Dispatch from HK
It's very warm and wet here in HK. It seems to be a standard state of affairs here, that except for the period between Christmas and just after Chinese New Year, you will either be rained on or sweaty. It makes sense to me now that you see athelete's foot referred to as "Hong Kong Foot".
I'm not complaining, but it's hard to maintain your composure in a suit in this place. There's not much news from here to tell.. which is why in the last few days we've been planning stuff and trying to schedule more interesting things to do. Not much point in flying all the way over here and getting into the same kinda rut we were in at home. But still life's fun and different here. I'm being sent off to Singapore next week for work again. Eric's going into China about once a week these days for work.
I'm really digging the work I am doing. The teaching is fun, and I'm branching into doing some course design for them too. What I wanna do is do more workshop kinda things, and less directly ESL and more soft skills kind of thing (communication skills etc.) As well i'm negotiating with someone in Canada to bring over a course that is produced there, and localising it for China. It's terribly exciting and I hope it comes together.
oh oh oh. I did have one kinda funny adventure. I went for dinner with an ex student of mine, with whom I kept in touch after class finished. We met for dinner occasionally, and last week after dinner he suggested we go for a beer and asked if I knew of a gay bar in the area. I guess my credibility as a gay beacon is safe. So we took him to his first gay bars on Friday and I think he'll be fine!!
Welcome to the sisterhood!!
