once I got back from Beijing I spent the beginning of the week preparing for my final presentation and studying for my final exam.
we had a really nice 10 course banquet after our exam, and i tried jelly fish. it was kinda lame, but cool to say i ate it
and after we had finished all that last thursday, we definitely celebrated....chinese style....
we did KARAOKE!
and it was soo much fun!!!! The whole group went out and we had a private room and they had a huge selection of western songs: oldies, 90s, one hit wonders, and top 40 stuff. ever since then i've had a random song pop in my head and then while I'm trying to figure out why I have the song in my head i'll remember... Oh ya, we sang that at Karaoke. ex: i would walk 500 miles....
it's been fun, haha.
the next day some of us went to Shenzhen, a city in mainland China, that has this huge mall full of knock off watches/purses/etc. The mall is crazy big, about 6 stories. I bought some "Chanel" and "Fendi" sunglasses since I had stepped on my sunglasses when I got back from karaoke the night before :/
Saturday we went to Ocean Park - which i did not enjoy at all. too many people and too big! It's like cedar point 15 years ago meets san diego zoo meets sea world. but, to make up for my boring morning Kaitlynn and I finally made it to the Peak.
The Peak was SO BEAUTIFUL! It is the highest point in Hong Kong and we watched the city turn from day to night and it was such a cool transformation watching the city come to life. It also puts Hong Kong into perspective, just how big it is!! Even though I've been here for a month, looking at how huge this city is I realize that I haven't even seen 20% of it. And it is just so gorgeous. so sooo gorgeous!
Today me Andy Kevin and Kaitlynn had some great Dim Sum at a place in Tsim Sha Tsui (which I think might be one of my favorite areas). The place was classic Chinese style restaurant - with grandma style pink curtains and ruffles and "crystal" chandeliers all over and all these chinese women running around with bamboo stacks of dim sum. and i tried shark fin dumplings, which were great. to top it off, the shrimp dumplings were shaped like penguins and the marshmallows were shaped like bunnies. :) so fun.
the next few days consist of some field trips and laundry and packing and soaking in the city as much as i can. part of me is wishing that my flight this thursday was going back to DTW since i'm more home sick at this point, but I think Japan will be pretty cool. just hope no one has forgotten about me since i've been away ;)
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