before you come to any conclusions,
try walking in my shoes.
if you haven't noticed, there's no real theme to this week's post.
i went to shenzhen [pronounced shen-jen (which ruins previous blog title sadly...)] a few weekends ago and came back with arrested development and planet earth box sets and this photo of one of the central plazas:
needless to say, i'm hoping to make it farther into china next time (shenzhen seems to play a similar role for hong kong residents as tijuana does for those from southern california, except shenzhen has 13 million people).
i had my first primary school classes today and spent most of the time comparing heights with students standing on chairs. not even the coordinated clapping drills could get them to pay attention. hopefully next week i'll actually get to do some teaching.
i started teaching myself mandarin (putonghua [put-ong-wah]) a few days ago using rosetta stone which has been really fun. i've even been able to try out a few phrases on my students.
the winds have turned. shenzhen's smog has settled on hong kong. it's pretty gross.
i'm going to the horse races (the jockey club, along with hsbc, seems to own much of hong kong) this weekend. more on that soon.
song of the week: a postcard to nina by jens lekman.
2 comments:
you should mention the fact that you're going to be a runway model. people want to know about that kind of stuff.
WHAA???! ben, I can't believe you've been holding out on me. have to hear it from other comments from caleb. HORRible.
I LOVE your song of the week this week! ahem, I'm, uh, going to see him this weekend---yessssssss . . . I'll take pictures, I promise.
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