Electricity usage anxiety
I’m blessed with being assigned to Lee Woo Sing college during my time at CUHK. It’s a newly built college, to accommodate for increased student numbers when Hong Kong moved to a 4 year undergrad curriculum in 2012. It also...
Hong Kong (volume 1)
Time flies! I’ve been in Hong Kong almost a month now. On the 2nd Saturday, the Office of Academic Links organised a city tour for all the exchange students. First stop was Victoria Peak. We...
Beijing
Just before making my way to Hong Kong, I went to Beijing for just over 4 days (August 26-30). Unfortunately, because of China’s military parade on September 3rd, the Forbidden City was closed during my stay. In exchange, I got...
Moving in
I was a little startled yesterday when I remembered that I’m a student. After two and a half months of holidays, meeting and making friends, visiting family overseas and travelling, the thought of returning to uni life was not welcomed....
CMHK 1-card-2-number
Update 4/10/15: this post has been updated to reflect my thoughts after a month of usage in mainland China and another in Hong Kong. Update 3/1/22: the card was discontinued in 2016. I wanted a Chinese phone number for various...
Hello world
Hi, I’m Henry. I’m 19, and a 2nd year undergraduate student at UNSW in Sydney. Next semester (September 2015), I will be an exchange student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Why Hong Kong? I’ve always wanted to go,...