I've been sick for the last little bit- just spent 22 hours straight in bed sleeping. Not sure if it was just that I needed the rest, or the result of the Dimetapp I was a nursing for my screwed up head and sinuses.

My first week of classes passed pretty uneventfully. The chinese engineering courses don't really seem that hard, although of course it's a bit too early to tell anything for sure. Since they only meet twice a week though, I've been finding it hard to fill up all the free time I have. For sure, weight lifting and playing Squash have helped to pass a few hours each day. The other main hobby I've acquired is wandering around the city here. Kennedy District, my prime wandering grounds, always has something new to see or do. I don't have any pictures (and if I did either Blogspot or my computer is making it difficult to post pictures online anyway), but it looks like a stereotypical busy crowded Hong Kong street. All sorts of interesting stores, each the size of a linen closet, line both sides of the road. There are lots of tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurants where you can get the tastiest broth based noodle and meat dish for less than $3 USD. There's also rarely a stretch of road where you can't make out at least one foot reflexology or massage parlor. I have yet to try one, but I plan to very soon.

Since I've gotten here to Hong Kong, I've been on the lookout for a game arcade. I used to love going to one called Aladdin's Castle when I was a little kid, but since then I've never even seen one- much less gone in. But as I wandered around Kennedy yesterday, I found The Game Station. Bo yah! As I swung open the door to this arcade I was enveloped into a jungle of blinking lights and deafening sounds. Thank god I'm not seizure-prone. 

I found a game that seemed to vaguely resemble Guitar Hero and put some $1 coins in the slot. Immediately a small crowd seemed to form behind me. Unlike in America, where arcades are usually inhabited by little boys and their weary mothers, this one was full of young adults and, most surprisingly, lots of hot girls. So when I lost this Guitar Hero game in all of about 3o seconds, I felt so ashamed that I could only hang my head and walk slowly out The Game Station.  It seems that my arcade skills have atrophied in the past decade...