http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Cynthia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Cynthia en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:11:36 +0000 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:11:36 +0000 Its been an exciting amazing fun filled breath taking memorable crazy full packed year to say the least And I'm so glad to be home its been a full year I just couldnt wait to see my mommy and sisters and brotherthanks so much for the calls and cards...i missed u all too and Family my nephews and niece have grown so much and to go to my church Mrs Adisa has been such a ment http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-79182.html Top 10 Check List1. Being able to pronounce the various districts in Hong Kong Tsim Tsa Tsui Hung Hom Mong Kokhellip and knowing how to get to the best 'coin cache' in HK. Learning to bargain at the wet markets of Hong Kong and only getting cheated as other locals do. 2. SCHOOLING in HONK KONG and not freaking out when the teacher and students breakout in Cantonese3. Travelling thr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Geneva/blog-79156.html Research tour in GuangzhouOne of my courses organized a field trip visit to some start up companies and well established factories. For instance the biggest Soya saucecooking saucespices manufacturer in China to study there production processes fermentation tanks etc. We visited yeast factories pharmaceutical manufactures bioremediation and phytoremediation companies. We were so well receiv http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-79157.html The past few months have been very packed with my finals a trip to Thailand Shenzhen Shanghai Beijing Guangzhou and a visit from my mommy here in Hong Kong. Itrsquos a bit overwhelming to think of writing a blog about my experiences so to be honest Irsquove decided just to put up some pictures a few comments maybe a story or twohellipand that should be more than enough readingAs I http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-38620.html After mazeing through the noisy busy streets and feeling like a little bee in one of the billions of concrete honey comb quarters at last mostly durring weekends Irsquom discovering all the rest of Hong Kong the mountains and beaches and forests and islandshelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipHere are a few pictures that should fill in the blank... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Kowloon/blog-27154.html English NamesMost Chinese apart from their original names get English names while in their teens. They expect nonChinese to be unable to pronounce or retain their names I try but full names are hard. The other day a friend of mine explained that it was his English teacher from Australia that gave him his name ldquoLacklardquo after a lake in Australia. So everyone introduces themselves to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Kowloon/blog-20647.html I really thank God for the privilege of todaySitting in front of the window of my residence room Irsquom starring out at the 7am traffic. My body is still jetlagged and so I wake up really early 5 or 6am. The residence Irsquom in is said to be the most luxurious res. In Hong Kong They just built it but charge the same price Thus far Irsquove been learning some Cantonese most are s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Kowloon/blog-17845.html Check List Praying more and moreVaccinations DoneResidence BookedVisa and Ticket gottenBags being packed at the momentFees to be paid Courses registered for and hoping I'm not forgetting anything Destination info from CIA websiteHong Kong has more than 200 islands Brief History Occupied by the UK The British in 1841 Hong Kong was formally given up by China the following year va http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-16911.html