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Category Archives: hong kong 06-07
“and they don’t take American Express”
13-Aug-06held hostel
12-Aug-06It seems WVU has finally gotten around to billing me for my room (per the exchange agreement). I’m living in an exclusive international section of Arnold Hall (which happens to be thousands of miles from Prospect St.) in a double room for $1,750 per semester. The Lingnan hostel fee for 2005-06 averaged a bit under […]
Liquids On A Plane!
11-Aug-06Well, this morning I was greeted by the heartwarming news that the previous Aging Empire broke up a terror plot involving liquids. Not that that hasn’t been tried before. Now, it’s a wonderful thing (and I’m typing that phrase in an atypically sincere way) and a fabulous victory for British law enforcement. What isn’t a […]
just a reminder
10-Aug-06DL 5125 21AUG PIT JFK 1050A 1217P CX 831 21AUG JFK HKG 345P 805P#1 (Arrival of 8:05 p.m. HKT = 8:05 a.m. EDT on the 22nd).
countdown’s on
08-Aug-06As my ex-co-workers get started with RA training back in Morgantown, their two weeks of purgatory will coincide with my two weeks left stateside: I leave from PIT at 10:30 on the first Monday of school. With any luck I’ll be able to find a way to actually get to the airport: it’s my father’s […]
Tentative Mailing Address
27-Jul-06Just got my room assignment/roommate/student number/e-mail address and so on for Lingnan. I am sure that they are subject to change, but my mailing address (just to get used to the sound of it) will probably be: Room 306A, Hall B Lingnan University Tuen Mun, New Territories HONG KONG I’ll post on arrival to confirm […]
Lingnan class list
21-Jul-06I recently (finally) got my class list for Lingnan. This is not all-inclusive: I will compensate for the dropping of requested classes for time conflicts during the add/drop periods. It would have been easier to avoid these conflicts had the class times been posted anywhere I could find, of course. Fall Term: SSC 201: Trade […]
prague, or not, or maybe
16-Jun-06An ongoing bit of drama has been the issue of our daytrip to Prague. Things keep working and then not working, and the same for their alternatives. The current plan is to wake up in time for a 6h15 departure on a 26€ all-in semi-guided-bus-tour tomorrow. We will see. Pilnitz was nice but not a […]
It’s everywhere you want to be
05-Jun-06Good news: my visa for Hong Kong is supposedly in Lingnan’s hands. I’m sure I’ll be in Europe before it gets here, but I can wait.
nor’easter
27-May-06The path is Pista Cláudio Coutinho. Lunch was at a feira nordestina (a fair of food/crafts/etc. from the Northeast region of Brazil). Just got to look over my purchase from yesterday… an “Ironmen” watch. At least it’s not a counterfeit, or it’s an honest one. Should serve for the month or two I need it. […]