everyone, Today the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday ends and I would like to tell you about what has been going on. First of all, the CNY is the most important holiday of the year to spend with your family. Therefore, everybody was travelling home and I decided that traveling was not such a great idea, since the tickets are expensive and it gets crowded. So I stayed at a very quiet campus and enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere. Before the CNY there are several flower markets all over the city. However, it would be too straight forward if they were mostly selling flowers. No, they mostly sell stuffed animals, at least at the market in Causeway Bay where I was. I later heard that this is some kind of school promotion trying to get students ... read more
February 15th 2013
Happy Friday everyone!!!! Chinese New Year was exciting to see and experience. On Saturday I headed to Victoria Park to check out the flower market which is not just a flower market- it is a bunch of stalls that sells flowers, chinese new year gifts and food. The place was packed-you couldn't move, it was all pushing and shoving. Sunday I went to the lion parade and then saw a mini lion parade at the hotel when I took tea and some afternoon beverages at the Q88 bar in the hotel. Monday night was fireworks which were amazing- they were right over Victoria Harbor. Tues/ Wed- I went back to work but my staff had those two days off.. :) Today (Fri), the agent in Hong Kong called me late afternoon to confirm the landlord recieved ... read more
February 13th 2013
I'd like to superimpose one day onto another please. Day 1 - Shin deep rubbish by the side of roads. An omnipresent film of dust clouds the air. Roads are choked to the point of standstill by vehicles, half of which are 3 wheeled. The most integral part of those vehicles is the horn. The incessant noise has you wishing you were deaf. Every 10 metres an auto rickshaw driver will confront you for an inflated fare to somewhere you don't want to go. Crossing the road is a genuine health hazard. Beggars cohort for loose change. The background odour of stale urine a constant. Everyone spits and men use any spare wall space as a public latrine. Blackouts are the rule rather than the exception. In fact nothing works with regularity. Tourists are, love it ... read more
February 9th 2013
Happy Chinese New Year Eve.. The Lunar New Year kicks off tonight.. Day 1 is Sunday and Day 2 is Monday but most Chinese and businesses take the whole week off. In Hong Kong we have Mon- Wed off as a public holiday. Most of the big malls and stores either have condensed hours during this time or close on Sunday and open back up on Monday. Some good news, I should be able to be in my apartment by Monday Feb 18th and my furniture can be delivered that afternoon. Broke down and bought a Macbook Pro today- they were have a sale and my company has a discount program with them so I actually got about 25% off of the original cost- which worked out pretty well. I then went to Marks and Spencer ... read more
February 6th 2013
First stop on my much anticipated winter holiday was Hong Kong. The city was really amazing - it had the feel of a world-class metropolis while still offering nature, beaches and some peace. To make the most of my short time there, I wanted to catch an early morning flight. My plane left Beijing at 7:45 am and arrived in Hong Kong just past 11am. What I hadn't properly thought out though, was how early I would have to get started to actually make that 7:45 am plane. My Hong Kong adventure started at 4 am Sunday morning, when I headed out to catch a cab, which luckily didn't take long. On Sunday, my friend Josh met me at the train station and took me to my hotel. After dropping off my bag (which I had ... read more
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February 4th 2013
Saturday I decided to take advantage of the nice weather- it was about 72 degree F- so about 22 degrees C.. The sun was out and I needed a good workout. I walked from the JW Marriott hotel to Central (IFC building) where my work is located- this was about a 15-20 min walk.. It is normally a 1 stop train ride. From the IFC building, I decided to figure out if I could find my way to my new apartment - since I will need to know how to walk back and forth to work very soon. - Note on this- not as soon as i was hoping; with Chinese New Year starting at the end of this week; I won't be able to move in until After Feb 14th :(... It does give me ... read more
February 3rd 2013
Travel day Feb 3rd The day has arrived, Sunday February 3rd came and my trip is ready to begin. I woke up at 4:30 AM and could not go back to sleep. Too much anxiety and excitement together. I was going to India to do yoga, meditate and meet with Kyle and backpack through the Northern India, New Delhi, Agra see the Tah Majal t he Rajasthan desert and the West coast all the way to Mumbai. I took a shower and had a quick breakfast and left my apartment at 8:30. The morning was gloomy, cloudy and a bit foggy it was predicted to snow afternoon I prayed for it to snow after my flight because Dalian's airport is very famous for delaying flights. Well I got to the train station just in time to ... read more
February 3rd 2013
OK first i wanna say sorry for not doing this blog while on my travels, but certain forces of nature prevented me from doing so, luckily i kept a detailed diary of my adventures so i could write this now I'm home. Barcelona to Hong Kong via Moscow! Well my first day of travels did not go well, my flight from Barcelona to Moscow was delayed by over an hour and when we finally landed we were even more late due to a blizzard which prevented us from landing for some 2 hours. This means i missed my connecting flight to Hong Kong, the airline (who shall not be named) kept me in the airport for over 5 hours before finally deciding to move us to a hotel as my new flight was not for another ... read more
February 1st 2013
Happy Friday everyone! I can't believe it is Feb 1?? Where did Jan go? It has been close to a month since I have arrived in Hong Kong. I got my HKID - which is HOng Kong Idenfitication card on Tuesday. It was actually a decent experience, the vendor I am working with through my companies Global Mobility program set up the appointment with me and came with me to help through the process. I had heard horror stories of the wait time and the process. We walked in, got a number, went straight to the 1st desk where they review your application, take your thumb prints ( electornically) and your picture ( all of 5 mins) moved to the next section , where they stamp your document, take your thumb print again, ask you a ... read more
February 1st 2013
So the next few entries are from when I went to Honk Kong and are all grouped together since I just got back from yet another trip. Sorry if it's long, but I had a great time and hope everyone else can get a taste of it as well. : ) 1/31/13 So when I said yes to Anna about meeting them in Hong Kong, I really wasn’t sure how I was going to get there let alone when I was going. Thankfully, once I did make my decision two Guangzhou sisters really took me by the hand and helped through getting a ticket step by step. They took the time and money to meet me and take me to the train station, helped me buy a ticket that would deliver me straight into HK instead ... read more
