Hong Kong

Just came back from HK, with the heart full of satisfaction. No matter how many times I have visited, the city can always bring me some surprises. At the moment of landing, the loud Cantonese accent and fast pace of the pedestrian immediately bring back all the memories of the city.

The first H&M in asia was opened 10 days ago in Hong Kong. Never imagined that one has to stay in a long line to go inside the store…. However it was a nice experience recalling the crazy european shopping experience. Another new arriver was Zara. How weird was the feeling, seeing the exactly same clothes in 2 months, in different continents…

And there was Disney. As my friend said, once a person step into Disney land, his age would immediately becomes half or square-rooted. Compared with Tokyo, California, and Florida, the size of Hong Kong Disney land was like a miniature replica. However it has the magic of transforming everybody into child, as well as giving out money crazily in the stores. Though it’s strange to listen to Micky Mouse speaking Chinese….(actually cantonese)

Finally were the little secrets I kept about HK, the nice restaurants, the best place to shopping, and the hidden little places…

Nice.

One can never be satisfied la...

Immer so viel zu tun aber wenige Zeit.

Ohh i am going to Hong Kong tomorrow, one of my favorite cities in the world. The last time was like 2004. How I love the city! Eating, shopping, eating, shopping, while practicing my lousy Cantonese... yum yum yum! Have been there around 4 times during these ten years, and how things have changed along the time! From a british-asian mixed city to a totally asian feel. I can’t say that I love the change, but I always love the over-crowded street, skylines in the bay, and the feeling that nobody knows I am “foreigner”.

I guessed that’s why I love big cities, especially London, New York….In those places, the races are so diverse that you cannot tell whether one is a tourist. And one thing I hate most is to be treated like a tourist or foreigner (i.e. ignorant and stupid), although I am a tourist from top to the bottom. For this stupid reason, I have been learning as many languages as I can, thinking that by doing this people will not treat me as a stupid tourist girl (and often reckoned to be Japanese) or look at me with a strange sight when I step into a local bar/ restaurant…

I’m full of pride, somehow. ;-)

Mixed up and messed up

Finally back from a 3-week trip in Europe, short but enough to stir up many emotions, feelings and memories. I suddenly realized how much I miss Europe, and how much I have oppressed this feeling to the bottom of my heart. Overall my exchange life was not only about happy moments, there were actually a lot of down times and cultural difference to come across, but no one can deny that it was great. I was learning new things from every aspect. I was different while sometimes I could be the same.

Long distance relationship is another frustrating things to handle. I don't have any complaints about the relationship itself, but the distance. Nothing is worst than having to be separated again. With 7 hours of time lag, 13000 kilometers of distance, and nearly 1000 euro per return ticket. Someone has told me “the true love is regardless of distance”. I hope so and I can only believe so.

Semester has started again and I was totally messed up. The courses have become worse and more boring than ever, and I just have no mood for doing anything. Depressed.