I'll be having my last midterm in about 5 hours time; after which I won't be having any major tests (except for one or two more quizzes) before the finals beginning 12th Dec. In the meantime I gotta plan my holiday for the last few weeks in HK in order to maximize my time spend here.

Nothing very extraordinary happened after my last blog entry last Tuesday. I had my Maths Midterm last Wednesday and I did pretty well in it; got back my Inorganic Chemistry Midterm as well and fare well in it. The Inorganic Chemistry paper, as mentioned before, was a challenging paper and I'm glad that I got most of the questions correct. On Thursday night, together with Emily, we went to dine with one of my relative who is working in HK. She treated us to a really fabulous dinner which includes a big lobster as one of the dishes. We wanted to split the bill with her as she's working and have a lovely daughter but she insisted to treat us; nothing very much we could do at the end of the day. I'll definitely buy her daughter a box of chocolate the next time we met up.

On Friday afternoon till evening, I went to look around at one of the suburban area of HK - 牛头角. It's really an eye-opener to be walking in the suburban area of HK as I am able to experience the local lifestyle directly. I walked along 鸿图路 near 官塘 and reached 牛头角. I bought a pair of safety goggles at one of the shops specialized in selling protective wears near 鸿图路 as it was really a comfortable pair of goggles compared to the one I have in Singapore. From there, I walked along 牛头角道 to Kowloon Bay. I saw many things along the way - schools, wet market, live pigeons and chickens for sales, a public library, local small supermarkets, many housing estates (which kinda resembles those in Singapore with some unexplained differences) etc. I managed to find Indo Mee in one of the supermarket call "Welcome" at Kowloon Bay! Finally got a chance to taste some home flavours.
Ah yes, the photo in the middle shows a housing estate in Hong Kong. It's pretty similar to the one in Singapore right?

After I reached Kowloon Bay, I walked back to 牛头角 to pack dinner for Emily and myself. I bought half a roast duck from one of the restaurant over there (which is pretty cheap as compared to Singapore - if you convert it back to Singapore dollars, it's like $9 compared to $15). Emily and I met up in campus after her midterm and I cooked Indo Mee to substitute for rice.

On Saturday, I stayed in campus most of the time to finish up my work except for a dinner trip to 牛头角 with Don and an American Borned Chinese named Philip whom he gotta know in his class. Sunday was a funfilled day as I brought 16 people to Ocean Park! (Yes, I went there again, since I have the year pass!) Out of the 16 people, 11 are year zero mainlanders and the remaining 5 are Emily, Don, Philip, Sui Yen (an exchange student from Harbin) and Ben (an exchange student from Minnesota).