After a day at the beach and a great meal at a super chill outdoor beach bar with Jess, Chad and Owen, we're chilling out at Chad and Jaw's place and I finally have a moment to start catching up on my blogging. Update on what I've been doing the past week: I had a lot of fun on Cinco de Mayo with RoseMarie and her family. We went to some grad parties that night, and the next day I went to church with Rheanna and spent some time on the beach with her before Bryana picked me up and we headed to Thousand Oaks (north of LA) where she goes to school. I spent a few days with her. It was a blast going out, driving around and never missing a half off happy hour Frappachino the whole time I was there. On Wednesday she dropped me off with Chad in LA and then we headed to San Diego and picked up Jess Matson who just moved here from NY. I've had a blast hanging out with Jess during the day and then everyone at night. We went to the beach the past 2 days. I'm Native American looking now hahaha. We're getting all dolled up tonight and goin out again. Can't wait. Ok now for SAS stories..lets see I left off with China!
Hong Kong:
So when we arrived in Hong Kong I woke up, looked out the window and looking back at me was the Hong Kong skyline. UNREAL. It was at that moment that I was kind of like, this is too weird that this is our life. This is normal now. Wake up and you see Hong Kong out your window. Just a day in the life...I realized that all good things must come to an end because then you don't appreciate them as much the longer they go on. Waking up in different countries became so normal and natural. CRAZY! So the first day in Hong Kong I went with Katie and Kyle to book train tickets from Beijing to Shanghai. After that we walked around and went into a couple shops. That night we got all dolled up for a night on the town in Hong Kong. Very exciting! The Hong Kong Skyline is so beautiful! Then I had dinner with some great friends and afterwards we took the ferry to a street with lots of clubs. I had a great chat with Rose Marie, as we looked at our ship and enjoyed some drinks. Going out that night was a lot of fun. We spent a lot of time out on the street (cars didn't go on this certain street) between the clubs. There were tons of SAS kids there. Afterwards we stopped at McDonalds for a snack before heading back to the ship and to bed.
Day 2
The next day I got to spend with one of my favorite ladies on the ship-my very own roomie, Julie. A few others joined us as we took on the city of Hong Kong..mostly walking around and just exploring. We went to an art museum and tried some good Chinese food. I packed up my bags for Beijing, and Katie, Kyle and I walked around Hong Kong at night. We went shopping at this night market and ate a hole in the wall restaurant where no one spoke English. I enjoyed some of the many dumplings I consumed in China. Hong Kong is so bright at night! It was a cool experience being on those streets with all the lights, and seeing everything so lively so late, on a week day. We found a hostel after midnight, and went to sleep for a couple hours. The next morning we made our way to the airport, and flew off to Beijing! The airport was HUGE-with 580 gates! The flight by the way was wonderful-since it was international we got food and a great movie selection. :) I forced myself to stay awake and watch a movie because I was just so excited to actually watch a newish movie! The things you take for granted!
Some observations about Hong Kong: bigggg city! Its here where I realized most cities look about the same-all over the world. There was more English speakers here and signs and menus in English than the rest of China (well Hong Kong isn't technically China). This is due to the fact that Hong Kong is very international. A lot of businesses in Hong Kong, and a lot of models come to Hong Kong. There were a whole lot of McDonalds and they had a huge selection of fancy desserts! Alright thats all I have time for now..time to be social and get ready for tonight. It's going to be a great night in San Diego!
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