So, lets see...
Went to the night market near Mong Kok. I believe its the most crowded distrcit in the world, by population density. Its where you go to buy fake bags and shit. Ate food, met some people.
Went to a Karaoke bar. It was interesting. The guy leading the exchange students, Lorencio started the singing. He has a decent voice, but he chooses shit songs. I hate that aerosmith song from armegeddon. I tried singing beat it in front of about 100 people. Emphasis on tried. The lyrics didnt show up on the screen, and I had most of the song memorized. Afterwards, went bowling. That was interesting. I ended up playing with the most serious group of exchange students. They were there instead of Karaoke, and had been playing for a few hours before I got there. First game was shit, although in the last few frames I went from 60 something to 99 and jumped above getting last place. In the second game, I fucking dominated. By the 7th frame, I had a score high enough that more or less couldn't beat me unless they played like jesus. I ended up with 154 and the highest score of the night. Booyah.
Another night, we went out to bars. I met some more people, and learned a Hong Kong drinking game. There was a band, and we got there at the tail end of happy hour. So each person ended up with 1 drink. We sort of loitered for a while until the employees kind of gently made us leave.
Next night, was supposed to be victoria peak and the night club district, but I took a nap at 3 in the afternoon and woke up at almost 11. Fucking alarm didnt wake me up.
Another night, went to harbor to see the festival of lights. They took the tallest buildings and made them light with some music. It was okay. I was slightly disappointed with the show itself, but the view of the buildings was the bee's knees. And I got my picture with the Jackie Chan hong kong walk of stars thingy. And a bruce lee statue. Afterward, we crossed the bay and went to the red light district. A lot of prostitutes and bars...
(and when I say we during this, I usually mean the exchange students. We are sort of doing these events in groups of about 100)
Went to a mexican bar and got some surprisingly decent tex mex. And a margarita, it was kind of strong.
Another day, we went to the beach. The beaches are okay, LBI was nicer. But the water was calm, warm, and shallow. So no worries about drowning. But not very clear. Afterwards, I ended up going to dinner with bunch of girls from all over the world.
Last night, I organized a group of about 10 to see inglorious bastards. It was fun. I lost my phone in the theater, and when I tried going back for it, another movie started so I had to wait until 15 past midnight to get it.
On my own, ive randomly walked around mong kok. I found one of the largest hobby shops in Hong Kong, but was kind of disapointed by the lack of gundam models. The toys r us in festival walk had more models. (festival walk is a massive mall next to the campus, we end up going there a lot) And yes, it sort of is part of Hong Kong culture. They fucking love malls here for some reason.
Other notes:
Apparently foreign people don't see Star Wars like in the US.
Every culture but the US drink heavily and early.
People shit thier pants when they find out you can get a rifle from wal mart.
AC is fucking amazing. Its so god damn hot and humid outside. I'm getting more used to it, but when you feel AC after being outside, its heavenly. They make you pay for the electricity in the dorms. There is actually a card you can when you want to turn it on. Ive used about 30-40$ hk dollars in the past 5 days. Sadness.
They love malls.
I get started at on the trains alot.
There are a lot of 7-11.
the octopus card is godly.
H&M is the exact same in Hong Kong as it in Sweeden.
Uniqlo has gundam t-shirts
Cell phones are crazy.
Laptops are surprisingly, not that crazy.
There arent many trash bags on the street.
I like noodles.
The cheesecake from the supermarket tastes like shit.
You can get a melon that has grown to have a face for 10k HKD.
My hair does not do well in the humidity. A few minutes after flat ironing it, I could see it curling up. I need another hair cut.
CityU is small but crowded.
Everybody is scared of swine flu. They give out the masks in the front.
The night security guard for my hall is much friendlier than the day one.
Thats it for now. I'm tired and I need to go the canteen for food before class starts.
Went to the night market near Mong Kok. I believe its the most crowded distrcit in the world, by population density. Its where you go to buy fake bags and shit. Ate food, met some people.
Went to a Karaoke bar. It was interesting. The guy leading the exchange students, Lorencio started the singing. He has a decent voice, but he chooses shit songs. I hate that aerosmith song from armegeddon. I tried singing beat it in front of about 100 people. Emphasis on tried. The lyrics didnt show up on the screen, and I had most of the song memorized. Afterwards, went bowling. That was interesting. I ended up playing with the most serious group of exchange students. They were there instead of Karaoke, and had been playing for a few hours before I got there. First game was shit, although in the last few frames I went from 60 something to 99 and jumped above getting last place. In the second game, I fucking dominated. By the 7th frame, I had a score high enough that more or less couldn't beat me unless they played like jesus. I ended up with 154 and the highest score of the night. Booyah.
Another night, we went out to bars. I met some more people, and learned a Hong Kong drinking game. There was a band, and we got there at the tail end of happy hour. So each person ended up with 1 drink. We sort of loitered for a while until the employees kind of gently made us leave.
Next night, was supposed to be victoria peak and the night club district, but I took a nap at 3 in the afternoon and woke up at almost 11. Fucking alarm didnt wake me up.
Another night, went to harbor to see the festival of lights. They took the tallest buildings and made them light with some music. It was okay. I was slightly disappointed with the show itself, but the view of the buildings was the bee's knees. And I got my picture with the Jackie Chan hong kong walk of stars thingy. And a bruce lee statue. Afterward, we crossed the bay and went to the red light district. A lot of prostitutes and bars...
(and when I say we during this, I usually mean the exchange students. We are sort of doing these events in groups of about 100)
Went to a mexican bar and got some surprisingly decent tex mex. And a margarita, it was kind of strong.
Another day, we went to the beach. The beaches are okay, LBI was nicer. But the water was calm, warm, and shallow. So no worries about drowning. But not very clear. Afterwards, I ended up going to dinner with bunch of girls from all over the world.
Last night, I organized a group of about 10 to see inglorious bastards. It was fun. I lost my phone in the theater, and when I tried going back for it, another movie started so I had to wait until 15 past midnight to get it.
On my own, ive randomly walked around mong kok. I found one of the largest hobby shops in Hong Kong, but was kind of disapointed by the lack of gundam models. The toys r us in festival walk had more models. (festival walk is a massive mall next to the campus, we end up going there a lot) And yes, it sort of is part of Hong Kong culture. They fucking love malls here for some reason.
Other notes:
Apparently foreign people don't see Star Wars like in the US.
Every culture but the US drink heavily and early.
People shit thier pants when they find out you can get a rifle from wal mart.
AC is fucking amazing. Its so god damn hot and humid outside. I'm getting more used to it, but when you feel AC after being outside, its heavenly. They make you pay for the electricity in the dorms. There is actually a card you can when you want to turn it on. Ive used about 30-40$ hk dollars in the past 5 days. Sadness.
They love malls.
I get started at on the trains alot.
There are a lot of 7-11.
the octopus card is godly.
H&M is the exact same in Hong Kong as it in Sweeden.
Uniqlo has gundam t-shirts
Cell phones are crazy.
Laptops are surprisingly, not that crazy.
There arent many trash bags on the street.
I like noodles.
The cheesecake from the supermarket tastes like shit.
You can get a melon that has grown to have a face for 10k HKD.
My hair does not do well in the humidity. A few minutes after flat ironing it, I could see it curling up. I need another hair cut.
CityU is small but crowded.
Everybody is scared of swine flu. They give out the masks in the front.
The night security guard for my hall is much friendlier than the day one.
Thats it for now. I'm tired and I need to go the canteen for food before class starts.
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