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After some time playing some piano once fellowship ended, I headed out to my aunt’s workplace for a party/family gathering. There was quite a bit of food, including sushi. I was quite satisfied.

Nothing particular, just tutorial, getting a bit nervous about the exam next Thursday, and had fellowship. I also had a chance to relax again, a great feeling indeed.

Today I had class and then went to my aunt’s workplace for tutoring. Afterwards, we headed out for dinner with another one of my cousins for more hot pot.

This is my first day off from classes on a weekday in a long time. It wasn’t super exciting unfortunately, because I had to finish my chemistry lab. However, once I got that out of the way, I tried on a suit and then had dinner with relatives.

Today was a really long day as usual, but I felt it to be very different from other Tuesdays. For instance, before class started, I took my time getting there because I was not in any rush. This was something huge considering it’s rare that I would get to relax while in a fast-paced society. I also had another chance to relax and simply enjoy the environment around me for a few hours in between two of my classes. I hope to get this chance when I get back to the States. I then went to my classes and volunteer place and headed back home.

Yesterday, I had two classes: social science and an environmental science course tutorial. Nothing in particular happened, though I did feel pushed to speak a lot more especially since my English is (relatively) better compared to the local students. Then, I had a chance to meet up with an international student from Australia whose origin is from China (Shanghai I believe). It was really great getting to catch up with him. Afterwards, I went home to eat dinner and relax.

Sunday morning was as usual: church. In the afternoon, after church ended, I watched Life of Pi. It was a really great movie, but I do hope to read the novel soon. A bit afterwards, we ate at Sha Tin’s 大牌檔 – an outdoor restaurant that is super crowded because of the great food and relatively cheaper price compared to regular restaurants. I’m actually not too sure how else to describe it, but it’s the best way so far. I’ll figure out something else eventually. That aside, the food was really delicious, especially their congee.

Saturday

Mostly a relaxing day, did a bit of studying.

Sunday

I went to church in the morning, and after a short time of relaxing and studying, I went out for dinner with relatives.

Monday

Only one class today. Did a bit of studying for the Chinese exam.

Tuesday

Long day today with class starting at 9am and ending at 10pm. It turned out that the morning didn’t have a tutorial class, which meant that I could’ve come in at around 10am instead, but at least I had some studying done. The Chinese exam went ok, but there was still some difficulty, especially the listening part. Volunteering went well; I helped tutor a student in essay writing. The final class I had wound up being a debate about public transportation vs. private car. I wound up participating a lot more because of my better English overall compared to other students, haha.

Wednesday

I had lab today (the final lab of the semester), and soon afterwards went to my aunt’s workplace to tutor my cousin in chemistry. Afterwards, we went out for Pizza Hut. The food was quite satisfying.

Thursday

Two classes today: Chinese and chemistry. Chinese was the second part of the exam, which focused on speaking: first some Chinese characters followed by speaking about a specific topic for two minutes. There was definitely some difficulty in doing so, even though the topic offered to me was quite simple (interests).

Friday

It was somewhat amusing that prior to class I had no idea what to eat considering I usually know what to eat. Perhaps it was the amount of options or the lack of appetite at that moment, but it was definitely… unique to say the least. After class, I did some studying (and napping) before getting involved with my fellowship, which was all games and eating. Quite enjoyable indeed.

Saturday

This morning, I went with some classmates at Yau Ma Tei to eat Vietnamese food and at the same time improve my Cantonese. It was not as fruitful as I expected (though I wasn’t sure what to expect so… I don’t know, haha), but it was nice knowing more people. Afterwards, I went to my other church for fellowship, and again, it was game day!

Yesterday I had only one class and then had a chance to spend some time tutoring my cousin in chemistry before going back to school for fellowship.

Since it’s mainly focused on classes, I will be updating weekly instead of daily from now on to avoid really short posts.

I overslept and nearly was late for class. At least there was an alternative route from which I normally get to school and it was faster, albeit more expensive.

After classes ended for the day, I worked on a group project with my classmates and wound up finishing our discussion really late. Even though we were still only tossing around ideas, it was great being able to get to better know my classmates.

A bonus: I had a chance to get a picture of the sky with a full moon. It looked really nice!

Seeing the moon 17th Oct