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