New Territories Living

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Becca! I'm back in Hong Kong and loving the life here. It's taking me forever and day to get over my jetlag, but I couldn't be happier to be back. My first week and a half here have been pretty tame, filled with re-adjustments and acclimating to the oppressive humidity of a tropical summer. (Who doesn't love going outside and instantaneously feel like their face is melting off?) What I've enjoyed most of all is catching up with my old local friends, some which never thought that we would see each other again.

My first night here I was taken out to the trendy area affectionaly know as TST, because foreigners like myself seem physically incapable of pronoucing it There I was pleasently suprised by Greg, a former exchange student, who is also here teaching English at a primary school. He had just arrived a few days before myself, and neither one of us had any idea that the other was here. We might do some traveling together, perhaps to Korea to visit our mutal friend, Sunny.

Classes/teaching starts within the next couple of days- hopefully by then I'll be over my jet-lag and in a more rested state of mind. I have to admit that I am slightly terrified of changing from student to teacher in a couple of months, with no teaching experience myself. I'm working with a nice British professor and his English 108 classes. I also have library hours where I lead discussion groups and have drop-in time to help students with their English skills. Right now, I'm fairly exhuasted, so I'm going to get some shut-eye. I miss all of you!