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.