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Published: October 19th 2009
Well it’s been over a week since my last entry & what a week!
Many apologies for not keeping this blog up-to-date, it’s been so hectic here I’ve barely had a chance to relax & gather my thoughts.
I guess I’ll quickly update you on the last week.
After moving into my nice (small) clean flat on the Friday I decided it was time to play a bit of the old football, so on the Saturday I met up with a local team called Ham Sap (sweaty balls) & went on an hour long bus drive outside Hong Kong to a nice town (don’t envisage rural cottages with ornate hedgerows & postman Pat, instead imagine 50 story tower blocks blotting out the sun & many, many of them. On a side note id like to mention my ongoing ineffable awe at all the flippin tall buildings. When I finally get down to business of buying a digital camera (argued with someone in a camera shop for 30 minutes today until he forcefully gave me the $2500HKD id given back & essentially told me to leave the shop) I’ll take some snappy snaps & show you.
Back to the football. Went to this town (no idea what its called) played an official league game & scored the bloddy decider! Sweet deserts!
That night met up with a player & his wife for a drink in Soho.
Money. Its great, but do you know what’s not great about money? Spending lots of it on one beer. Drinking in HK is very expensive. Arguably a good thing (not a good thing).
I started work bright & early (got up at 5!) on Monday. I was kindly & suitably thrown in at the deep end. My first day was as a camera assistant on a corporate film shoot on board of a 66,000-mega ton cargo ship! We were filming a video for a company called Satlynx, who make & install what is essentially broadband on boats (satellite receivers & all that jazz). It was actually quite an easy & dull shoot, but the views & epic unusualness of it were fantastic. The crew was very small (camera man, producer, director & me) which was nice as I could be in the centre of things & chat to all. I also filmed on that ship on Tuesday, Friday & Saturday. I’m glad its over! It was an ok shoot all in all, but not especially interesting or exciting.
On Wednesday & Friday I was in the office working on a variety of tasks ranging from being an editors assistant where I was watching the final touches being done to a show for the crime & investigation channel & was asked to comment on anything I thought looked odd or could be improved upon (actually noticed a few things & he was complimentary), to doing some research for a potential show for Mega-Structures on the Discovery channel.
So things at work are going well all in all. I’m still finding my feet & my lack of confidence in some departments is holding me back, but overall things are grand.
The flat is working out well (even if my room is only big enough for a bed & a wardrobe) & I’ve now met the other 2 flat mates & they are sound.
Hong Kong is a crazy place that never stops & can be a little too intense sometimes. Stay tuned for a video demonstrating its craziness.
I guess that’s a good enough update for now. I’m pretty tired (getting used to that now!) & want to watch a film before I go to bed.
Tomorrow I get up early to film (alone) a demonstration happening in town. Essentially the Mega-Structures show (if its commissioned) will be on a new rail link from HK to Guangzhou (connecting HK to mainland China via a super fast rail link) & it will destroy a town, so hence the protest.
Any-who, nighty, night & take care everyone.
I’d also to hear how your all doing so do fill me in.
Love David.
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Mark Good
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Lovin it
Dave, Im picking up what you are putting down. Great blog. Glad HK has started so good. Looking forward to the next update. Also loving the Mega-structures work.