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