Our first day of class was today! We didn't start working on any of the coursework but we did get to meet the Chinese students in our class. They seem really nice and one of the girls offered to show us around Hong Kong sometime. Dr. Choi informed us that there is a Hong Kong holiday next Monday for the dragon boat races in the harbor so there would be no class. The Chinese student sitting next to me seemed very excited about the races, we will definitely have to go check that out! Our assignments for this class will be to explore and observe the differences between American and Chinese culture in both Hong Kong and Shanghai. I'm really excited to get started!
Erin, Faith, and I booked our hotel and ferry to Macau this weekend. This place is considered the gambling capital of the world but is also famous for great food and shopping. The divas are taking a vacation! I can't wait to post pictures from that trip, I'm sure it's going to be a blast!
Today after the very short class introduction the whole crew decided to head over to the Mong Kok market. This is a very popular spot in Hong Kong to buy anything and everything you can possibly imagine. From knock-off handbags and accessories to silk kimonos and electronics. It was very hard for me to stop spending money there! I got so many great things though, a lot for you people back on the other side of the world...get excited!
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| on board the MTR headed to Mong Kok |
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| group at money exchange |
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| example of a stall in the market, they have everything! |
After we cleared out the stands on Mong Kok a small group of us went to the New Town Plaza mall. This is a gigantic mall right next to the MTR station near campus. Not going to lie, we got a little bit lost walking around. The mall was impressive though because the stores were so organized. All of the children's clothing and toy stores were together, women's and mens wear were separate, there were sections for furniture and make up as well. I didn't buy anything because I want to figure out how much I spent at the market before making any new purchases! We did find a large supermarket inside the mall, now I won't go hungry because I can buy recognizable food at the grocery store.
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| inside a milk cow in the kids section of the mall |
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| hey Brandi, wish you had these while you were still cheerleading? |
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| Jeff got this fantastic shirt at Mong Kok |
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| Erin certainly cleaned up... |
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| all of my purchases! |
Sorry for the lack of pictures or exciting news today...we were shopping up a storm! We ate McDonald's for lunch (again) and are planning on eating at one of the canteens on campus tonight. I must say, I could really go for some enchiladas and a margarita right now. There is no Mexican food in Hong Kong. Actually, I don't know that I would eat it if there was any. Asian influence on Mexican food does not sound like an appealing combo.
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