It's been a while

Lets see... Nothing overwhelmingly crazy going down at the moment.

Last weekend, I was in Shenzen. Its a city at the border of China, and a special economic region. It's something like the wealthiest city per capita in China. Its different, and very new. The city was built up in the past 20 years. It sort of lacks a cultural identity. Everything is planned relatively carefully, but it feels empty. There are massive 6 lanes roads everywhere, but never enough traffic to really occupy it. There are MTR stops, but its barely built up and a lot isnt connected. I went with Julian, James, and Wouter. It was a rather cultural, laid back weekend. Some people expected a lot of people expecting debauchery from a group of bachelors on the town.

Got there in the afternoon, and went around the main areas. Like HK, there is a lot of shopping. There was a 12 floor computer center, where I got an extra thinkpad battery for about 25$ USD. It works well so far. (Although I've killed one my right click buttons, but thats another story)
We went to dinner at a Sichuan resturant, and it was amazing. There was pork with vegtables, slices of beef, peanut chicken (which I avoided), and a spicey ass mystery soup, and really nice green beans. And for dessert, there was glutinous rice doughnuts. It was tasty.
Afterwards, we did a mini pub crawl. There was a district of bars that look it was designed by somebody that thought about Europe, but never went to Europe. There wasn irish pub, a german bavarian kind of place, an italian place on a fake mini canal, and some others. We played pool at one, which was kind of funny. The hostess asked if we wanted to play pool, and we said yeah, assuming she meant when the people playing finished. She kicked them off and gave us the table. It was awkward. Julian mentioned having a pool table at home, so James jumped onto his team. (which reminds of something else, when people here found out I could draw, one person asked if there was anything I wasn't good at (apparently I have a curious and/or impressive skill/knowledge set) and james blurted out, Sports!!!). Anyway, Wouter and I ended up beating James and Julian. Fun times. All the other guys, being of European heritage, enjoy beer. Alot. Meanwhile, I ordered a tequilla sunrise, which came out with a pink curly straw and cherries. I haven't lived it down yet. And I still want to try an appletini.

Afterwards, we went back to the surprisngly nice hostel and hung out before passing out. The next morning, Julian felt sick and took the MTR back to Hong Kong early.

Oh, and to explain how to get to Shenzen: The MTR station by me is Kowloon Tong. The green line goes to Mong Kok (the busiest district on Kowloon Island, and where you can transfer to the Red Line towards Hong Kong Island and more busy areas in Kowloon.) Its also got the light blue line, that just goes to the Chinese border at Shenzen. So, to go to China, I just hope onto the MTR and I'm at the border. I get to go through the faster resident line as well, since my student visa makes me count as an HK resident.

Wouter, James and I went to the park in Shenzen, where there is a statue of Deng Xioping overlooking the city. By the end, I felt like hell. Fuck steep ass, oddly sized stairs up a mountain. But the view was amazing, and the trip down was easier. We then went to the fake counterfeit mall, but nobody got anything. We then got some dimsum, but I felt sick and since it was getting late and we were more or less done, we went home.

Lets see, during the week, I didn't do much. I've had a cold. It's mostly been school, food, hanging out at the residence.
For this weekend, I played Mahjong with Cameron and bunch of other people. I won a game. Go me.
Afterwards, I watched SGU. Cameron has been getting that and Dollhouse off of itunes, and weve been watching it. I'm fucking shocked at how good SGU is, although its definately borrowed a lot from BSG. And damn dollhouse is good. Eliza Dushku rocks and is hot. And the dude pkaying Victor is awesome as well.

And then on Sunday, I went to the Hong Kong space museum. It was cool. Alot of stuff I've already learn between other museums (Kennedy Space Center FTW, Smithsonian Air and Space/ Annex) But there were some cool activities. You can go into a harness and it simulates moon gravity. Almost everybody else was either too tall, or in a dress.

For today, its just been class and getting my group project work started. I need to talk to my counselor. After this semester, I need 22 credits. I got a lot to plan. (hopefully I can go to KIT next fall)

Also, KFC has an amazing breakfast. Chicken filet, with gravy, and eggs, and a honey biscuit, plus a drink. It was a good ass biscuit too. Im disappointed they dont have it during regular food service.

That's it for now, I got a lot of class today. I need to set up an FTP to share my pictures tomorrow, and sort out some travelin