Being back is good

Before going away I was told many times about this weird phenomenon called ‘culture shock’. It relates to an anxiety or a feeling of uneasiness when operating within an unknown cultural environment, such as a different country. We were given a lot of advice on how to tackle the nostalgia once it kicks in and [...]

Summary of the summer

It is hard to believe that the summer is nearly over. A little summary is in order, especially that it was quite an eventful few months! Most of my international friends decided to do further travelling across South East Asia, some went straight home, there were even the brave ones who took the Transsiberian [...]

Getting around Hong Kong

Getting around Hong Kong for a newcomer might be a little tricky and complicated. As much as nearly everything is in both Cantonese and English, some travelling arrangements in here can be a bit of a surprise to a Westerner and certainly was for me. Hong Kong is very compact and all of [...]

End of school = start of fun!

The 13th floor of Wei Lun is nearly deserted. Normally life here starts around 2am when the local boys play hockey or football in the corridor, and goes on till the janitor comes to silence us down. Today however it is surprisingly quiet already. The end of the semester! The end of the year even!
It [...]

First semester summary

The first semester is over and I figured I’ll post a little summary. Following an old chinese saying that a picture is worth a thousand words I decided to paste one picture for every month I’ve been here.
September was a month of meeting people, picking courses and getting used to the pace of life in [...]

One month into Honkie life!

Dear all,

It’s been over a month now and I am still loving it! Oh well, there are certain aspects that I don’t particularly enjoy but I shall talk about those at the end of this post.

Last time I mentioned some things that I was planning to do and they all went down pretty smoothly.
I opened [...]

settling down

Hi!
I have made it to Hong Kong! These words are written from the 13th floor of Wei Lun Hall while I am looking at the ocean. It’s 27 degrees and that’s how good it gets!
I arrived on Tuesday evening and I will share with you some of my initial thoughts about my experience. First and [...]

nearly there…..

Well, they’re building a gallows outside my cell, I’ve got 25 minutes to go
And the whole town’s waitin’ just to hear me yell, I’ve got 24 minutes to go…
Oh no, wait. That’s a different story! I’ve got less than three weeks to go and thought I’ll share with you where I am with all formalities.
First [...]

Intro!

Hello everybody and welcome to the blog.
I am Andrzej and I will proudly represent the University of Glasgow on an exchange programme in Hong Kong. Since this is my first post here I thought I would include some links to websites that everybody interested in studying in HK should know.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/international/studyabroadprogramme/ – this is probably where [...]