January 2011
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Wishing you were here.
Hi guys =]!  Sorry about not updating this tumblr for so long. I’ve gotten quite busy over the past few weeks with school, going to Macau, exploring more of the city- you know, the usual HK life.   I was motivated by a conversation with Chiyo earlier tonight to update my blog. I kind of forget about all the people who love me back home because I’ve been focused on how hard it is to...
Jan 30th
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HKU - the nicer parts.
HKU has beautiful buildings. Unlike most American colleges, these beautiful buildings are for housing the Arts and Humanites. =] The science and engineer buildings here are quite run down and weird looking. I found this observation quite amusing.  Akward picture of the Art building. Still beautiful regardless.  The garden inside the art building.  HKU’s journalism building. This...
Jan 8th
For the Foodies
Here is a cluster of photos from various random, but awesome food adventures.  I shall first show you fruits that I believe are uncommon in the States.  This here beaut is called a bategreen fresh or 青棗. It is like a very tasteless, compact, hard apple with a seed for a core. It’s not too bad, the crispness of the fruit is quite refreshing.  Starfruit! They have this in the states,...
Jan 8th
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My Crib.
Here are the promised pictures of my dorm. You peoples with nice white walls concealing pipes and weird fixtures, be glad you have them. This place makes me miss my dorm at Muir (and people said that looked like a painted white jail cell).  Yes, that red thing is a sprinkler placed directly over where my head would be. All my belongings fit in this weird all-in-one bed-closet-desk thing they...
Jan 8th
HK: day 3 ( day 1 with internet)
so i arrived in HK on January 3rd at 7:25pm. mom’s friend picked me up and got me to her place in kowloon, the old part of hong kong. here is a picture of the view outside her window. here are the streets of kowloon. the buildings are crazy old and remind me of Wall-E.   we then went to this indoor farmers market with dangling meat carcasses on the first floor and veggies on the second....
Jan 5th
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