Sorry for the delay on updates, been busy getting things done. HK ID, course registration, buying textbooks, figuring out my daily routine, doing laundry, thinking of how to feed myself the next morning (no, I’m not broke.Its simply deciding between to eat in the room or drag my ass out of bed for breakfast in the canteen), and most of the time….remembering faces and names. So often where people yell “ Hey Jaqueline!!!!~” with this facial expression =D as if they’ve known me for a long time and I’ll yell back “Hey!!~” =D *avoid name* then try to chat  and get a clue where I met this dude. Milo here taste different. Powdery, artificial, unauthentic taste. Not that I know how authentic Malaysia Milo is, but still, its not the same. I’m ordering a suitcase of Milo from home, thanks Ma! XD

Finally we got to come out from the hill to the city!  Special thanks to Ah Bong, local student, for bring us around. This time we went to Avenue of Stars, fantastic night scene!! 

忙着适应这里的生活，更新得没那么频密，抱歉，我尽量吧！我得还算OK，很多东西都上轨，正常运作了。只是很讨厌要囤积超多脏衣服才能拿去洗，不然想起来就觉得亏大了！HKD4洗衣半个小时、脱水HKD2五分钟、烘干机更贵，懒得算啦，反正就是一次过洗很多才划算。吃早餐就要想想到底要窝在房间喝杯麦片了事，还是下楼解决。同学都很友善，广东话真的真的好实用，没有了语言障碍比较容易和人家攀谈。哦对了，我爱大马Milo, 喝Milo长大的，一喝就知道有什么分别。妈，下次来看我时多拿一个行李箱装满Milo给我，谢啦！

上星期我们下山去探险啦！多得Susan在日文班里交到的本地学生—阿邦当导游带路，去到了星光大道看夜景 ：

左起: Lily(台湾)、Karen (深圳), 我, Susan (上海)  
from left : Lily from Taiwan, Karen from Shen zhen,China, me and Susan from Shanghai

梅艳芳的地砖
Anita Mui’s tile

With Lily and Karen
自拍照

Looks like a backdrop eh?
多得吓人的高楼，看起来像布景

 星光大道
Avenue of Stars

His idea of a group pic, long hands does the it.
阿邦的意思, 手长的负责按快门吧。 

P.S. Photos of the night scene are still sealed away in the file, I do the necessaries when I find the time.
        夜景的照片暂时不贴上来，我另找时间慢慢赛选，这贴纯粹放活动照耐心点咯！~

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这是一些零零碎碎的照片，随意贴啦。

从我房的窗户拍下的，海景咧~
Sea view right from my window!

我宿舍楼旁的水池，新亚的天人合一
我想找到这里最漂亮的地时候，据说是天亮前几小时
The pond beside my hostel, just by the edge of the mountain.
Wanna try to catch it when it has the best view
some say a few hours before the sunrise.

 
夜间的天人合一
左起：我、Linda（广州）、美蓉（同乡啦！)
This is how it looks like at night
With Linda from Guang Zhou and Mei from Boleh land

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大O开学饭和组聚
O Camp group gatherings

香港学生的习俗。
大学开学时要吃“开学饭”，而且要穿高中制服出席
我只能跟他们说：“校服在马拉”
Another HK culture.
You have back-to-school dinner and dress code : High school uniform or simply uniform
That explains the chef hat and lab coat for medic student.
All I can say is : “ I left my uniform in Malai”
Photo Credits : 组爸豪仔

组聚@旺角
First group gathering at Mong Kok
From left : 组妈Joyce、阿达、Fani、Me、Zoe
Photo Credits : 组爸豪仔

Okay enough, more writing than pics in the future, got to go sleep..
就酱好了，我好睏。。。
对不起，好像草草了事。
文字出不来，下次尽量多写写。

Note : I'll try my best to blog in both languages. There's a need to practice both anyways.

在到香港之前我在网上搜索过关于什么是“大、细O”这个东西，正是他们举办给大学新生的迎新营。看来还不错的，反正到了个新地方多认识当地人也很重要，才不至于孤苦伶仃。不过，我不知道的是这个迎新营是多半给本地学生的，教务处那里竟然什么都没说，我再问得时候还告诉我是本地和外国学生一起参加的。好啦，当天入营时拖着个大行李，超懊恼的！眼看人家全都是背个背包，我....无地自容 T__T

除了以上，大O还算不错，庆幸本地的学生都很友善。阿弥陀佛，还好平时有看港剧学学广东话，不然我真的是要4天3夜跟空气讲话了。能够以他们惯用的语言沟通才有机会打开话匣子，对于各自生活背景上的差异，咱们都觉得新奇。香港人很爱用简写（contact lens = CON ; canteen=CAN; demo= DEM)，他们则认为广东话在大马是很稀有的。马来西亚这里俗称“马拉”，所以我每次自我介绍都要加上“我系马拉来ge”。跟他们腻在一起玩了几天感觉跟家里没两样，很亲切。组里的师兄姐都改称为“组爸妈”，新生就叫“组仔女”。当决定我到这里升学就打算把这辈子存有的运气quota全赌上了，还好没有浪费。谢谢你们啦！！没有你们照顾，我真的不知道自己何去何从！下星期组聚见！（听说是去旺角吧..）

抗猪流感宣传活动
Prevention against swine flu campaign, neah, just another game station.
Photo credits :组爸豪仔

I googled about the university orientation camp, seems fun. I thought that making local friends would be a great start in a foreign land, well at least you wont end up alone. So anyway I signed up for the orientation camp without knowing that its meant for mostly the local students. The admission office even told me that its a mix of both local and international students.MY FOOT! Turns out i'm the only international student and the furthest I could find is a girl from Macau, I got along with her pretty well though,being noobs. So yea, everyone was with a backpack unlike me carrying a 35kg luggage parading through the crowd. Face? GONE.

Other than the luggage embarrasment, it was pretty fun. Thank god I used to watch TVB drama and picked up some useful Cantonese or I'll be talking to myself for 4 days 3 nights.Without the language barrier,talking to the locals was very interesting. They taught me lots of stuff. Both of us were very curious about each other's background and talking helps a lot. Hongkee likes to use short forms (refer to above) and they think Cantonese is some ulu language in Malaysia. They call us "Malai" for short. The moment I've decided to be here, I was ready to bet my lifetme quota of luck on it. Totally worth while. Thanks again to my team mates for taking care of me, what would I do without you people!? See y'all next week in reunion! (heard that we're going Mong Kok,are we?)

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搬进新亚学院的宿舍前暂时住这里，还满舒服的。
Temporary accommodation before I move into New Asia College’s hostel, pretty comfy in here,free air-con!

过后我搬进了国际学生舍堂，也在那里交了各国的朋友，这次有四个马来西亚人和一个新加坡人，想念到半死的新马英语再次出现，连续说了四五天的广东话挺折腾的，终于有机会听听家乡话。再来就是HK City Tour,这个比较舒服，没什么走动，坐在巴士里像个旅客。至于照片呢，全都在美蓉（另一个大马女生，暂时是我的室友，也是被派进新亚学院，太好了！）那里，我的东西还在包包里，挖出来比较麻烦。

帝都酒店的窗外，在那里和爸妈住了一个晚上。
The view from Royal Park Hotel, Shatin. Stayed there with my parents for a night before going into the CUHK.

从国际学生舍堂的阳台望出去，逸夫学院就在那里。
朦朦胧胧地，不知道是冷还是脏。
The view from international student hostel at 5pm. That patch of building is Shaw college.
Mist of haze? I don’t really know either XD

I need sleep.
Been going to bed at 5/6am in camp.
这副残样全归功于续3天早上五六点睡觉

南乳莲藕鸡肉饭，我不太记得了，食堂的菜名超长的。最便宜的了，港币16块
OK，好吃！
Nan Yu Lotus Chicken Rice, whatever is it.
Can’t remember the super long names.
Cheapest in the menu
HKD16
Not too bad!

I moved into the international student hostel after camp. Met many people from all over the world and finally get to talk our Manglish/Singlish when I’ve made contact with Malaysians and a Singaporean. Some from China and Macau and a few from the west. Switching from language to language is tiring. Went for the HK city tour, quite pleasant, minimal walking, nice FREE food. Don’t have much photos with me, Mei Yong (M’sia girl) took most of them for us.I left my camera back in the hostel, too much of a hassle to dig it out.

Victoria Peak.
用手机拍，质素比较烂
Took this with my phone,don’t mind the quality

如果太阳没那么猛，山上挺凉爽的。
It’s windy up there

暂时就到这里，我尽量多更新，现在比较忙，很多琐碎事要处理。老妈，我好想你！
Okay,till then. I’m tired. Will try to update more often.

太累了，打英文快一点。

Of all things one should not do when away from home, I’ll say its self-doubt. I keep wondering why the hell did I choose this country in the first place. Not only I think to myself, but also to answer when the local student ask. But then again, I’m already here, the only way out is suck it up and learn. Its my first week in Hong Kong. Still blur about how the little things in their daily lives function. But for now, it’s probably not thc changes in environment that’s bothering me.I don’t know what is it. The locals are nice and I’ve been seeing faces which reminds me of home. My orientation camp roomie, is also Jacqueline. Looks 80% like Nichelle. Saw a Wei Jian look alike on the train and loads of random Malaysians I know. The brain still thinks that we’re in Boleh Land,lol. Ironically, the local thinks I’m one of them if I kept quiet about my nationality.(lol, I’ll assume that my canto speaking sounds local enough XD) The fact that I’m here in an unfamiliar land hasn’t sunk in yet, hopefully this difficult transition period goes by smoothly.

Alright,enough with the emo thoughts. Just a not-so-brief update for my family to see.

Pa & Mi,
I’m okay, just that the procedure went a little haywire, there are lots of New Asia seniors helping me and even let me sleep in their room when I have no where else to go before the move in date. So right now the biggest concern which is accommodation is taken care of, Isaac is helping me,don’t worry. There are still lots of bits and pieces to pick up here, I can manage them. The biggest advantage I have is being able to speak a few languages. So yea, see ang mo speak English, see Hong Kee speak canto, see china men speak Mandarin. Asking around makes life easier rather than looking at the stupid instruction manual. I’ve been taking my vitamins and eating regularly, no fast food, lots of water, had char siew fan for lunch yesterday and chicken porridge. Its always sunny here, but not as hot as Malaysia, very breezy being on top of the mountain. Ms. Annie from admission department invited me to dinner on today, so I’ll be speaking to her hopefully to clarify as many things as possible.

When I went to submit my course major selection form, they told me Chinese new writing class is full and I’ll have to go into the English class, the worst part is that I can’t switch back to join the Chinese class next semester, meaning my 3 year degree will be in English. I’m not gonna take “no” for an answer if the teaching content is totally different. I’ve asked a journalism senior, she said I have more than enough reasons to ask the professor to open another place for me,chances are high. I’ll go talk to Mr. Chow and see what comes up. By hook or by crook, I’ll make sure I get myself in.

Oh by the way,I was teaching my group how to swear in Malay during lunch, haha,typical. It took them a while to bring themselves to make such a request,like “um…erm…do you Malaysian have special terms for swearing? You know how to swear in Malay?”. So yea, the whole table was trying to pronounce words like PKM and CB loudly in a restaurant and I pray hard that there’s no Malaysian or Singaporean present.

I’m missing the feeling of being so sure of how things works in Malaysia. It is scary to be left all alone with zero contact with the people I know. Not that the people aren’t nice, they answer all my questions, even the lame ones. Its a pain in the ass reading their style of writing. They’re Chinese words but written in how you speak Cantonese e.g. Keng Gai = 倾计= chat

I think that’s all for now, don’t want to blind my readers with bad English. I’ve taken some pictures during the HK tour, let me get all the important things done and I’ll update. I love you!~