GZ-SZ Trip

Returned from my Guangzhou-Shenzhen yesterday. It's suppose to be a Guangzhou-Guilin trip but we couldn't get the train ticket in the end. My apologies to Felix, David, Anthony, Li Ling, Jia Hao & Jin Sheng for the screw up.

The trip is almost perfect, except for the Guilin screw up. As usual, the people like the food (especially the dim sum!) and places that I introduced them and they were glad that they were on this trip for if not, they will have miss out some of the best delicacies on Earth. The group is a good mix of Canadian-born Chinese (Felix, David & Anthony) and Singaporeans (Li Ling, Jia Hao & Jin Sheng) and everyone mixes well with one another. The first night was kinda happening as we had overnight Karaoke (I didn't sing much though). Apparently, those Canadians love to sing (though they don't really understand the meaning of the chinese words). We had a walk along Zhujiang (Pearl River) on the second night; however, we avoided the night market as there were simply too many people. I returned early to the hotel with Felix as he was down with a fever. I guess he was too exhausted prior to the trip.

We took the train back to Shenzhen on Sunday afternoon. The Canadians decided to return to HK for the fireworks; the rest of us Singaporeans except Jin Sheng decides to stay in Shenzhen for shopping. I didn't want to stay initially but as I am the organizer of the trip, I would be worried if I just let the both of them stay behind. Li Ling's room-mate is from China and her aunt brought us to a really nice place to get cheap clothes and stuff. The quality is also better than that in Dong Mun.

It's a nice trip overall and a different flavour with this bunch of people.

I went out to buy roast duck and chicken this afternoon and dine with Asanka in his apartment. This was the first time I had such dining in my 4 weeks in HK. A sense of nostalgia emerged when I recalled having such dining with Emily, Don & Philip. Asanka then told me that one of his apartment mate returned to Sweden as he has completed his studies. Suddenly, I felt like moving into his apartment as he bothers to clean it up and the place looks really tidy. I just can't cleaning toilets and people don't make the effort in maintaining it. I will go to the Student Housing Office to enquire tomorrow. Can't wait to move out.

Anyway, I talked to Mrs. Tam from the Science Dean's office last Wednesday and I was surprised that she actually brought this matter up to Student's Affair's Office. I was told that if I am really unhappy, I can choose to move out now. She also told me that I could apply for the Hall tutor in the upcoming semester so that I can interact more with students and in return, gets to stay for free. This is an excellent option as it will mean saving up HK$2650 per month.