Want a look into my daily life? Here is the second photo-tour around the campus at CUHK:
Let’s start out with a picture of a typical (messy) kitchen in the student hostel where I live:
Lately, I have carried my camera around as much as possible to catch the few glimpses of sunlight whenever the sun breaks through the massive layer of smog. Here is a view at one of the lakes on campus:
And this one: Seriously, I have no idea why they put up banners saying ‘Rubberband’!
My favorite dish on campus so far: Noodles in soup with sliced beef (and chili sauce) at Chung Chi Student Canteen. Before going to China, I thought I liked Chinese food. I was wrong: I like Western Chinese food! Though I like some of the traditional food, I am still having a hard time getting used to very strong seafood-flavours. Also, the idea that ‘all parts of the animal are equally good’ have I not yet learned to appreciate fully (I would still like my food without skin, bones and fat, thank you very much!). Accordingly, I have found some ‘safe dishes’ in the canteens on campus that I go for – to avoid unpleasant surprises, and this is one of them.
Yet another sunny moment. This picture is taken on Chung Chi campus. The university has four colleges (much like in Harry Potter), and though I am a United College student (just as the Nobel Prize winner Professor Kao), I like Chung Chi college the most. It is located near a lake and has some nice green spots:
The other colleges are New Asia and Shaw College. This, however, is the monument of United College:
The view from my flat i I-House: After we had fire alarms going off about 4-5 times a day in three days time, they suddenly started digging holes outside of the building. I hypothesized that they were for the students who fail to react if there is an actual fire. However, it turned out that the holes were for trees – and not a mass-grave.
Spring comes early to Hong Kong – and the flowers at CUHK are indeed very pretty:
And if you thought the video was the last you were going to see of CUHK student associations, you were wrong! They continue to amaze me with their enthusiastic food-stomping/clapping maddness. Moreover, they also promote their causes with posters. And who in their right mind would not want to join this?
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