we're staying at the hyatt next to the chinese university of hong kong (CUHK). Its really nice here since the hotel just opened up to the public. i think we're the first ones in our suites. for 3 ppl we have a living room and 2 bedrooms, one with two twins and one with a queen. 3 bathrooms. really cool
we have class every morning from 8:30 - 11:30, and im taking 2 classes. comparative strategic management and international marketing. its a mix of expat professors and local-ish ones. It's been really interesting hearing the experiences and perspectives of the local ones. expat ones are kind of boring...
most days we also have business site visits, so we are going in to different companies and places to visit and they usually give us a presentation and we ask questions and stuff. we've been to some government stuff (like invest hk, icac (anticorruption)) and also places like the jockey club. Jockey club was really cool since they gave us a box after to watch the horse races and gamble. I did all right that day, i was only -$12 HK for the day. (which is less than $2) won most of it back on the last race. Other ppl were -$100+
among other things... we've been to LKF a couple times, which is the main bar district. its pretty fun. that and soho, which is a big expat area where there is all kinds of cuisine. i swear there are more white ppl there than asian ppl too... kind of weird at this point since you get used to seeing asian ppl everywhere...
ppl on the program have been pretty cool so far. some cooler than others. its just a bunch of gtown kids and we all take class together. so not much with the local students =/
for some of them, its their first time out of the US... and a couple are bone headed spoiled preppy white kids who are racist. (sorry not the biggest fan of them) but there are also a bunch of really cool ppl.
anyway... thats my first post
hope everyone is doing well
skype me @ peterylai
good talk
pete
yay racists
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