Hmmm.. So Laundry?

Greetings from HK!

I finally have internet in my room! Which is VERY exciting! And, I have a mobile phone! Yay! I finally feel connected with the “outside” world again… My number is:

Dialing code: +852 and number: 97176446

I can even receive text on my phone so feel free to send me a message anytime.

This week has been good so far. I have had a number of classes and they seem to be going alright. I have a graphic communications course, a multicultural communications course, a video editing course, and a public relations course. For my multicultural communications class I have to make friends with someone from another culture---I don’t think that will be too hard for me here! And, I have become the subject for a number of students in that class. It is a little weird being someone’s “homework.”

The courses do not seem like they will be TOO difficult—comparable to the U.S. I have scheduled my classes so that I only have class on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I also “teach” and English class on Tuesdays.

Today the experience of the day was figuring out how to do my laundry. I have been doing my own laundry for years so I would have never imagined that this would be a complicated task…. But I had no clue what I was doing. The washers are different and everything is in Cantonese. I cannot tell what kind of cycle I put it on or what temperature water I used. It took me forever to find the start button and I’m not sure if I put the detergent in the correct place. I suppose I will find out soon when I go to take my clothes out of the wash in a few minutes.

I went to a Foreign Exchange Student programme (I have to spell like the British while I am here…) and there was a group of Hong Kong students that preformed a jump roping show for us. They are hardcore jump-ropers here. It was amazing what they could do. They were doing flips in between jumps and switching ropes and all sorts of crazy things. It was really neat. Other than that my day was not too exciting—just another day of class.

In my morning class (9:30-12:30) my professor mentioned “ohhh it is so early right now, maybe that is why you are all so quiet…” It was 10:30! They have a very different idea of sleeping here. Most students stay up VERY late and do not wake up until the afternoon. My roommate sleeps at a relatively normal hour so that is nice. A friend of mine (Andrew), his roommate (Leo) asked him if he wanted to go out to dinner –a seemingly normal request except it was 4:00 in the MORNING! I find it really crazy that people don’t sleep here… it is different. It is a lot of fun though—there is always something to do.

Well, I must go and figure out the dryer. That will be an experience!

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Cassie