Temporary Expat

Here comes the sun

PHOTOS & VIDEOS HERE
(I had to delete some photos from last week in order to put up new ones... apparently I can only host 10 videos at a time)

Didn't do anything really special last week, except working on the project. Had a good weekend though. With the clouds finally making place for the bright Asian sun, the feeling of vacation is starting to grow... On friday we went to The Peak with the whole group and had a very nice BBQ there. In HK you can find many BBQ sites, so you only need to bring your own coals, food and drinks. Very nice atmosphere, with only the fire as our light. And the view... close to the BBQ site we could look down onto the other side of HK; the ship harbour and lots of high buildings of course. So beautiful... I keep saying to the Chinese: 'we don't have this in Holland...'



On saturday the weather was really great. With Marije and Annet I went to Stanley; a part of HK which is on the southern side of HK Island. It's famous for its market and the beach. Really funny, when you get there (by bus), it's like you've arrived in some kind of mediterranean village... so different from the hectic city life. We went to a nice little beach which was not too busy, just getting a tan and cooling off in the bay every now and then. Visited the - very touristic but nice - Stanley market and went back to the city, where we had dinner in a nice Italian restaurant in SoHo. I notice that my appetite for Western food is growing after 4 weeks... McDonald's is earning more money on me lately... also because they're so cheap; only about half of the Western prices.


On sunday I spend the entire day in school (open here every day 24h), to work on some drawings... earn some money. Too bad for the sunny day, but luckily I could ignore that as there are on windows in the school studio. I posted a 'panoramic video' of our studio here, have a look and see where I spend most of my time in HK.

This week things are starting to get a bit stressful... We only have 1 week left to finish our final presentation, which is always more work than you anticipate. So I'm prepared for making very long days, and seeing very little sunlight... actually I'm now still in school, at 11:3o pm, again, all alone... maybe I should go now...

posted by Patrick @ 8:03 AM Comments: 0