escalatore!

i can't believe that i'll be leaving hong kong in less than a month! looks like i'm finished school on the 2nd, so will probably leave the next day or so for beijing. am planning to travel around in china a bit - head across to tibet from beijing, then back to sichuan and down through guanzhou before hopping over to japan for a few days. should be a lot of fun! i'll get to see sammy and joyce up in beijing, and maybe meet mei in guanzhou!
it's been a busy week. apart from being sick, i've had to keep up with my rigorous social schedule and get some schoolwork done. got three group projects and an exam to go! not much left at all! i can't believe that i'm graduating!!! speaking of which - i need to apply for graduation... i've also been dealing with the demise of reese and ryan and britney and kevin. gotta say, it's hard dealing with the pain of celebrity break-ups without anyone else who cares.
friday, i had a little meeting with an HR Manager of LVMH. not surprisingly, their offices are much nicer than my dorm room! it was a good meeting, and she was really helpful! i didn't realize how much i had been needing to talk to someone about career options. that's probably my biggest caveat about exchange.... losing focus on real life.
went kowloon tong - the new shatin - with frederik for a baked potato and headed back for a walk with anastasia. we've taken to sitting outside on the patio here, meeting people as they come and go. it's really nice. funny that it took us about two months to really bond, and now we only have a month left to enjoy each others' company. so, clarissa and alle came by, and anders was already out there in his socks.... we need a living room!! jeez. so, turns out - euros find white socks with shorts more offensive than black socks.... cultural difference. we were gonna hang out and watch the first season of grey's anatomy on dvd when the italians dragged the lot of us off to lotte's place in central for pasta. deicious pasta, good company and a downtown rooftop patio - who could ask for more??? oh - and the italians were trying to convince me that the word for escalator is "scala mobile" not "escalatore". as if.
yesterday was not nearly as exciting - class... until the evening. clarissa convinced a girl from chungqing to cook sichuan food for a bunch of us! it was soooo good! and not nearly as spicy as i anticipated! it was nice to hang out at home, eating good food and hit the sack early.
today is all about work, then a meeting, then cooking class! i'm gonna have mad cooking skills when i get home! erin - get a few litres of vegetable oil ready and we'll have chinese food! i'm so excited to cook non-greasy food in my own kitchen.... heaven!