Blogs from Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 5

We woke up at 10:25am with our aching backs. We just called room service and ordered fish and chips. We waited for the food and when it finally arrived they gave it to us and we paid them $27 ($221 in HKD). We stayed in our hotel room for hours since our appointment at the beauty salon doesn't start until 2:00pm. We watched television and after that we put some music on and we just talked and played truth or dare. When it was 1:30pm we ordered each a hamburger with small fries and watermelon juice. The price for this was $21 ($172.60 in HKD) each. The watermelon juice tastes amazing; it was sweet but had no sugar in it. If they sell them in Perth, in Australia in Woolworths or something like that, then ... read more

I left Perth on the 10th of September at 12:00am with my best friend, Shania Branigan, we stayed on the plane for 9 hours and then arrived to Wan Chai in Hong Kong at 9:00am. We hired a taxi to the Cosmopolitan Hotel, where we will be staying for the rest of our holidays. I went in, and went to the front desk and let them check us in, we paid $1409 ($11581 in HKD). A group of people went to us and welcomed us, took our suitcases and showed us to our room. It was beautiful, the shining lights, the bright green plants and the amazing view over the city. The room was very neat. After the group of people left they told us that they will give us a tour around the hotel in ... read more

Wow, Hong Kong is a crazy place! We arrived on Friday, Sept 23 and after a very lengthy walk and ride around the airport, we stored our luggage and headed to meet our friends Maya & Joey at their place in Causeway Bay. The number of people was overwhelming. The food was often weird but always delicious. The advertisements/billboards were hilarious. It sort of reminded me of NYC but more crowded. Maya and Joey's apartment was incredibly located right in the centre of the action. I suppose there is "action" everywhere in Hong Kong...but well it was something. When we would step outside it basically felt like we were still inside because the buildings are SO tall that it's very closed in. Everybody lives in a high rise due to space issues and we didn't see ... read more

Getting used to the whole 'living for the weekend' thing is strange. I never realised how quickly time can fly between Friday night and Sunday, and i'm thanking my lucky stars I actually quite enjoy my job (apart from lesson plans, and schemes of work, and action plans. Basically paperwork in general. I'm not good at keeping things in files!). But this week the sunday blues are a lot easier to handle because Tuesday is the mid-Autumn festival in Hong Kong, which means a day off work! Hong Kong has more public holidays than anywhere else in the world, and it is also an odd school policy that whenever there's a school outing, everyone has the day off after. For example, we have our school picnic on the 20th of October, which is a Thursday, and ... read more

Hey Everybody! My name is Nate. N-A-T-E. I had been writing about my experiences living abroad in Mainland China for about a year and half. The last time I wrote was nearly a year ago. It's time to finally bring closure and start another chapter in my life. I was so naive and eager to explore 2 years ago when I first arrived in China. I can't believe the time has passed so quickly. Paltry words fail to express the ways in which China has changed my life. So I could never bring myself to write the final passage of my Chinese blog. How to describe what I didn't know how to articulate. And could this be the end? finished? Certainly NOT. This story, and the story of my life, is just beginning. Since my last ... read more