Dear all,
Here I am, honouring my promise to NUS - A blog about my study exchange experiences in Hong Kong.
This is The University of Hong Kong's (HKU) Main Building. Does the design of this building not remind you of some ancient building? Well, let me give you some history of HKU.
The University is founded in 1910 - the birth of Hong Kong's first tertiary institution. In December 1916, the University held its first congregation, with just 23 graduates.
It was ten years after the founding of HKU that women students were admitted for the first time. In 1937, Queen Mary Hospital opened and has served as the University's teaching hospital since that time.
Up to today, it is now Hong Kong's largest tertiary-level institution for continuing education with cumulative enrolment totalling more than one million students.
Therefore, I am pretty sure I will be able to gain some quality education over here, together with some cultural exchange and interaction with the local students. I will definitely enjoy my semester here! So dear friends, enjoy along with me! =)
Sunday, December 18, 2005
17th Dec - Xmas Gathering Dinner @ Hard Rock CafeAfter so long, the 9 of us finally had a chance to go out for a really nice dinner! It was an advance Christmas dinner because our dearest Huitong had to leave Hong Kong on the 21st! Though most of us are still having our exams, but all of us turned up for the dinner, and enjoyed our time @ Hard Rock Cafe to the max!
Well, beforehand, we had drew lots to pick our angels. Played the Angel and Mortal game. So we bought our angels a Christmas gift, and exchanged it. It was fun exchanging gifts!
Linn prepared some Christmas cards for us to write for each other. So I have a Christmas card with comments and greetings from 8 others. Being so nice and sweet like Linn, Phoebe prepared a gift for every one of us! A developed photo with a small little cute snowman attached to the photo! Everyone received a different photo because each of us looked nice in different photos. A personalised gift! Well, our Jonathan gave us a surprise as well. He personalised poems for all of us! I must say he is really good in language. All of us received a different personalised poem. For mine it goes...
Disaster strikes the day I arrive,Meeting the girl with big scary eyes. Her name is Elise, Also known to be hard to please. Choosing a gift for her, Took me almost forever. Living with her but a few floors down, Meeting her in the lift would cease a frown. Cantonese she speaks fast and furious, VCDs she has, and thankfully generous. It was a pleasure knowing her, But bye for now, as I stay another semester.Cool huh? He was my angel, gaveme a Body Shop strawberry body soap. Phoebe was my mortal, and I got her a small bottle of Dior Addict perfume. Our budget was HKD50.
Hard Rock Cafe was quite cool too. The rock band came at 10pm, and rocked the house! So many people were celebrating their birthday. How sweet. The food was alright. Had pig's sandwich, which was quite average. We took lotsa of photos together, cos we know after tonight, it will be hard for all 9 of us to get together again. Huitong leaves early, and Jon and Wanling are gonna stay for another semester.. Sighz.
I really hope we can continue to stay close, and remain good friends in future! Really.. friends are hard to find. I hope we can all cherish these God-given friendship! =)
3:35 AM , Reminisced
