It's my first Saturday off work. Last week, I only had Sunday to rest. I spent half of the day sleeping, while the other half buying stuff I needed for work with my dad in Sham Shui Po. This weekend I had two days all to myself. Well, there's not much to do, so I still spent it with my dad. Talk about bonding.
Yesterday, we went to So Kwun Wat area, that's just behind the Gold Coast residences, to look for a possible house to rent. I woke up at 11 am and spent two hours tidying up my things. I stopped by at Metrobank's Central branch to pay off my latest credit card statement before I headed to Tuen Wan Station.
I met my dad at the other end of the footbridge and we set out looking for Bus 52x. Since we couldn't find it, he suggested we just drive to Gold Coast. His office was just near so he got the company car. I so miss my car. Driving in Hong Kong will be easier than driving in Manila.
We found the area and it seemed like a nice place. Quiet. Definitely way out of the city. I would love to rent the rooftop but the Chinese man there wouldn't tell us how much the flat costs. He told us to just come back after two months, probably when the apartments would be opened to the public. I'm really not sure. maybe he's just stalling to increase the rent price.
Today, I woke up late again. Around 2pm, we set out for the Rosary Church to say a little prayer. People were preparing for a wedding when we got there. It was a pretty simple one.
After that, we tried to find the Doc Marten's shop but failed to do so. When my dad gave up looking for it, we went to Central and sent some money back home. I wanted to show my dad where SoHo is in Hong Kong, so i took him to the midlevels. There, we got a pretty good idea of the price range of food. I would want to take my friends there when they go back here. The sandwich at Subway was very good.
Now, I'm just sleepy. I'll probably have a better post by tomorrow... when I'm not too tired to write.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
First Two Weeks
Thanks to my dear friend, Gia, I remembered that I have this blog. And I haven't written in a long time.
Okay. Last December 23, my dad called me and had some news. Basically, I had to leave Manila by the first week of January. So here I am, sitting in the terrace at the back of a Hong Kong guest house my aunt manages, freezing my fingers and butt off so just I could chat with my friend and post an update.
I went to a construction safety seminar on my first weekend here. It was quite a learning experience. I enrolled for the English instruction and it turned out that the instructor was a Chinese man. He was very knowledgeable, you could really tell, but he could barely pronounce the words properly. Not a very good thing, especially for someone like me who's not familiar with chinese-english.
When I got in the room, most of the seats were taken. Most of the people there were men. I found four ladies on the third row and decided to sit with them. Turns out, they don't speak English, and they kept talking to me in their language. I'm not sure if their Indians or Pakistani.
I got 95% on the test. I also passed the hands on exam. Well, everyone passed. But I'm proud to say that I did it on my own. I'm not being mean or anything, but the ladies beside me didn't seem like they could understand the questions. It wasn't any use peeking at my answer sheet, which the one nearest me did shamelessly, because we had different sets of questionnaires. They ended up copying from some Malaysian guy seating in front of them. I passed my papers as soon as I was done with them. Everyone got their cards minutes later.
The next week, I spent mostly in my Aunt's bedroom, watching every movie on her shelf. After I finished those, I got CD's downstairs and continued my movie marathon. Thankfully, a family friend came and I got to borrow his laptop. I was able to go online but still ended up watching movies on his computer.
My dad bought me a laptop, which I told him I'll pay for eventually (completely ignoring his 'don't worry about' reply), and I just found out that the program I was gonna use it for wasn't compatible with the operating system. Tsk, tsk. What a waste of time. I'm gonna have to carry this back to the store and ask if they could upgrade to W7 Pro or downgrade it to XP so just I could use my program.
There, I'm kind of sleepy already so I've summarized my first two weeks the best my sleepy mind is able to.
Okay. Last December 23, my dad called me and had some news. Basically, I had to leave Manila by the first week of January. So here I am, sitting in the terrace at the back of a Hong Kong guest house my aunt manages, freezing my fingers and butt off so just I could chat with my friend and post an update.
I went to a construction safety seminar on my first weekend here. It was quite a learning experience. I enrolled for the English instruction and it turned out that the instructor was a Chinese man. He was very knowledgeable, you could really tell, but he could barely pronounce the words properly. Not a very good thing, especially for someone like me who's not familiar with chinese-english.
When I got in the room, most of the seats were taken. Most of the people there were men. I found four ladies on the third row and decided to sit with them. Turns out, they don't speak English, and they kept talking to me in their language. I'm not sure if their Indians or Pakistani.
I got 95% on the test. I also passed the hands on exam. Well, everyone passed. But I'm proud to say that I did it on my own. I'm not being mean or anything, but the ladies beside me didn't seem like they could understand the questions. It wasn't any use peeking at my answer sheet, which the one nearest me did shamelessly, because we had different sets of questionnaires. They ended up copying from some Malaysian guy seating in front of them. I passed my papers as soon as I was done with them. Everyone got their cards minutes later.
The next week, I spent mostly in my Aunt's bedroom, watching every movie on her shelf. After I finished those, I got CD's downstairs and continued my movie marathon. Thankfully, a family friend came and I got to borrow his laptop. I was able to go online but still ended up watching movies on his computer.
My dad bought me a laptop, which I told him I'll pay for eventually (completely ignoring his 'don't worry about' reply), and I just found out that the program I was gonna use it for wasn't compatible with the operating system. Tsk, tsk. What a waste of time. I'm gonna have to carry this back to the store and ask if they could upgrade to W7 Pro or downgrade it to XP so just I could use my program.
There, I'm kind of sleepy already so I've summarized my first two weeks the best my sleepy mind is able to.
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