I’m in Hong Kong spending the night before heading out tomorrow by Air-o-plane. I had dinner at a nice and (relatively) cheap vegetarian restaurant. I’m not looking forward to the 24 hours of travel that await . . . → Read More: Hongsville Once Again
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When I go to Hong Kong to renew my visa I usually only bring one pair of contacts because it is only a day trip. This time, however, unbeknownst to my friend and I, was the Canton fair, so we couldn’t get a train back and had to spend the night. I thought I’d keep the . . . → Read More: Blind I went to Gangding, which is an area of Guangzhou known for its huge computer centres, last week. I bought 26 movies that have great Cantonese dubs. They are all cartoons (The Simpsons movie anyone?) because cartoons usually have the best dubs. Some are Pixar and old Disney films, and others are Japanese animation films from . . . → Read More: Tons of Input I edited the above picture using time I should have invested into packing for my trip to Hong Kong and China. I leave in less than 36 hours and I haven’t packed a single thing for my 7 week trip. I am unsure of what to pack. I’m going for 7 weeks, so I want to . . . → Read More: Leaving for Hong Kong Now I know how to write it. It’s been more than 8 months since I’ve been here and I only figured out how to write Hong Kong just now. In English it literally means “Fragrant Harbour.” It looks like this: 香港. Takes 21 strokes to write, but I got a bonus when learning this one though. . . . → Read More: The Fragrant Harbour The first book I bought to learn Chinese, and the one I use the most is: Teach Yourself Cantonese, by Hugh Baker and Ho Pui-Kei. The second book is, Cantonese Colloquial Expressions, by Lo Tam Fee-yin. Both have the traditional Chinese characters, which is extremely important! And finally, English-Cantonese Dictionary, from the Chinese University . . . → Read More: Books and Software Hong Kong is one of those cities that you love when you get there, but you don’t quite know why. Is it because of all the lights and interesting people? Is it Victoria? Is it all the ships in the harbour (certainly)? The covered walkways and MTR? I don’t know. It is very expensive compared to . . . → Read More: Hong Kong I arrived in Guangzhou early this morning. I imagine this is what Hell must feel like, only not quite as hot. Luckily I still had the phone number of the hostel I had booked because I had no directions and not even a clue of where it was. The cab driver called for me and they . . . → Read More: Guangzhou |
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