Soooo it might have been successful, but we're not quite sure. Yes, people, we had mold. Bloody mold, growing all over the place in our room, which is super freakin disgusting. We tried to clean it with clorox, but then when my short midget arms couldn't reach a lot of places we decided to ask the front desk about it. They directed us to some other office who called someone else for us who said they would stop by and take a look at it. So finally some guy stops by our room yesterday and looks at the walls and tells us he will be back at 2 p.m.today. He also pointed to all of my stuff and made a motion that I needed to put it away before he came back so that he could clean the walls. So therefore I packed up all my stuff in drawers and suitcases,etc. And he came!! Upon arrival he gave us masks which was super nice and then painted over our walls with what looked like white paint to me, but Donnie tells me is some mold killer thing that's basically white paint, but kills mold. Anyway, hopefully it won't come back. That would be awesome :)
Since it's Chinese New Year I have no classes next week. Weird right? I just got here. So Caitlyn and I are heading over to Macau tomorrow to spend a few days there, so if you don't hear from me, that's where I am and I quite possibly don't have wi fi. I'll let ya know how it is when I get back. I promise. We have extremely high hopes that our hotel will have heat.
This second half of the week since I last wrote has pretty mellow I must admit. I can't really remember what I've done
Went to a really crazy crowded local market yesterday with this girl that Caitlyn sort of kind of knew. It was awesome. I got these crazy amazing boots for 12 dollars. I'm still in shock of how cute they are. Plus I'm starting to trash my black suede hipster boots :( so I needed new boots. You people all know how much I need to have my boots...especially when it's cold as hell. Must have boots. Also needed the 5 dollar jacket and 3 dollar shirt.
Shit. I'm going to go broke. Way too much cute as hell cheap stuff. ok, so maybe not broke, but certainly have no idea how I'm going to get this all back. May have to go to shopaholics anonymousness when I get home.
I live in a huge ass city. Have I mentioned how insane this place is? The signs are so helpful, since I rarely have ANY clue where I'm going. There's something extremely rewarding about having no clue where you're going and ending up somewhere awesome though... even if awesome is just finding you way back to the residence hall. I mean, we got lost on our way back to the hall the other night and I ended up getting a Hello Kitty mini cake mold for like a buck fifty. (I am secretly obsessed with Hello Kitty) It's addictive
I am so excited about it getting warm here and baking on all the beaches. I love being warm.... so much. So So so much.
That's all <3
2011年1月30日 星期日
2011年1月25日 星期二
Don't underestimate the fashion majors.
So, I tried squid today !! It was like super super chewy fish. I did not die, but I don't think I will be trying it again, but I was terrified and I did it! Woo hoo!!
We went out to dinner tonight with a bunch of local students from Hong Kong after attending a program to improve our Cantonese language skills. I learned my numbers, basic greetings, and "It's Too Expensive. Can it be cheaper?" I feel that these are Exxxxtremely practical things to know how to say *specifically the last one :)* They took us to a great restaurant that had amazing sweet and sour pork with pineapple, vegetables with garlic sauce, some good soup, oh rice (can't ever forget about rice), oh yeah, and the squid. Then we went out for desert and had some sorbet type thing and it was amazingly fresh and yummy :) YEY!
It's really hard for me to remember all of the things I've done since I last wrote... I must admit, this is probably the worst written blog you've ever read. I have zero focus.
Last night, our "hall" meaning the fifth and sixth floor of the Residence Hall had a dinner to celebrate the new semester. There was pizza hut (fine dining here in HK) as well as rice and spaghetti. I got play a game with some of the local students that's really hard to explain. But basically you are your teammate tried to trick the other teams as to which of two drinks was the normal drink and which was the one that had salt or something like that added. My team won haha I think. If they congratulated me, it was in Cantonese, so I'm not sure. But, it was all really fun! And Caitlyn and I bought hall T-shirts for like 5 bucks because well, we thought it was super cool and we really want the jackets.
On Sunday we were supposed to go hiking, but Caitlyn and I were late (as usual) to meet up with the group of internationals that were going so no one was there so we went on our own adventure. Two of the other guys met up with us later and we ended up going to a zoo and seeing a ton of monkeys and a stuffed jaguar that apparently died a few years ago. Saddest day. We checked out some antique shops and found some cool stuff. After that, we went to the hall basketball games. SUPER ENTERTAINING!!! Apparently, competition between the halls is pretty serious, and apparently our hall is totally dominating and has won the whole kit and kaboodle like every single year :) This makes me happy haha you all know how competitive I am. Some of the girls that were at the game with us tried to ask me which boy I thought on the team was the most handsome. I guess they assumed the only reason a girl would be interested in sports is for the physical appearance of the men playing haha it was like junior high all over again, but way cooler cause it was in Hong Kong. All the local students love to show us international students what to do and take pictures with us :) they're soo sweet.
Saturday was our city tour with the other international students which was fun. We had a super hilarious tour guide for our bus and we got to get outside of the city (on the city tour ironically). We past by Jackie Chan's house which super amazed me, but I wasn't sure which one it was and I was on the wrong side of the bus to get a picture :( saddest day. We stopped for an hour in Stanley where the air was sooo incredibly fresh in comparison to the city. I'm going to appreciate the clean air soo much when I get back! But Stanley had these amazing rocks that you could climb around on and touch the water that is part of the Pacific Ocean, or at least some bay that goes in to the Pacific Ocean....I feel that's good enough :)
Other things I have done:
*Stopped at a random station off the MTR, picked a random exit of the station, picked a random place to go off that exit. Ended up buying two pairs of cords at the Apple Mall :) One pair is PINK!!!!!!!!!! I'm obsessed. I want to make them socially acceptable in the U.S.
*Went to a fashion show during HK Fashion Week. They played "Jesus Loves Me This I know" and "Amazing Grace". At fashion shows in the U.S we play hipster techno
*Explored so many random things............
On the Academic Side for all you adults reading this who want to know about my wonderful education!!
Classes I am taking:
-Coloration and Finishing Technology: We got to Stone Wash denim in the lab!!! Kind of couldn't tell you what goes on in the lecture. Everyone talks through the whole thing (HK culture) and the professor is difficult to understand.
-Fashion Retail Buying: The project for the tutorial seems super fun. I'll post pictures when it's finished (hopefully by the end of this week) But all about how to predict trends for different demographics and how retailers are buying from wholesale. Very cool.
-Fashion Distribution and Logistics: This class is super interesting because it's all about how to keep things like transportation, handling, and inventory costs down to maximize profits and how all of the logistical things factor in to marketing. Our professor got her PHD from Duke so she must be awesome right?
-Global Fashion Marketing: This class coincidentally has about half and half international students and local so that's going to make really interesting class discussion once we really get into it. The first lecture was mostly review of things I've seen before, but I'm super excited!
I think for the most part I am starting to really get settled in here :)
All for now <3
We went out to dinner tonight with a bunch of local students from Hong Kong after attending a program to improve our Cantonese language skills. I learned my numbers, basic greetings, and "It's Too Expensive. Can it be cheaper?" I feel that these are Exxxxtremely practical things to know how to say *specifically the last one :)* They took us to a great restaurant that had amazing sweet and sour pork with pineapple, vegetables with garlic sauce, some good soup, oh rice (can't ever forget about rice), oh yeah, and the squid. Then we went out for desert and had some sorbet type thing and it was amazingly fresh and yummy :) YEY!
It's really hard for me to remember all of the things I've done since I last wrote... I must admit, this is probably the worst written blog you've ever read. I have zero focus.
Last night, our "hall" meaning the fifth and sixth floor of the Residence Hall had a dinner to celebrate the new semester. There was pizza hut (fine dining here in HK) as well as rice and spaghetti. I got play a game with some of the local students that's really hard to explain. But basically you are your teammate tried to trick the other teams as to which of two drinks was the normal drink and which was the one that had salt or something like that added. My team won haha I think. If they congratulated me, it was in Cantonese, so I'm not sure. But, it was all really fun! And Caitlyn and I bought hall T-shirts for like 5 bucks because well, we thought it was super cool and we really want the jackets.
On Sunday we were supposed to go hiking, but Caitlyn and I were late (as usual) to meet up with the group of internationals that were going so no one was there so we went on our own adventure. Two of the other guys met up with us later and we ended up going to a zoo and seeing a ton of monkeys and a stuffed jaguar that apparently died a few years ago. Saddest day. We checked out some antique shops and found some cool stuff. After that, we went to the hall basketball games. SUPER ENTERTAINING!!! Apparently, competition between the halls is pretty serious, and apparently our hall is totally dominating and has won the whole kit and kaboodle like every single year :) This makes me happy haha you all know how competitive I am. Some of the girls that were at the game with us tried to ask me which boy I thought on the team was the most handsome. I guess they assumed the only reason a girl would be interested in sports is for the physical appearance of the men playing haha it was like junior high all over again, but way cooler cause it was in Hong Kong. All the local students love to show us international students what to do and take pictures with us :) they're soo sweet.
Saturday was our city tour with the other international students which was fun. We had a super hilarious tour guide for our bus and we got to get outside of the city (on the city tour ironically). We past by Jackie Chan's house which super amazed me, but I wasn't sure which one it was and I was on the wrong side of the bus to get a picture :( saddest day. We stopped for an hour in Stanley where the air was sooo incredibly fresh in comparison to the city. I'm going to appreciate the clean air soo much when I get back! But Stanley had these amazing rocks that you could climb around on and touch the water that is part of the Pacific Ocean, or at least some bay that goes in to the Pacific Ocean....I feel that's good enough :)
Other things I have done:
*Stopped at a random station off the MTR, picked a random exit of the station, picked a random place to go off that exit. Ended up buying two pairs of cords at the Apple Mall :) One pair is PINK!!!!!!!!!! I'm obsessed. I want to make them socially acceptable in the U.S.
*Went to a fashion show during HK Fashion Week. They played "Jesus Loves Me This I know" and "Amazing Grace". At fashion shows in the U.S we play hipster techno
*Explored so many random things............
On the Academic Side for all you adults reading this who want to know about my wonderful education!!
Classes I am taking:
-Coloration and Finishing Technology: We got to Stone Wash denim in the lab!!! Kind of couldn't tell you what goes on in the lecture. Everyone talks through the whole thing (HK culture) and the professor is difficult to understand.
-Fashion Retail Buying: The project for the tutorial seems super fun. I'll post pictures when it's finished (hopefully by the end of this week) But all about how to predict trends for different demographics and how retailers are buying from wholesale. Very cool.
-Fashion Distribution and Logistics: This class is super interesting because it's all about how to keep things like transportation, handling, and inventory costs down to maximize profits and how all of the logistical things factor in to marketing. Our professor got her PHD from Duke so she must be awesome right?
-Global Fashion Marketing: This class coincidentally has about half and half international students and local so that's going to make really interesting class discussion once we really get into it. The first lecture was mostly review of things I've seen before, but I'm super excited!
I think for the most part I am starting to really get settled in here :)
All for now <3
2011年1月23日 星期日
POST ONE!
Hello!!! I would say this greeting in Cantonese, but I still have not learned a word.... I'll get there. In fact, I am attending a program entitled "Get Fun With Cantonese" next week where I plan on learning on all of the important words on bargaining, ordering food, fashion words, Oh yeah, and Please&Thank You :)
So, I've had several requests to write a blog so I figured I would try it. It's not starting out to well, as currently I don't have a title, but we shall see. I will try to start at the beginning
Day 1/2 - Plane, Plane, Plane. First Caitlyn and I's flight from Raleigh to JFK was cancelled so we then had to fly back to Chicago ironically from Raleigh to connect in Tokyo instead of the original direct flight to HK. But, eventually, we got there. We arrived in Hong Kong International Airport and thankfully had wifi to tell everyone that we arrived safely, and also had an e-mail from my buddy informing me that she would not be able to pick me up from the airport that evening. So, we hopped on the train, followed by a taxi and were dropped outside of our residence hall all at about 11:00 at night. We dragged our luggage into the lobby, completely jet lagged having absolutely no idea what was going on - needless to say, the hall security guard's English was less than stellar. We eventually got temporarily checked in since the main desk was closed for the evening and we're escorted to the sixth floor room. After an amazing shower, Caitlyn and I discovered a fact we have been despising since arrival - There is NO HEAT in any of the buildings!!!! So despite being about 60 degrees in the middle of the afternoon and much cooler in the evening, our room has nothing but pay-in AC. Needless to say, all we had that night was the thin blankets, we'd brought for the flight... sleep was not exactly in the cards.
Day 1 - Mission: BLANKETS. We went to an orientation that informed of us absolutely nothing like how to set up one's internet in the room. Very welcoming, very uninformative. But, we managed to get a map with a place to buy bedding. We received out PolyU ID cards which are a lifeline as you need them to swipe in and out of the dorms any time you go anywhere. We took a nice tour and met another guy from NC State and learned a little bit about the campus from a local and had dinner in a Hong Kong mall foodcourt that was only about $3.50 (Food here is CRAZY cheap!) So, still totally jet lagged that night but at least warm!
Alright, I'm going to stop numbering days because the rest has passed in a blur...
I was determined to get my electronics set up before classes started on Monday so that meant finding a computer store with power converters (who knew?) and an Ethernet cable. I'll just google the closest Best Buy, yeah, wrong. After much spent time wandering we found this massive, stressful, but kind of awesome electronic store and I got my power converters and Ethernet cable. So I am now wired for sound, though I can't use my power strip with the converters... it basically blows the circuit. Oh, and my hair dryer smells like it's going to blow up if I put it on the setting I do at home. It's ok, I just keep on super low :)
Caitlyn and I were determined to not spend money on clothes and generally non necessities the first week we were here so things other than window shopping were kept to a minimum. We tried to stick to things like hangers, towels, and pillows.
Classes. Well, first off, the schedules are confusing as hell. For any given class it could have any combination of a lab, lecture, seminar, and tutorial component. Most lectures seem to meet every week but tutorials and labs mostly meet every other week. The classes are about two hours long, and our lab was about three. So essentially, I'm going to have to check my weekly schedule at the beginning of the week and write down when and where I actually have class or else I'm NEVER going to know what I'm doing.
On the record, there are more escalators here than there are in the entire U.S.
I have a lot more to write, but I'm lazy....
maybe another day :)
So, I've had several requests to write a blog so I figured I would try it. It's not starting out to well, as currently I don't have a title, but we shall see. I will try to start at the beginning
Day 1/2 - Plane, Plane, Plane. First Caitlyn and I's flight from Raleigh to JFK was cancelled so we then had to fly back to Chicago ironically from Raleigh to connect in Tokyo instead of the original direct flight to HK. But, eventually, we got there. We arrived in Hong Kong International Airport and thankfully had wifi to tell everyone that we arrived safely, and also had an e-mail from my buddy informing me that she would not be able to pick me up from the airport that evening. So, we hopped on the train, followed by a taxi and were dropped outside of our residence hall all at about 11:00 at night. We dragged our luggage into the lobby, completely jet lagged having absolutely no idea what was going on - needless to say, the hall security guard's English was less than stellar. We eventually got temporarily checked in since the main desk was closed for the evening and we're escorted to the sixth floor room. After an amazing shower, Caitlyn and I discovered a fact we have been despising since arrival - There is NO HEAT in any of the buildings!!!! So despite being about 60 degrees in the middle of the afternoon and much cooler in the evening, our room has nothing but pay-in AC. Needless to say, all we had that night was the thin blankets, we'd brought for the flight... sleep was not exactly in the cards.
Day 1 - Mission: BLANKETS. We went to an orientation that informed of us absolutely nothing like how to set up one's internet in the room. Very welcoming, very uninformative. But, we managed to get a map with a place to buy bedding. We received out PolyU ID cards which are a lifeline as you need them to swipe in and out of the dorms any time you go anywhere. We took a nice tour and met another guy from NC State and learned a little bit about the campus from a local and had dinner in a Hong Kong mall foodcourt that was only about $3.50 (Food here is CRAZY cheap!) So, still totally jet lagged that night but at least warm!
Alright, I'm going to stop numbering days because the rest has passed in a blur...
I was determined to get my electronics set up before classes started on Monday so that meant finding a computer store with power converters (who knew?) and an Ethernet cable. I'll just google the closest Best Buy, yeah, wrong. After much spent time wandering we found this massive, stressful, but kind of awesome electronic store and I got my power converters and Ethernet cable. So I am now wired for sound, though I can't use my power strip with the converters... it basically blows the circuit. Oh, and my hair dryer smells like it's going to blow up if I put it on the setting I do at home. It's ok, I just keep on super low :)
Caitlyn and I were determined to not spend money on clothes and generally non necessities the first week we were here so things other than window shopping were kept to a minimum. We tried to stick to things like hangers, towels, and pillows.
Classes. Well, first off, the schedules are confusing as hell. For any given class it could have any combination of a lab, lecture, seminar, and tutorial component. Most lectures seem to meet every week but tutorials and labs mostly meet every other week. The classes are about two hours long, and our lab was about three. So essentially, I'm going to have to check my weekly schedule at the beginning of the week and write down when and where I actually have class or else I'm NEVER going to know what I'm doing.
On the record, there are more escalators here than there are in the entire U.S.
I have a lot more to write, but I'm lazy....
maybe another day :)
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