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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
RA Fun Day Tomorrow!
Tomorrow we will be celebrating RA fun day, it means a day when the TA's take the kids to dinner and run activities. We haven't set up our plans for the day yet, but they definitely will be including some water. Today we had to finish up a yearbook for the students, then some of the RA's headed into Hong Kong. I was in a good mood, singing most of the trip, which may have been a little embarrassing to my peers (my voice isn't the most pleasurable thing to hear, so I can't blame them) and I don't know more than a few bars to most of the songs that I have in my repertoire. I had a good day though. We also splurged, piling in all our meal tickets for dim sum. That was a lot of fun.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Captured moments from Life as a CTY RA
Watching traffic pass by as the RA's enjoy a free afternoon.
In Macau, at St. Peters - or at least what remains of it.
On the boat back from the Island where kids went swimming and attempted to avoid poisonous sea urchins that were everywhere. There was a raft though, which was awesome.
Catch Up
It's been a while since I have posted. I have been working at CTY Hong Kong, which keeps me pretty busy in the evening. I am also taking every opportunity to head into the city, and explore (and have a suit tailored - hopefully I can put up a picture before I leave).
I had my day off last Thursday and decided to go to Macau. Not a fan. The casino's are all copies of each other. They have the exact same games, and the same retail stores - all the same high end Gucci, Prada, etc. Out on the street, the local cuisine consisted mostly of beef jerky and different types of pastries. I tried a bunch of different jerkies, and some cookies, as well as stopped in a place to have Banana milk and mango ice cream. It was refreshing.
The main cultural site is a burned out church. Only the facade remains. After a photo, I headed back to the dock. On the way to the island I had selected a window seat on the high speed ferry. My seat request wasn't honored, so on the way back, I mentioned this to the manager of the boat. They put me in first class which was pretty much the same, except you could get off the boat faster. This worked out well since I had scheduled a fitting for my suit, and needed to get to the tailor as soon as possible. I had already called ahead to make arrangements to come after hours, but I didn't want to keep them waiting that long.
I still want to see the big buddha, and Victoria peak. I need to wait until we have good weather though.
Plans for after the program ends and we are done working are slowly unfolding. I checked with the airline, and I can do standby for no cost up to a few days prior to my actual flight departure. I will be hopefully spending a couple days in Japan, eating my way through the country. No Tokyo, since I fly into Osaka - but I hope to take a train to Kyoto and see the city that is supposed to be so beautiful.
Before that I will be heading to the Philippine Islands for some R&R, and possibly Vietnam if things work out. Speaking of that... I have planning to attend to...
I had my day off last Thursday and decided to go to Macau. Not a fan. The casino's are all copies of each other. They have the exact same games, and the same retail stores - all the same high end Gucci, Prada, etc. Out on the street, the local cuisine consisted mostly of beef jerky and different types of pastries. I tried a bunch of different jerkies, and some cookies, as well as stopped in a place to have Banana milk and mango ice cream. It was refreshing.
The main cultural site is a burned out church. Only the facade remains. After a photo, I headed back to the dock. On the way to the island I had selected a window seat on the high speed ferry. My seat request wasn't honored, so on the way back, I mentioned this to the manager of the boat. They put me in first class which was pretty much the same, except you could get off the boat faster. This worked out well since I had scheduled a fitting for my suit, and needed to get to the tailor as soon as possible. I had already called ahead to make arrangements to come after hours, but I didn't want to keep them waiting that long.
I still want to see the big buddha, and Victoria peak. I need to wait until we have good weather though.
Plans for after the program ends and we are done working are slowly unfolding. I checked with the airline, and I can do standby for no cost up to a few days prior to my actual flight departure. I will be hopefully spending a couple days in Japan, eating my way through the country. No Tokyo, since I fly into Osaka - but I hope to take a train to Kyoto and see the city that is supposed to be so beautiful.
Before that I will be heading to the Philippine Islands for some R&R, and possibly Vietnam if things work out. Speaking of that... I have planning to attend to...
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