Hong Kong life and more

Hey everyone! Sorry that I didn't post a blog since the first week of school....as you might know I am a pretty busy man...hahaha

Besides from school I traveled a lot. The places I traveled are so far Macau (2 times), Shenzhen, an island from Hong Kong, and Thailand (which I am going on Thursday). I also will travel to Guangzhou next week! In today's blog I will talk about the places I visited so far and the academic life I encountered so far....

First I will start with my academic life. I really never seen so many students who are studying so much for their classes! I am really surprised! I thought I am a hard working students but compared to them I am nothing. For example my roommate (I have two roommates) he studies way too much! On some days he goes to class from 8:30am and studies until 2 o'clock in the morning. That is insane! Well for him I think he is used to this kind of "life." On the other hand I am studying a lot but not as much as him. Besides attending classes I mostly spend either my time in the library or spend the time with my friends. I really have a library life! After class I usually have a 2 hour break and go eat something and then go to the library and study or vice versa. That is pretty much my daily life on campus. My classes are getting tougher and tougher. I feel like I actually have to become like my roommate...which is defintely not what I want.

I seperate the week into two parts. The first part which is from Monday to Thursday is my academic life. The second part which is from Thursday (after my class) to Sunday is my leisure/travel/hanging out with friends life! The second part is the best part from studying abroad in Hong Kong!!! That will lead to my travel experiences.

Like I already said I have been to Macau twice. Macau as you might know is the city where you can legally gamble. There are so many casinos and hotels. It is an island off from Hong Kong and is really close from HK. I went there twice because at first I went with my brother and friends from Germany. The second time I went with my friends who I met at CUHK. Both visits were awesome!! Despite the casinos Macau is a beautiful city itself. Also Macau's bakery is very popular! I tried some of their bakery and it was delicious! I never ate such good egg tarts in my life! Of course I went to the casinos and of course I lost money...:( But besides loosing money it was a fun experience to gamble. Now I am talking about the island of Hong Kong.

I don't really remember the name of the island but it was really close to Hong Kong. The trip was a volunteering thing and I think it was 2-3 weeks ago. It was to play with kids during the (pre) Mid-Autumn festival and have mooncakes. We went to the island where the school of the kids was. What I realized on the island they don't have any vehicles...just bicycles. I thought that was pretty cool. Once we arrived on the island we went sightseeing first and then we had dinner at the school. After the dinner we played with the kids and ate mooncakes. Unfortunately on that night I got sick...and I believe the source was from the mooncakes but that is not for sure...the ironic part is that I extra paid for the trip to have mooncakes and I got sick from it! That is very unfortunate! However it was a nice day with the kids and my friends on the island! Okay the island story is over; now let me talk about Shenzhen.

Just last week I came back from Shenzhen which is only 30 minutes away from my university! Shenzhen is in Mainland China btw. The city Shenzhen is very popular (so far I heard) for massages and has a lot of theme parks. I was there for four days and had a great time there. Although I didn't buy anything I had the opportunity to eat "Mainland China's" food. I also had the opportunity to eat my native food which is Hakka(Kejia) food. It was my first time to see so many people on the streets and in the buses! I was literally shocked by that! The people from Shenzhen and Hong Kong act really differently but I won't really go into details. The massage which I had on my last day was an unforgettable experience! I think I stayed there for more than 5 hours! Although the massage was only for 90 minutes I made myself really comfortable there. They had so many stuff. I swam, went to the sauna, watched a movie, and was in a jacuzzi. It was like paradise!

Okay enough from my travel life....actually this week as I already mentioned I am going to Thailand for 4 days and the next week after that I am going to Guangzhou for three days! Hopefully I will write a blog as soon as possible! As you might realize I am quiet a busy guy now. hahaha Anyways see you guys soon!