Day 3

Here's my belated update on day 3:

Yesterday, I went to a Korean bbq place with some kids from Tech (I'm not a fan lol). One of the guys from Tech has family here, so we met his uncle and aunt there. They were really cool. His cousin is apparently on the news here, and she wants to take us out to do stuff on Tuesday, so that should be fun. His uncle found me a discounted sim card that will work with my phone as soon as T-mobile can unlock my phone. It will give me an HK number, and it will let me call the US without charging long distance. I also went to one of the many malls (there's one at nearly every metro stop) to get groceries, and Ana showed me where an book store was that sells English books. I'm pretty excited about that. I saw a Chinese Twilight book, and I almost bought it, despite the fact that I'll probably never be able to read it. I almost did the same thing with Harry Potter last time I studied abroad.

Unfortunately, the really cheap flight to Korea deal is gone now, so no more Seoul. I'm kind of sad about that. But, I did find out that Rachel and Ilana might be in Bali for spring break, and if I can afford it, I'll totally go.

I've decided that I'm going to start taking pictures of funny signs. I missed out on taking a picture of the "Homely Noodles" sign. That one was pretty funny. I did manage to get a picture of a sale sign that said "I like when you smile." Not as funny, but it still made me laugh.

Every day I think I'm over the jet lag, and then I end up falling asleep before 9:30. I took a nap at 6:30 yesterday, and didn't wake up until 11:30. Then I just decided to go back to sleep. And I can't wake up later than 8 am. Which I guess will be good when classes start up. Plus it's a good time to talk to people in America, so I'll probably stay on this schedule for a while at least. So yeah, I'm probably online by 7-8 pm eastern time ;)

Even though it's in the high 60s to mid 70s here, people are wearing sweaters and big jackets. I used to think I had no cold tolerance, but people in turtlenecks seem to think I must be freezing in a t-shirt. It's really strange.

I just realized yesterday that I'm not going to be able to drive for the next 5 months. I'm pretty sad about that. I love driving (yes, I know I'm not a wonderful driver. It doesn't mean I don't enjoy it.)

During my 5 hour nap, I'm pretty sure I heard some people speaking English on my hall. Which is good, because I've only encountered like 2 English speaking people on campus so far.

Well, I guess I should get out and start getting stuff done. I'll update again soon.