a year and a day in hong kong.

whoops, another month gone.  i'm still in hong kong, but will be leaving a week from tomorrow.  the last month has been really great, although i've been busier than i ever was during the actual grant period.  i couldn't afford the full yoga teacher training (3,500 US wasn't really in my budget...) but i have been doing the morning practices, which means i've been doing yoga 7-9am monday through saturday.  65-70% of you won't believe that i'm actually doing this, but it's been really wonderful and made me even consider the possibility that i'm a morning person.  who knew?

when i'm not pushing the snooze button, i've been teaching about 20-30 hours per week with kaplan.  it's been pretty demanding, but surprisingly enjoyable.  i've learned a lot in the last year about teaching, and am finally reaching a point where i can have fun with the classes, as i feel like i've started to develop my own style of teaching.  

i'm currently living in sheung wan on hong kong island with a friend of mine named julian.  i left my apartment in mong kok this afternoon, which was much sadder than i anticipated.  i've been surprised at how nostalgic i've started to get as i'm faced with my imminent departure.  leaving has led me to realize just how much i've taken away from this year.  

about ten days from now i'll be in kunming and i'll remain there for about three weeks.  during that time i'll start biking up every hill i can find, continue to do yoga (i've been put in touch with some local teachers) and maybe learn some chinese or something.  grad school has become a very real and very exciting possibility in about the last five days, so studying for the gre has been added to my to do list as well.  

that's about it for now.  many of you will have heard this song, but it feels relevant right now.