First Day of Classes

First day of classes today. I wanted to make a good impression on my first day of Hydraulics and Hydrology class, so I left my room an hour early for the 10 minute walk to campus. Like the rest of Hong Kong, HKU is much more vertical then horizontal. So even though it's area is much smaller than Tufts, there are many more floors and classrooms. And depending on where your class is, you might have to go through two or three random buildings just to take their elevators up to higher levels. 

After finding my classroom in Library Extension Seven, I headed to HKU's centrally located Starbucks (i.e. Homebase) for breakfast and coffee. I returned to my class with time to spare, ready to wow my professor. However, when the professor entered and started passing out diagrams of city streets, it became apparent I was in the wrong room. 40 minutes later I finally found the right classroom, but there was only 10 minutes left by that point. So much for my good first impression. 

Even though I only saw a few minutes of the lecture, that was enough to know this class is going to suck. The teacher speaks very slow, stilted english, and my final exam is 70% of my entire grade. I was so bummed after the lecture that I went to the Student Union and had a dim sum feast and took a nap. Then I felt better.

Tomorrow is more or less free. I think I'll explore Hong Kong, or maybe summit The Peak.