This is the first still life I drew in Chinese Painting. I'm so proud of how far I've come since the beginning of the semester. I remember that first class when my teacher came around to me and told me I had room to improve Lolz. That was a pretty nice way of her telling me I sucked. After much time and effort though, I think I've finally got it.
HK people take hall activities very seriously. This is the result of several nights of all nighters. The theme of our hall is "spider cave." So it's a story pulled from "Journey to the West" where the spider demons are really pretty women who live in caves. The outside has fairies while on the inside we have spiders, webs, and butterflies. The thing I really respect about the culture here is the emphasize on the collective effort. I don't think people in the west would as willingly put so much time into hall activities. Honestly people would rather go out and have fun by themselves or they'd think of these things as too much of as a hassle. The difference in mindset and culture is astonishing. I really like this difference though and at times I wish I could see more of this back in the states... Sashimi Don in TST Salmon, Shrimp, Octopus, Scallops, the best part was the rice though, it was perfectly seasoned with vinegar First time trying bbqed squid, it actually tasted pretty good XD
So that title actually wasn't referring to us. We're far from scary hahahaha
Since today is Halloween though, I decided to do a post about last week's visit to Ocean Park. It was my first time going there and we went for the Haunted Houses. Some of them seriously scared me a lot. The make up looked so real and the props were really well built. I can stand most things in life but horror is a different story. Though I know they aren't real, I end up getting scared anyway. And when people scream, I scream as well. In between I tried to laugh it off to stop myself from getting scared but seriously.... no more horror for another year. We all decided to dress up as zombie nurses. That part of the trip was actually the most fun. People actually thought we worked there and they asked us for pictures and they wondered if we'd do their makeup for them as well. Our's were really mediocre outfits though. We bought a last minute costume from TaoBao and smeared lipstick all over our faces and that was it. Even though it was simple, it really brought up our spirits. But seriously... no more haunted houses... "No one falls in love by choice, it is by chance. No one stays in love by chance, it is by work. And no one falls out of love by chance, it is by choice." This statement couldn't be more right. It really is through hard work that you make love last. We're far from perfect people and it really hurts sometimes but we have to do our best constantly to keep forgiving each other for our flaws. We have to constantly learn to accept new parts about each other that we learn about and we constantly have to work together to make this relationship work.
We went back for more Thai food during the same week. This time we ordered the Pineapple Fried Rice with Seafood on top and a Fried Fish in Thai Sauce. This place is seriously way too good.
Life has been seriously rough lately. I've been facing so much pressure academically and in my hunt for a summer internship. A lot of the pressure, I admit, I load onto myself. I feel like I should be accomplishing so much more but I'm being way too hard on myself. I need to slow down, breathe and refocus on my long-term goals.
After stressing the day away, JW and I decided we needed to go out for dinner in Kowloon City. I seriously love the place. There are so many food places and dessert places around. I really wanted Thai food so that's what we ended up getting. It was so good. We ordered the fried rice, the Chinese kale, and beef, pork and chicken satay. That satay sauce was heavenly. It was like a curry peanut sauce and I was legit dipping anything I could find into it. -YUM- So we've made plans to come here again. We've even planned out what we're going to order already. Till next time ~ So that actually wasn't the end of our night. We went to get bubble tea and I ordered a winter melon tea with herbal jelly. My plan to order randomly based on menu pictures has been working well for me so far. Then we found this cute little boutique that sold Korean clothes. I found a nice basic cardigan which made my night because I haven't done any real shopping in Hong Kong so far. I played badminton again after a long time. We got some good cardio in and I learned a lot from watching Holy's dad play. He's way too good, not surprising, considering he was part of the Singaporean national team. I definitely had a great time with Holy and her family after working for hours on cover letters. Dinner was amazing too. I missed eating home cooking. ^^
So we moved on to goldfish in class. I showed my dad and he named it starving goldfish =_= thanks dad....
I've watched this several times now but it seems to mean so much more as my experiences also grow.
Lately I've been stressing out over so many things. There's so much to do and just not enough time to do them (much less blog...). Between dance, volleyball, socializing with my floor mates, exploring Hong Kong, presentations, classes, mid-terms and applying for internships, I've seriously had no time for myself. All my free time goes into multi-tasking homework and researching for internships and I still don't get enough sleep. It's definitely hectic and busy but I feel like I'm accomplishing so much. It's a pretty good feeling and I'm enjoying the study abroad experience a lot.
The most productive thing I accomplished today was replace the front and back screens to my iPhone. I've loved taking things apart since I was little and even now, it's still a useful skill. Back to BB Ramen again, this time for their pesto ramen. It didn't really taste like pesto but it was pretty good. The after taste was really strong though. I tasted the "pesto" flavor for hours afterwards.
1. If you're really comfortable in the room, find a new room
2. If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room Today was the first time I noticed an alarm button in the stalls of the girl's bathroom. I remember discussing these in my Gender Studies class but I haven't noticed one till today. I don't understand why anyone would need an alarm button while using the bathroom especially in a school as safe as ours.
Putting that aside, Passion by Gerard Dubois is a really good coffee and cake place. I actually went there for dinner (got the lamb stew) and the food tasted authentically European. The stew was nice and hearty and I was so full that I didn't have room for dessert. We solved that by buying several cakes for later. I just had to get the mont blanc because I love chestnut. We also got a chocolate cake, raspberry cake, and a creme brulee. This is my motivation to work hard during dance today. XD I went to Sham Siu Po again today hoping to buy a replacement screen for my phone but I couldn't find any. Instead I found this new bubble tea place that was pretty good. I got the milk tea with pudding for myself and my roommate. I'm slowly learning that there are more good tea places besides Gong Cha.
I wanted steak. Therefore I got steak. Simple as that. Lolz so it was another long but productive day. I finally got around to redoing my resume and I also completed a lot of extra work. Usually Wednesdays are a go out and play day for JW and me. We decided to stay in and do work for a change but decided to go out and get some good food if we accomplished a lot and we did!! We finished so much work that we purposely went further than usual to get food at Brezza in Tin Hau (which is by the way the best food district ever). We got this steak which wasn't as good as I hoped for but the cheese mashed potatoes under it was amazing. The prawn and asparagus spaghetti was really good though. It was extremely flavorful without being too heavy. We were pretty full afterwards but we really wanted to try this waffle place that was close by. So we also got it. It's called Lassana and it's actually on the same street as the Italian place. This is the banana and chocolate icecream waffle. It was hunourmous. Thank God we only ordered one of these. It was pretty good. The waffles were crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. It wasn't the best waffle I've had though and apparently they make these so much better in Korea. I guess I'll have to go to Korea if I want better waffles.
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