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| HK is such a strange place. We had insanely gorgeous weather (read: mid-70s, not humid, sunny days, puffy clouds, and blue skies) last week, and now this week is so foggy and misty....when I get it up in the morning, it feels like I'm in the clouds. And it got cold!! (well, relatively....)
The trip home to NY was good. Makes me miss it alot less, and makes me appreciate HK alot more. I'm really glad that here, I've been lucky enough to have found a good group of friends really early on. And I'm lucky to have a job that I like -- one that I look forward to getting up for in the morning. But going home has motivated to really build a life here, to explore HK (so far, I've done some hiking, we did a beach trip last weekend, I'm spending more time exploring on the weekedays for good food-- oh, I joined a yoga studio, which is a really good way to destress after work), and appreciate the opportunity that I have.
In other news, I'll be going to Bangkok this weekend. It was a really last minute trip (though couldn't have been more last-minute than my Shanghai trip, which I decided on 3 days in advance and almost couldn't go b/c I had to spend 6 hours in total waiting on line for a visa), but I'm pretty excited for it. It'll be the first time that I venture to a country where I don't speak the language (but I guess Thailand's language is tourism, so English probably won't be too much of a hassle).
Anyway, I guess this is getting kinda long. I was feeling a bit down today b/c it's been cloudy/foggy for about 3 days now, but as Nick pointed out, it's also kinda nice to enjoy the peace and sense of isolation that it brings (I looked out of the office window today, and could barely see IFC a few blocks away, much less the harbor....usually the water outside is so blue, it startles me everytime I get up to throw out my trash).
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| "We gather because we have chosen hope over fear."
simply wow.
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| somehow, all my weekends = azure + prive
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| 2008 is over. time for a new year to begin.
I can't help but dread what this year has in store -- at least for the past few months, I could still hold onto college memories, to try my best to keep in touch with those that I had known from school. But, '09 is another beast unto itself. It's a new year, a new beginning. I went back to work yesterday after a week off -- everyone wondered why I didn't just take Friday off as well. But my entire team was in the office too! I guess this just goes to show that it really IS a new beginning, a clean slate to make up for the year that was 2008. So maybe it won't be so bad after all.
People are packing up and leaving HK this weekend, one by one, to go back to the lives that they have elsewhere. And I'm going back to work. Taking time off to explore HK has given me a new appreciation for the place that I might soon have to start calling home.
What are my resolutions for this year? I might as well write them down so I can reflect on them at year's end.
1. Keep perspective of the bigger picture. Everything *will* be ok in the end.
2. Let go.
3. Re-evaluate my priorites in life.
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| why, hello, xanga!
I'm in HK, wishing for a white Christmas.
Well, at least I'll have one of things in the picture -- time with my bro!
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