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After I completed my last test this morning, I now have more time for the blog =)

The last week was really a busy one. Besides studying for my exams I went to eat “sweet soup” (kind of desert here in Hong Kong — kind of complicated to explain, you have to try it) with Moritz and Lorraine. The waitress was very surprised that none of us could read the menu (which was only available in Chinese) as there were two very Chinese looking persons (me and Lorraine). Luckily Lorraine can speak a little Cantonese so she could explain her that we did our choice on basis of the pictures and that we were UST exchange-in students.

On Saturday I went to Tribeca, a club in Wan Chai. It was my first clubbing experience here…and in general T.T
I was really excited as I went there without Moritz. I was in a group of seven girls and five boys — all locals. And as always I wasn’t that much different from them so they thought I was kidding when I introduced myself as an exchange-in student from Germany ^^..
We had lot’s of fun this night…with every highlight you can imagine….and some even you couldn’t imagine. First highlight: Only girls with highheels can get in for free! Luckily I had my 5 cm highheels (well, it was sufficient for them). After several hours of dancing the music was stopped and the lights were turned on — police raid: “Please, show your Hong Kong ID!” (Proof of majority) Because Ebe didn’t tell me, I didn’t take my passport with me and I also didn’t have my driver’s licence with me. Fortunately, my MVV-card (public transportation card from Munich) was sufficient for the police. After 30 minutes the party could continue.

The outcome of that night: — lot’s of fun with nice people — swollen feet — some bruises (because I fell on the ground by missing my step and was pouring my whole drink over some unlucky guy) — several drunken people — some more some less

Our return trip wasn’t as enjoyable as the party. One of our’s really got drunk and was nearly unconcious, throwing up all the way. Another guy got drunk, too. He could still go, but I know that he didn’t really know what he did. I hope he got home by himself. After we brought Yen and Ebe to their rooms, I fell in my bed…tired but happy. I think maybe I’ll do this again ^^.~

Anh Thu

Last Friday was 31st October, it was Halloween. Ebe asked us to go to Disneyland with her and her friends and although we “Germans” are no folk who celebrate this event, we accepted her invitation — it was also an opportunity for Moritz to visit Disneyland as he has never been there before. His first comment was: “Dissneyland gives you the impression that you’re a kid.” Well, how do I put it….that’s exactly the aim and that’s why you can see women at the age of 40 wearing Minney-Mouse-ears ><…

So our group met at 4:45 pm at the Atrium to head to Lantau Island where Disneyland HK is (it has even an own MTR (Subway) line). I had to skip my Chinese Mandarin classes — although I didn’t want, but I thought social contacts were more important than to improve my poor Mandarin skills. In our group there was a bunny, Superman, Clark Kent, a female Cowboy, an American Indian, a Panda, us two and another girl, who also wasn’t disguised. It was so funny, we were laughing the whole way to Disneyland as the panda changed while we were in the full MTR and people were glancing at us while grinning and whispering.

Disneyland itself was very crowded and the topic was — of course — Halloween. The decoration, lights, music — in short: EVERYTHING — was saying: “Today is Halloween!”
The first thing we did was going to Space Mountain. But due to the popularity of Superman we managed to stop every three steps because people wanted to take photos with Superman. After this we watched the parade — this is always the best part for me. I had a very, very good view on the shoulders of Moritz ^^; and could shoot a nice video. I can tell you the two little kid down there were so jealous hehe.
After a short rest at a fast food restaurant with incredibly high prices (~ HKD 40 = 4,00 EUR per burger with a few French fries) we headed to the haunted house (well I think one of them). Due to this I couldn’t see the fireworks =(

Although Superman was the reason why we always had to wait — we were — waiting for his costume — waiting for him to change — waiting for him to take pictures — waiting for him because he got lost due to taking pictures THIS time he managed to convince the security girl to let us pass and she escorted us to the entrance where we could go straight into the maze without standing in the queue anymore. It saved us more than one hour! Other attractions we took were the enhenced 3D-cinema with auto controlled smell and water emission and the Small World (I can still hear the music…lalala lala….)

The trip to Lan Kwai Fong (party district) Moritz and I skipped. I think it wasn’t a bad idea, because some of our fellow students told us, that they couldn’t get through because of “a people’s jam” and other fellow students only managed to leave with big help and empty pockets T.T

The phenomenon of Halloween for me was Superman. I didn’t think that he was so popular among the locals (I mean not the real Superman, but our fellow). Well, I’ve to admit that he is very charming, polite and good looking for Asians (blond hair, tall). But I’d never thought that people would gather around him or queueing up or even shouting from afar: “I want a photo with you!” in order to take a photo with him. I think We could’ve earned so much if we would’ve charged them ><..

But too bad, that nobody asked our Clark Kent for a picture and also the panda wasn’t so popular as expected. All in all it was a very nice and funny first Halloween for me and I got to know some nice people, too. See ya ^^…

Anh Thu

The last weekend was kind of disappointing. While most of the exchange-in students flew to Taiwan, Cambodia, Vietnam or Japan I stayed at UST. That however wasn’t the disapointing part, but the fact that the expected typhoon turned out to be a low pressure area. Furthermore Sogo Department Store didn’t have the big “National Day Sales” like last year, so that I couldn’t find things, which I liked AND was able to afford….let’s hope for Christmas Sales ^^.. Nevertheless I didn’t get home without any good purchases. Can anybody tell me how much Chucks cost in Germany? For those who were interested in this topic there’ll be a detailed post next time =)

Besides shopping I spent my weekend with doing homework and studying for the upcoming exams and midterms. It’s really different from TUM. Back at TUM you only had one chance to determine your grade — final exams. Here at UST you can get percentages by submitting homework, writing quizzles and midterms. On one side it’s really nice, because you don’t have to be sooo stressed before the exam. But on the other side there’s a lack of stress which can be important to take the exam seriously… Nothing’s perfect! T_T

I know, the last days I was really lazy (like a hornet) — haven’t written an entry for weeks. But I’m really happy about your comments, they motivated me to write more in the future. Thanks for reading my blog ><

See you soon. <3

Anh Thu