After we left from the airport, we got to our housing situation while we are in Hong Kong. We are staying at the YMCA camp in little houses they call bungalows. There are about 14 of us in the CSP group, I think about 9 girls and 8 guys. They tried to keep us awake by keeping us busy for the rest of the day, so they had a few things planned. We had lunch at the camp that was really good. We all had to use chopsticks, and learn their table manners. One of which is that if you don't like something in your food, you spit it on the table. And from there it and anything else will be cleaned up by the cleaning crew. If you clean up after yourself you are considered rude because you are taking their job. After lunch we had a get together meeting that explained what we were going to do afterwards and gave us a kind of general overview schedule for the week that we are here. Saturday gets to be a free day that we get to do anything we want to do. I'm thinking about going up to this place where you can look out onto the city and ride gondela's all the way up there. So anyways, after the meeting we took the train to downtown to the shopping district to look around. By then it was about 3 or 4 am to my inner clock and I wasn't all that excited to be walking around. We all split up into our separate groups and walked around the city. My group went to the botanical gardens and walked around. We all met up at a Starbucks (and yes, as a matter of fact they do have them on every street corner. not as bad as Seattle though) and went to the wet market that is in Ma On Shan (where the camp is) and got dinner. I only had a croissont from a bakery in the market because I wasn't feeling very hungry. I actually got the croissont for breakfast, and got some soup for lunch but I ended up switching them. Hong Kong uses their own currency that is different from China because they used to be separate. They call them Hong Kong dollars and it's about 1-7 ratio to American dollars. It makes it a little weird when you are buying a can of soda for 7 dollars. When we got back we were supposed to eat dinner and then we could either go to sleep or try and stay awake. After eating my dinner, I decided I was going to read for a little bit but in the end my sleep ran out and I was unable to stay awake. It was around 7 pm. It was actually kind of funny cause I fell asleep almost instantly after just laying my head down for a second. I wasn't expecting to go to bed either and I think I was still in my clothes. I woke up about 2 hours later and realized enough to clear off my bed and get ready like normal.
This morning was weird in the fact that I woke up at 8 am (highly unusual for me). In the morning we had a class that taught us a little about the history of the language, and we ate lunch and then we had a little meeting that let us introduce ourselves and learn about the other people of the group. We talked more about what was in store for us and went over the rules one more time before we make any mistakes. Jet lag is still here. It's strange getting tired at three in the afternoon. But then I remember that it's actually after midnight for me at home. Later we are going to the wet market again to get dinner and breakfast since the camp only provides lunch. Hopefully tonight I can stay awake a little later than 7. I miss home but I'm having lots of fun here! Love you guys!
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