Day 1

So, I'm in Hong Kong...

I probably should've remembered before I signed up for this how much I hate planes. I mean, an hour or 2 is okay, but 16 hours is a little intense. Especially when there are babies on the plane. Airports are also really confusing. Not so much the Atlanta airport, because I've been there enough to basically know where things are, but JFK is ridiculous. I got pretty lost trying to find my gate. Interestingly enough, the McDonalds there has sweet tea. I didn't think sweet tea existed outside of the south (though I plan on introducing it to HK soon lol). But yeah, back to planes, I can't sit still that long. Even with movies. I fell asleep halfway through Eagle Eye and Wall-E, but I couldn't stay asleep because babies start crying, or the plane starts shaking, etc. And every time the plane hits the smallest bit of turbulence, I freak out. I can't help it. I think the plane is going down. Also, as i was flipping through the music on the plane, "Sheena  is a Punk Rocker" was on the list. I knew the mock rock girls would appreciate that. So, after 3 movies, 4 cds, 2 episodes of House, 1 episode of friends,  and a 400 page book, my plane finally lands. 

My plane landed at 7:05 pm, but I wasn't checked into my dorm until about 1 am. For some reason, even though I slept maybe an hour before I left for the airport (at 5 am :p), and got around 3 hours of sleep on the plane, I still woke up before 8 am. Maybe because that's 7 pm home time. I don't know. 

I met my buddy, Christy. She's really nice. Her English is pretty good. She had to help me check in because the manager of my building doesn't speak English. Go figure. According to the student handbook they gave me, my building also has a warden. I'm not really sure how I feel about that. The rooms are smaller than Tech's freshman dorms. The beds are really short. Good thing I am too. They're about as comfortable as sleeping on the floor too. And there's no heat, which probably won't matter in a month or so. On the plus side, my roommate isn't here yet, so I have the whole room to myself for a few days. 

Contrary to what I was told, hardly anyone here speaks English. I tried to ask the security guard how to get somewhere, and he just walked away. I've seen 2 other Americans from Illinois who were also lost. But thankfully I found the building to get my internet password, and now I can update my blog.

Campus is virtually dead right now. Classes don't start back until Feb. 2, and orientation isn't until Jan. 30. I totally could've just gotten here next week. I'm already a little homesick, but I think it's because there's nothing going on yet. And because I'm halfway around the world. Finally having the internet helps.

Anyways, my internet is all set up so skype/AIM/facebook/email me! I'll probably be updating a lot for the next couple of weeks since no one's here yet. I miss you guys already!