HK is ...well asian!

i was just youtubing a bit and then i came across this video...



it's a relief video/song called Smile Again from the I Love Asia project produced by Jackie Chan and JYP (big Korean music producer) and sung by many famous Korean artists. The video makes me really sad but at the same time it's such an encouragement that despite history between these asian nations that they still can look past country barriers... i don't know i was just talking to a friend yesterday about how Japan and Korea were once heavily influenced by China but then now China is kind of iffy and Japan and Korea have gone on to be pro world leaders and innovators and it's just nice to see some unity now. Maybe unity isn't the right word quite yet but support. It's definitely very encouraging. I also really love their shirts =D i would totally get one lol

Macau is the asian las vegas...

I really don't have much to say about this trip but that we just went around to see some stuff. and it was SO HOT (temperature-wise) basically Macau is just filled with tons of casinos/hotels so it’s a little boring. However VESPAS are amazing. I’m sure half the population drives them and like they are SO cute!! If I can’t have a motorcycle I shall work first toward a vespa! And mine shall be really purty. And so shall my helmet!

VESPAS <3

Korea is ...not as i expected =P WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING

What i did in Korea: Well when we got there it was REALLY early so we wasted like two hours in the airport … so boring. Then we took an hour long bus that was incredibly cold to Hotel Koreana and left our bags there. Then we took a walk up the street towards Geokbugung I think (something like that) which is like some old-time palace and that was pretty cool. We checked in finally at 11 am, slept for an hour and then called Namjin. I met him at a subway stop and then we subway-ed, then taxi-ed to this rock climbing place and I thought that was really fun =) it’s good getting to know people you didn’t really know before =P (similar to Ivan) um then after that we went to COEX this humongous mall place and we tried to find MBC gaming to watch a starcraft game but to my great disappointment we couldn’t find it >__< BUT THAT”S OKAY! Um so then I called up Ryan and he met us at COEX and we had dinner! Then these party animals wanted to make me buy high heels and makeup so I could get into a bar…. I HOPE THEY WERE JOKING but in the end we did not do that so that is good. UM after that we went home. Next day I met Ryan at his area. And I was so late I felt so bad … but anyways we went to this like musical fountain with lights and everything it was really actually amazing to see and definitely enjoyable. Then we went to eat some real Korean food from like those stands. SO GOOD =D and I got like this icecream cone which was 30 cm high (the icecream was) and then it was totally too heavy for the cone so we had to like throw it out =( THEN I went home. The third day I just did some mass shopping to make up for it although I really did not buy very much. Overall it was an up and down kind of trip. Tim told me that he thought HK was more fun than Seoul… I’d have to say I also agree but I’m sure if I had more time I would learn how to love Seoul. The place itself I think is kind of plain. However I don’t understand how ALL THE GIRLS like ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE is so pretty… so I guess that made me feel very self conscious cause I am clearly a foreigner so sometimes I feel looked down on… don’t think Korean like Chinese people that much. I also did not see any celebrities or breaking =( However I think most Koreans are very helpful and nice to foreigners =P I talked to a few…1) buying subway ticket girl who was good at English helped me out =D 2) buying stuff at store the girl was talking to us in Korean for a bit until she realized we didn’t speak it haha but she was really nice and like talking about Canada and stuff 3) waiting for friend and then this guy passing out stuff (I think he was running for a position?) and I was like oh I don’t speak Korean and he’s like Oh? Where are you from? And I’m like Toronto and he’s like Oh I’ve been there! I liked it very much! Haha it was cute and when I talked to those nice Korean people it made me feel a little better about being a foreigner haha and dang Korean food in Korea is pretty darn good! =P Basically I probably arrived in Korea having really big expectations for it based on like… the Korean love? But now I’m glad I know that it’s not like CRAZY AMAZING although it’s still pretty cool =)

HK is snowless

s = salina, ff = friend's friend or final fantasy

ff: do you bike a lot?
s: yah i do but only in the summer not in the winter
ff: oh why's that?
s: cause there's snow
ff: oh yah!
*both giggles*

that was a cute moment lol anyways i just stayed up all night because i couldn't sleep and i've only stayed up all night once before i think but that was not because i couldn't sleep. anyway this is interesting. haha i'm so tired. i went to bed at like 3... then couldn't sleep so i guess i played ds for like 2 hours and then i realized the sun was out. which was pretty shocking... i'm going to be super tired today >____<

hong kong is close to korea =)

I"M GOIGN TO KOREA IN A DAY AHHHH <3 good thing for ryan and namjin to make this trip AWESOME. i cannoooot wait. parents also came back from Thailand and i gotta say it seems REALLY FUN =( too bad i missed out...on a side note...

现在我很不开心。。。 因为我的朋友又不同我交谈不过去着打机，玩他们的“刀他”（哈哈我很聪明）。 他们一上网就会问我“你好吗？”跟着就会玩了。。。都没同他们讲过很长时间。。 如果还是这样到我回到加拿大的时候我不会想同这班朋友出街，看电影，玩，etc.　哎麻烦到死啊！

HK is ...partially Christian =)

My parents left for Thailand with my brother today and I hope they had a safe flight and a nice trip so far =) Today I went to church and it was REALLY AMAZING. I was a little late so I caught the last song in the worship set and I really enjoyed the sermon. The speaker was just awesome and I just loved the familiarity of church and being with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ and it’s amazing to be reminded that wherever you are God is there with you =) it was also an English church btw so that was fortunate haha. I didn’t really get to meet anyone cause I went by myself and I just didn’t know who to talk to but that’s alright =D It was a really great experience and it makes me sad that I don’t have many other Sundays free for church cause of more travelling but I’ll see if there are any fellowships I can go to =) it’s just nice being around Christians =D the response song was also really great. Everyone there just loves to sing and it was so loud that it was very encouraging. I think the pastor and a lot of the people were Australian haha so Hillsong connects?

UM YESTERDAY I went to the peak and I went to the wax museum and also just to sight-see! I went on msn on one of the computers there and apparently it saved my password cause my msn kept signing off saying that it had signed on elsewhere and I was like… darns… turns out though some guy deleted my password from it (thank goodness!) and then he added me on msn… to tell me or something haha and he’s like.. Moroccan but he lives in China or something… I think I do have a strange knack for meeting strangers… which is not a great thing. It also turns out that Namjin from school is going to be in Korea too so I shall be meeting him as well so overall MANY exciting thing happening.. INCLUDING BOTY KOREA is happening when I’m going. If I don’t get tickets which I probably will not I’ll take some videos of people probably breaking outside as well =D

HK is half way around the world!

so HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD i can't believe i'm meeting people from UTS. yesterday i went out with Amy, Curtis and Ivan but Curt left so it was mostly Amy, Ivan and I and we went to eat dinner and just walked around a bit. Afterwards I left to Tsim Sha Tsui by myself >___> but i wanted to see if there were breakers there but i think like 6-7 ish is still too early to see breakers =( but there were none. instead i saw a children's band from taiwan .. and it was a jazz band so that was preeetty cool =D

HK is cantonese

today i went with my friend TONIA =) who iknow from Toronto and her friends from Hong Kong to just chill and watch a movie and it was pretty funnnn. her friends were very welcoming and talked to me and stuff which i thought was very nice and wow Chinese subs for an english movie (hancock) are very distracting esp when you're trying to just listen haha but it was a not bad movie =) it was kind of hard though because i had to talk in chinese a lot becuase i felt like a really big NEWB for talking in english but it was a good opportunity to practice. good thing they are not like .. ew don't want to talk to an english person haha but we talked about a lot of stuff and my chinese was bad and it was hard and tiring to have to try hard to not sound too noob but i think i did alright =) it's cool telling them about toronto and them telling me about hong kong. haha. pretty fun day =D finally didn't go shopping haha

HK is family <3

i really love meeting all my cousins and aunts and uncles. They are all really interesting people =D FIRSTLY my cousin who is about two years younger is real cool cause he likes gundams and he apparently likes to game and he has a poster of digimons on the wall haha they also had a chinchilla ^^ umm my uncle on mom's side has a car and a dog AH CUTEST DOG EVAR. i only wish i knew my family more and kept in touch all that time.

ALSO kay random story but CRAZY STUFF. so i'm like "i want to go to korea" to a friend and he's like "oh i have a friend there who is working" and i'm like "can he be my tourguide" and he's like "i'll ask" so the guy is cool with it and i add him on msn and we just like talk about whatever. and he's like you can add me on fb and i'm like OKAY and i look at our mutual friends and TIM CHAN is one of them [background story now: tim chan is daniel's friend that i've hung out with a couple of times just from wahtever and he is a really quiet guy and i thought he blocked me because he didn't go on msn for so long after he added me] anyways i'm like how do you know tim?! since it was so random. and he asks me first so i just say he's a friend of a friend and then the guy is like ............... DUMDUMDUM I"M TIM"S COUSIN! and i'm like .... *shocked for the next 10 minutes* it's a small world....

HK is walking

MY LEG HURTS =( i don't think it's just like a tired feeling kind of pain it's like caused from walking too much and stuff. I'm sure if i rest it shall be better. I guess I kind of just walk aimlessly looking for those nice clothing stores that cost like less than 10 dollars canadian per clothing item haha. I LOVE THOSE THE BEST. today i went out with joseph again for more shoppings and it's his last day in hk. I didn't get too much mostly just CDs and a few other small things. I don't think I've spent more than 100 canadian per day so that's pretty good considering how much i have... i hope. I'm hoping to meet up with some other people now cause a lot of UTS kids are here. I'm also hoping to find a church to go to. Janita says she goes to one where i live and Martin (from Dunamis!) says he'll look for one and tell me ! so i have many options ^^ so things are pretty good and i'm really tired so i shall take a nap haha

HK is convenient

well this is my second full day in hk and i've been around shopping! I met up with my school friend today and we just walked around mong kok <-- "woman street" and "sneaker street". didn't get as much as i wish i had ahah. BUT good improvement! someone asked ME for directions .. and even though i had no idea where it was it must mean i must look local enough to know where things are =) and i was able to find my way home all alone!! i was so scared i wouldn't know where to get off the tram >__< ah the transportation here is so awesome and comes so often! i'm proud of the asian progress i've made haha. i'm hoping to go to church at least once. janita goes to church where i live so i'll ask her to take me =D tonight i went to kowloon and looked across the water back onto hong kong island and it totally makes me want to live here even more. The lights were just so awesomeee arrr like the buildings and EVERYTHING is beautiful beautiful beautiful. <3

HK is rainy

Well I just experienced my first full day in Hong Kong and just mostly did some shopping today =) I'm scared i'm going to go reckless just spending money... I'd say I spent at least a 100 dollars Canadian.. which i suppose isn't TOO much but it'll build up... I still have a month. I don't think I'll be TOO fobbed up by the end of the month. haha. Well I am having fun and i even have time for internets but i do miss people in Toronto. And like no one is on msn at like 9:02 AM haha. STOP SLEEPING IN >__> I think something bit me because I have like 2 bumps alksdja It's been raining a lot here and that's okay i really like it when it rains here I don't know why but i'm waiting for a nice day so i can go to like Ocean Park or go up the mountain and stuff. I can't wait til I meet up with friends as well cause my parents walk soooo slowly haha I SAW GUNDAMS lol yay i can't wait to get new shoes XD I also really like seeing asian people everywhere ^___^v except i'm the one that looks like a total newb with my tourist camera and like chinglish... on the bus it's best if i don't speak so people don't know i'm a foreigner! lol lots of fobby guys and girls and I SO WISH I HAD A UNIFORM NOW... the school uniforms look so coooool >__> well i'm just so excited about everything hk now haha I am really tired so i'll blog in another little while.

IM HOME

haha home being hk. i've been here for about 3-4 hours now and I think i already really love this place! though it would definitely be more fun if people in Toronto were here to enjoy with me. anyways that's all i'll say for now. i want to go out and just walk! KEEP ME UPDATED FOR STUFF IN TORONTO PLZZZ

2nd last full day before i leave~

July the 6th 2008 is the date and i have had an amazingly fun day =)
well i went to church and i thought the sermon wasn't bad =) it reminded me that i am one with the body of Christ. where i go He goes and i am NEVER EVER ALONE and i hope i always remember that =) then i got a bunch of plane letters and i am really thankful for all the people who wrote me ^^ i am almost hitting the 20 mark haha. sunday school was pretty fun too lotsa ppl today! afterwards i went out with andrea, nina and jon and good thing andrea can drive haha cause we had a little adventure. after eating we took a trip down the bridle path where all the rich people live with their nice like 8 million dollar houses >____< cause it's close to where nina lives. and dang she has a really nice apartment =) we watched nim's island.. i learnt some chinese... (my children's book haha) then we went early to our softball game against Sack of Rice!! wootwoot just for some practice

i have to start a new paragraph once i start talking about softball because it just makes me so happy and excited! =) i totally batted AWESOME in practice and burned everyone lol too bad it didn't carry into the game but that's alright =) i'd say this team was realy fun to play ^^ they had pretty good spirits and i'd say shermeen is just an amazing coach. she really seems to be a great leader and just playing softball to have fun and not those super intense softball players who care about the win kind of thing and that was so encouraging for our team and we were all worried for her when she hurt her foot/leg? the support i got when batting was also just very encouraging haha and woot i landed myself at 2nd! i'm going to miss my team so much... OH MORE PROMOTION AHAH i got placed in RIGHT FIELD WOWOWOWOW hahaha only cause for some reason other than "salina is a good outfielder" haha but i was scared to death cause i know i suckkkk and am scared of the ball but YES i had an amazing time. plus oscar was there which made it more jokes and fun and all in all an amazing day. OH and will coming by to say bye and taking more pics of soldiers tho we are not his team was very nice =)

i'm sad i'm leaving but GO SOLDIERS =) 4-0-1!!! KEEP IT UP WHILE I"M GONEEEE AND CHEER LOUDER CAUSE YOU"RE MISSING A PERSON NOW

SOFTBALL SUMMAH

so i am absolutely enjoying softball =) and deeply saddened that i am leaving anyways the Soldiers' season has been absolutely amazing with a current record of 3-0-1 which is a pretty darn good way to start off a season =) best yet probably! anyways i'm so proud of myself. i batted a runner in and still got on base.and i scored a run as well! that's quite a feat for a noob like me =) and i played left rover ahahaha jks good upgrade from right ahaha i find that hilarious.. good thing they hit like nothing my way.. would've got downgraded lol i love being a rover haha this was for our most recent game against samaritans.. daniel's old team. so i gotta say it was awkward and a little bit of tension there.... but ah...
another softball related thing is I UMPED TOdAY AND I DID SO MUCH BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. i was a second base ump for a game between basic and fishers of men (jess ngan's team!) and it sucks cause you can't cheer and show like favour haha but i thought i looked pretty pro out there with some safe and out calls haha and A LEAD OFF CALL =O keke

i also watched kungfu panda which was really cute i thought. i liked it =) asianness~ i heard wall-e was better though.. i really loved this line in kungfu panda and it goes like this:

yesterday is history. tomorrow is a mystery. and today is a gift. that is why they called it present! cuuute =) [don't worry this is not a spoiler] haha AH LEAVING FOR HK IN LIKE 2 DAYS .. plane letters and freaking out.. i will miss so many things/people

5 DAYS!

so there's 5 days left until i leave for HK and i'm starting to realize i'm going to really miss so many things while i'm gone for that long long month. i know i'm going to absolutely love and enjoy and maybe not want to return from HK but right now i'm having a blast in toronto like i've never had before and i will really miss it =(

SOFTBALL - I will miss this like crazy! I just love being a part of a team even if i am a total noob. and maybe dragging down the team a bit they are still supportive and don't think any less of me =) I really will miss all the time just spent together laughing and just playing softball and then eating or whatever it is we do for socials. I'm glad i got to play at least half a season and i'm even going to help ump =) i will miss everyone on the team so much and all those practices and stuff <333!

MY DOG - my little rocky bebe! a month away from ROCKY AHH =( i will just miss my dog to death even if he barks really loudly and loves to jump all over strangers =( i don't know what else to say. =(

DAN & HIS FRIENDS - kay i know this one is a little dumb sounding but over the course of about two months i've had the opportunity to hang with this group of people and i've just enjoyed every time that i've got to hang out with them. they are just so entertaining haha i could just sit there and still really enjoy hanging with them. my only regret is that i only got to know them recently and for such a short time cause maybe there might've been some good friendships formed but they are all leaving for university... this is kind of stupid haha cause they probably don't even consider me in this same way but at least i felt welcome most of the time =)

ABDC - this one is just kind of silly haha but i will be missing the finale for america's best dance crew season 2 ... i guess i will keep myself updated via muchmusic.com...

well that's my list for now =) i'm sure as the time draws closer i will begin to realize the other things i'm going to miss but right now just thinking of leaving actually makes me kind of sad.. this is stupid such mixed emotions lol

my canada day celebration!

i really got to say... i had a lot of fun on Canada Day =) well the fun didn't really start until the night time so what happened was i went to a friend's friend's house who i kind of knew but not too well. so more people came lalala and we watched a bit of tv and decided that we should head out. my friend had brought some of those backyard firework things and we went to a nearby park to set them off =D i must say lighting your own fireworks is by far MUCH MORE FUN than just watching those really nice ones set off by proer people hahha a lot of people were setting stuff off around us too so it was pretty ....festive lol and someone brought two bottles of tsingtao beer but they couldn't get it open. but thank goodness they're the type that like to drink leisurely and not the "YAY LETS GET REALLY DRUNK" type =P so after we used all our fireworks... we took a very random walk into a very scary forest... it was rather creepy and i swear i heard sounds >___< so anyways we didn't go very far and turned back >___< and played in a park for a bit... and went back to his house and watched half of a movie lol and then we left. I guess this little blurb cannot fully capture the fun i had and this may be a really boring post cause it's just about me explaining how i had lots of fun. BUT I DID HAVE LOTS OF FUN AND I'M HAPPY I HAVE FRIENDS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL THAT I CAN ALSO HANG OUT WITH yaaaaaaay

CANADA DAY

HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE! well this is not a particularly special day for me but i must say it's pretty fun going out and seeing fireworks and just chilling with people =) Hope everyone has a fun day =D