Ame: Tomorrow's the big day!

So, we have been here for a couple of days now and we've spent most of those days adjusting to our life here. The internet connection in our apartment is not very reliable. They gave us a usb stick so only one of us could use it at a time. We bought a wireless router so everyone could have internet, but it doesn't always want to work. Today is the first day that it works for everyone. This is why we haven't been online much.

The first day, we got to visit Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui and Central district. Nigel knows some people who live here and one of his friends showed us those places. He brought us shopping, brought us to lunch and dinner at some really good restaurants, showed us how the MTR and buses work, gave us a bunch of tips and told us where to go and where not to go. It was very reassuring to have someone who knows his way around with us because I don't think that any of us knew what to do and where to go.

The next day, we went to school. We didn't spend much time there, we only met a few students and we briefly met our CTs. They made us lunch and had a little party for us. We visited the school. We got our schedule and got a few of our questions answered.

Friday was a day off because the teachers had a professional development day, which is all in Cantonese and wouldn't be very useful to us. Since the gang from elementary also had a day off, we left the city to visit them in Sai Kung. It is so different from where we are that it almost feels as if we are in a totally different place. It was very nice to hang out with the others and to meet Maureen. We had a BBQ and it just felt like it was summer and we were on vacation.

On Saturday, it was their turn to visit us. We tried to give them the same tour that we got on our first day but we got lost since we don't know the area as well. We still managed to go almost everywhere we wanted to go and we stopped at the ladies market in Mong Kok to do some shopping. The vendors there are very persistent, one of them just didn't want to let me go. She ran after me and grabbed my arm and pulled me back. I bought a chinese roll  that cost me 70$HK instead of 120$HK. I also bought a dress. We took the ferry to go from Kowloon to Hong Kong island and we had an amazing view of the island.

Today, we relaxed. Tomorrow is our first day at school and we wanted to rest and prepare our things for the big day. I am having a blast so far and I can't wait to meet my students!