Canada? What?

It's been a while hasn't it? That's because I discovered this horrid thing called schoolwork.  Presentations, PPTs, Final Reports, quizes, tests, and the whole nine yards. Conclusion: I don't want to be a buyer. The end

I survived my first international business meeting. It was exciting. Like really exciting :) Realistically, I get excited about putting on black pumps and riding the MTR, getting off and going to a building that has enough floors to require elevator dudes. Yes, I love elevator people who seem to do nothing but escort you on to the elevator as if you have no idea how to hit the button yourself. I felt quite important and had a wonderful chitter chatter. *fingers crossed* this means internship sorts for Emily



In order to avoid shopping and to accomplish something on our list of goals Caitlyn and I went for a HIKE last Saturday. While the website for this Bridal Pools place listed this as a difficulty 1 and 2-3 kilometers, they did not include the hike up and across the mountain in order to get to Bride's Pool. Now here is the thing, I'm not really a nature-y person. I pretend to enjoy hiking some times in order to not feel like an urban shopaholic, but for the most part this really does not thrill me. So, when things like this happen I tend to lose faith in my ability to be a hiker. This hiking bit ended up being quite the all day adventure as the up and across the mountain hike took about four hours and I would rank as a difficulty 8. Seriously, my quads wanted cry. But, alas, I did it & there were some spectacular views. It's so hard to believe the contrast between the New Territories and Kowloon considering they're really not that far from each other. It's really beautiful, and once again, I can say I climbed a mountain. Oh, and Bride's Pool - the anticipated destination - was quite a disappointment. The pictures probably make it look cooler than it realistically was. But, I'm still happy :) because I got peppers and Capri Sun. & discovered a really cool beach community that has rather embraced me.

I still need to ride a DingDing & buy wine in a glass to go from M&S, but I'm progressing.

I think my studying for Distribution&Logistics Midterm payed off. I anticipate not feeling like a dumbass tomorrow when I receive my grade back :) I am finished with Coloration&Finishing Lab. Praise God. Global Fashion Marketing has reached a whole new level of offering me groundbreaking information. Did you know there are different cultures around the world? The map shown of North America last week was QUITE INFOMATIVE. This class is life-changing. Retail buying will be the death of me. The end of school update.

In order to try to study for the Coloration&Finishing class. Caitlyn and I thought we might be inspired to study if we went back to our beach community that we love so much. Plus I really wanted pistachios & we discovered this grocery store there that seriously sells the most random assortment of American loot including Cheez Its, Poptarts, Dill Pickles, Popcorn, Arizona Iced Tea, etc. It's quite an incredible shack.  So, as we sat along the harbor we pondered the lecture notes, suntanned, and dug in to a fabulous meal of snacks. On the record, this harbor did not inspire me whatsoever and instead all of the little boats distracted the hell out of me. I tried moving to the rocks thinking maybe it was the people who captivated my attention, and then I was distracted by the little crabs by the water. There is always something more entertaining that chemistry. Onn the bright side, I think I still did reasonably well on the quiz today :) FTW

I finally ShamShuiPoe'd it up. This means that I went fabric hunting. SENSORY OVERLOAD. When in the States, one just pops into Jo-Anne's, looks around for a bit and picks something out. When in Hong Kong, one wanders the streets and browses the endless shops full of not bolts of fabrics, but little cards with fabric stapled to them. Nobody in Hong Kong actually has enough space to have the bolts of fabrics at the ground level for everyone to see so everyone makes their selections based on swatches of the assortment. Needless to say, selection making is not easy. But, on the plus side, you can take the swatches. They really don't care. So, I probably have enough swatches to make a blanket for a small child. I got excited. Guilty. I plan on going back soon and actually purchasing fabric when I'm ready to continuously ask what's the smallest amount I can buy since a lot of the shops have a 5-yard cut minimum. I like to have a lot of a little :)

Lisheng Badmitton. FTW. Shocker.

So much entertains me. I have so much left to do and I've recently been realizing how quickly this has all gone by. Part of me still feels like I just got here (the other part remembers how freezing it was when I got here and that clearly a substantial amount of time has passed). I have so much left to accomplish. It'll happen. Have no fear :)