Day 3

Yesterday I moved. Yesterday I also fell asleep at 7pm. I was really tired. Jetlag is for amateurs but I was REALLY TIRED. So today is the third day of my being here in Hong Kong; Monday happens to be a holiday so I've been on a four-day stretch without work since I got here. Yesterday I also went to Victoria Peak. I'll probably eventually go again at night. This time, though, I didn't have anything really to do after moving yesterday, so I went then. It was a good experience. I met a guy who works at the American Consulate in Guangzhou who was from Atlanta (like me), who told me about something he had taken advantage of to get to where he was called the Pickering Fellowship. Worth a try. Also, yesterday I walked around Wan Chai on Hong Kong island for a little while. On the night before last (of day 1), I went to Lan Kwai Fong. While I was there, I asked two people that looked to be around my age what the best things around there to do were, and went around together with them for the rest of the night. I discovered that they were from the UK and visiting for a short time; it was a lot of fun hanging out with them, but they said they'd be leaving Hong Kong soon. I met some other interns that are currently graduate students at USC and some local teenagers. After going out with them for a while, I was stranded on HK Island because I stayed too late, and the ferry and metro stopped running. There are no bridges between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. None. How awful. I ended up having to take a taxi which cost HK$80. It was upsetting. Anyway, in order to keep from making the same mistake the next day, I left the island at around 4pm, and just went home. The weather here is extremely hot and humid. It's worse than Atlanta; the air is thick and humid, and the temperature coupled with the air quality (not great) make it difficult to breathe as much as I enjoy doing. Everywhere I go, I ask for some water to rehydrate before I go back out and walk some more. Because I do so much walking, having water and occasional a/c is important.

I have limited wi-fi now, having moved from Chungking Mansions to a nearby, nicer, less crowded place across the street. I start work on Tuesday.