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| PRIDE PARADE (whereby we were attacked by reporters as we walked behind a socialist banner yelling LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT along with sex workers (under)dressed as cowboys) |
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| AFRICAN DINNER (I'm a |
Followed by: ACE (African Cultural Evening see the trailer here)
Followed by: CANTEEN PARTY (which was followed by being locked out of my room and sleeping in the computer room but we can pass that part)
Sunday was very quiet, I woke up ridiculously early, stole some of Rosie's clothes, had a European Cultural Evening meeting for a couple of hours, skyped the Mammy and had judo.
Monday I had my first ToK (theory of knowledge) class. ToK is pretty much structured philosophical debates. So basically you make loads of points during the discussions and come out knowing so much less. It turns into a but how do you know that you know what you know type job within minutes. After that we had a lecture on study skills, coral monitoring service planning, a china week meeting, photography and luckily no lion dance fitness because a) I had a lotta work to do for school and b) I was absolutely wrecked!
On Tuesday I studied a bitta maths with Jose and went for a swim avec Mia. Aaaand that's about it tbh.
Wednesday was purdy productive, I went shopping in Ma On Shan, exchanged some money, had another European Cultural Evening meeting (myself agus Aine are going to be laying down Riverdance the likes of which have never before been seen outside of Michael Flatley's wildest dreams), did some geo and got in the way of the people cooking in the student kitchen. I also recieved a turkish postcard, 12 pairs of socks, 2 books and FOOD.
Thursday I only had 3 classes which was divine (despite one of those being a maths test), and after school I finished one of the aforementioned books (Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?), had Art For Non Artists whereby we failed at making pinhole cameras and succeeded in eating too many iced gems, went out for pork rice n' a packet of cookies each with Mia and Dilaynay which was very much needed. Although we'd planned to get back for 7 for the global issues forum on LGBT rights we made it back at about 8:30...hmmm...At 9 we had block meeting, campus ecologists prolly took away our privilege to respire (due to CO2 emissions), then after block meeting all the Brits went to the block 3 dayroom and we had BRIT PUD NIGHT. With angel delight with malteasers, dodgy banana custard, branston pickle, marmite, baked beans, proper dairy milk and leftover bananas. It was a feast like no other. We planned some particularly intense things to do as a culture group too which shall be duly recorded.
Friday was when the International School's Theatre Association (not sure if the A is right but the abbreviation is ISTA) invaded. All these international theatre kids coming down on our school. Tis fairly bothersome for us non-theatre students I ain't gone lie. Getting special bbq lunches while we struggle through our sweetcorn sauce chicken of slime. Ah sure. At about 5 I took myself off into central on me lonesome armed with food and a book and Paolina's iPod (because mine's locked in Dorte's top drawer aaallll the way in block 4) and I went for a walkabout in HK as ya do. Took the star ferry, ate some fro yo, lived the life yadda yadda. Ended up working my way back home by challenging myself to finally figure out the bus system and then once I made it back to Ma On Shan I had no money to get the MTR so I somehow defied my gender and navigated my way home by the light of the stars (and by following the MTR line when I could see it). Had a bro out with James on my return then crashed in bed at 11.
Today I had a record 3 HOUR SKYPE CALL le mo cara, followed by brekkie, laundry, lion dance, and blog writing. Baking gingerbread men and brownies with Aine after lunch and going out with the Brits before dinner at 4:30. We be cool like that. Also, going to mainland China on Monday for a week to go paint an orphanage? Thought I should throw that in there.
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