Friday Gunter and I went to IKEA to finish furnishing the room. I picked up a mattress pad (absolutely essential as the mattresses are very thin here), a bowl (for the morning weetabix), a blanket (which turned out to just be another sheet), and a laundry rack. We came back and ate dinner, which turned out to be my favorite dinner I've had here yet. I got tuna from the mart and just ordered broccoli and rice, mixing the three. Very enjoyable. We then went into town again, as it was the weekend. We just walked around for most of the night, finally settling at a small bar on the main drag. I drank what is now one of my favorite beers: Erdinger (from Germany). After one beer we went back and went to sleep for what promised to be a big day on Saturday.
As you can see from the pictures, Saturday was indeed a big day. HKUST organized a trip for all international students to visit Stanley Market and Victoria Peak. Stanley Market involved a lot of walking around and just looking at all the stuff being sold. We had some fruit to start out the trip, both of which I had never seen before: lychee and mangostine. Very odd-looking but very delicious (mangostine here:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPAJPlZrEszDuAP2ZK7B5AvbeoNkc4I7o6W_PiBmqJzWk7Ug88YCrdQguZIIe9R08bIpvjli_oY4HBwJ_nau4OKmntCl7dDjgsNQiTLPUtTZbT3inCxR0TS-tdXC61_UwvDifv2WdfQ/s400/mangostine.jpg and lychee here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Lychee_600.jpg). We then walked around and did some shopping. I bought a couple things, including a very nice silk tie, for the equivalent of $1.30. I love the prices here. We also had a great lunch here: a real steak with broccoli, cauliflower, and good french fries. It was much better than my last "steak" adventure.
Victoria Peak was also very nice. The view is really amazing; you can see the entire city. It's incredible just how many buildings can fit in such a small place. Aside from the view, there is also a mall there (of course) and some restaurants. I didn't care about either of those, so we didn't stay too long.
Saturday night found us once again in Lan Kwai Fung. We did some drinking, some walking, and some clubbing. It was all very fun - we even found a bar that only played music from the 80s, which had been something I wanted to find. All in all a great night. We took a cab back to campus (as the MTR stops at 12:30) and went to bed shortly thereafter.
Which brings us to today, Sunday, which holds some reading, some laundry, and some homework. Bye for now.
Post Script: I failed to mention that I purchased my textbooks on Friday. This expense is typically one of my biggest, as the bill has never failed to dip below $500. This time, however, I purchased three textbooks for $90. I was very pleased.
I also ran on Friday, and it went quite well. I did about 3.5 miles, which Gunter convinced me would be about 10 miles in a milder climate. So at least I can keep up the training...
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