Second weekend

I met Zack today, and had dinner with Frings, Emily and Jasmine. I am so happy that, despite of such a new city for me, I still have some old friends here.

We had dinner in a Vietnamese restaurant. It feels so good, at least among these people, we are open to make fun of each other. I can somehow imagine how life would be like in Hong Kong. People's conversation is almost nothing but food, shoppings, travelling, and gossip in the company. Listening to ABBA's album, it reminds of my first time in HK in 2009, for APXLDS. That was such great memory. Even now I am in the same place, but my feelings and thinkings have changed so much. I am afraid I would never go back again.

Then I know that Hong Kong is not for life-long time. There must be someday I will be leaving to a "dream country", maybe somewhere very far away, exotic cultures and surroundings, somewhere you can live up your own values, in your own way, do your own things.

I know I will. Just a life-long dream takes a life-long time to pursue.

Tactic

I wasn't going to do any shopping after this morning. Then Jacque came asking "Do you feel like having some desert out? " I said yes. Then we went to a restaurant and she had a burger and I had a milk shake. She said, " I would show you around here. There is a street called Star Street, it is a premium area in Wan Chai." Then cool, and we went there. Down from the hill, she walked towards West and said," It is Pacific Place right there." Then we went down spent so long time in Pacific Place.

If she would have asked directly saying" fancy to go for Pacific Place? " I would definitely say no. However, this is how she is able to lead me to do what she wants. In our conversation during the meal, she told me that "HK people are shrewed, they might think, act, and talk differently. " Now I really got it.

Life starts anew in Hong Kong

I moved to Hong Kong and finally have an access to blogspot, thinking it would be a good idea to rebuild my blog here.

This is just one week into it. I enjoy my work and my boss is a very nice and experienced person. I admire his devotion to the company for more than 12 years, and the clout he has built in this area.

I am getting used to the office hours, starting from 7am in the morning. It is a bit challenging especially I get extremely drowsy in the early afternoon. But that's one thing I'll have to face up and deal with, thinking I should get up earlier and adjust my bio-clock to it.

I had lunch with Mindy and JacSo, two local HK girls I met in AIESEC. It turns out three-of-us is a perfect combination to set up Cantonese conversations, as JacSo doesn't speak much Mandarin, and talks to Mindy in Cantonese; Mindy talks to me in Mandarin or English; I talk to JacSo in English. Then the only workable language for us is English, which none of us really wants to. Then we started to talk in Cantonese and I struggle with my little crabby Cantonese but it turns out not that bad.......and my Cantonese actually improved a lot after the meal.

Hong Kong is materialistic and superficial maybe. I just realized that I did nothing but 1.work, 2. shopping after work 3. sleep after shopping. I feel myself flippant and not as upbeat and proactive as before. Luckily I realized it now and make a point to adjust myself.

Tomorrow is Sunday and I will go to a church very close to Wan Chai. The one I went last week, St. Johnson Church, was impressive with all its ritual, but I'm afraid not my cup of tea. I still prefer worship like Shanghai-style, having lots of stories to share, and inspire people not by recite the messages but by insights and stories.