Exploring Hong Kong Through Running

Well, I'm a bit hesitant to make this post in thoughts of making another false promise. Hopefully this is chapter 1 of many, but we'll just see how it goes.

Tonight, for some odd reason, I decided to go on a run. I think it was just to take a nice break from studying for exams. This was my first run since I went to Korea, so it's been close to three months since I've last ran. Unofficial duration is about 35 minutes based off my last text message sent and my time of returning.

I hope to go on runs through some more interesting parts of the city and region, but I think I'll need to work on stamina a bit more first. Today's run took me through the Science Park of Hong Kong. It is about 10 minutes away if you run down the back road here at Student Hostel 2. I've actually never been to the Science Park here, but it has a really nice location right next to the water. While running towards there, I got to cross over the metro system and a major highway as well as running along a very poorly lit road.

One of the strangest things I encountered on my run was having to look the opposite way while crossing the road. I've gotten used to doing it while walking, but it just seemed strange since whenever I used to run it was always cars driving on the right side instead of the left.

Since I'm a bit out of shape, my run through the Science Park was very brief. From my view, it looked very much like an office park like you would find in the U.S. This is all for now. More to come while I can; however, I will be on hiatus pretty much all of May. Hope everyone had a great Easter!

学期快结束了 - The Semester is Ending Quickly

Well as of right now I have about two weeks left until my last exam, and I'll have two papers after that. I have 1 accounting case, 1 Chinese oral exam, 1 Chinese written exam, 1 accounting exam, 1 marketing exam, 1 English exam, 1 English paper, and 1 marketing paper standing between me Korea, Xian, and Russia.

I only have about one month until summer classes start up again. I'll be in Korea from May 4th until the 15th. After I get back from that I'll be spending a whole 1 day in Hong Kong, and then I'll be off to Xian to do some Chinese studies there while taking in the culture. I'll be in Xian from May 17th until the 28th. I'll be back in Hong Kong for another whole day then I will be off to the Motherland a.k.a Moscow, Russia. One of the Hong Kong airlines was having a 100 year anniversary, so flights were significantly cheaper than usual.

This will probably be the most serious my blog has ever been by a long shot. I've been being very pensive recently just about my current situation and where I'm headed. As I hear news of friends moving away from Atlanta, it feels more and more less like home. Including being in Columbia for a year and now Hong Kong for a year, I'm growing more and more out of touch with everything that I've known for so long. Living here is a great experience. It's forcing me to grow up much quicker than I ever would have in Columbia and giving me a taste of what it will actually be like to live and work in Asia. Friends will always be friends, but it's just weird not talking with them on a regular basis which I'll have to learn to live with as we all move away and work in different places. Seeing them maybe once a year at best most likely much longer than that.

/deep thoughts off
Easter's coming up next week, and I'm thinking of camping on a beach for a couple days to relax from all the studying. We'll see if I have time