Today:<\/p>\n
Class from 9:30 to 11:30, running off to Chung Fu to deal with the optical shop, running (and barely making it to) the PRC pseudoconsulate in Wan Chai, a leisurely ferry to TST, waiting around idly in Sam’s and getting my first fitting, and back home by an unorthodox route (free interchange bus K16 from East TST to Nam Cheong).<\/p>\n
There is a temporary promotional one-day pass available for the West Rail at HK$20 for one day. The trip between Siu Hong and Nam Cheong is $14.4. I might just get the pass next Monday (second fitting, and it’d make the Chung Fu trip quicker for free). The trouble is that it can’t be used at the MTR\/West Rail transfer gates in Nam Cheong, so I will have to go around the long way and hope I’m not in a hurry.<\/p>\n
In other transport geekery, I think I’ve saved at least $20 by now with the student status on my Octopus. Sweet. Unfortunately this means I’ve been downtown way too much for my own good.<\/p>\n
The visa is a double-entry “L” visa with an “enter before” of 14 December and 30-day stay duration. I think that date is for the second entry… if so, that’s not as fun as I’d hoped. But I can’t complain about an incentive to force travel. An interesting quirk: the “Full name” field lists only my last name and first initial, although my full full name is clearly legible in the OCR text along the bottom of the sticker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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