Wednesday . Only had about 26 HK in my wallet today. (Conversion rate is 5:1 HK to CDN and 7.8:1 for HK to US) still managed to eat a nasty but filling lunch for 23 bux.

ah so CTI , the missions organization i am went with last summer , is arriving in HK probably i guess on Friday if they leave tomorrow which is a wed. for the States... wait. or rather thrusday nite. oh i dont know.. these time things confuse me. Anyway, I hope they will like HK. nice and hot and polluted. I hope they will get used to getting called Gwai loes by the locals. I hope i get a chance to hang with them... one of my team members Nate from last year is gonna be here so I am pretty estatic about that.


ah yes, i was gonna talk about how cantonese ppl pronounce the names of universities. Education is a HUGE thing in Chinese families as families often compare their children to those their family friends and relatives. The main vocations established by parents (often wishful thinking as they do not know the extent of their child's abilities.) are medicine, (any kind just as long as you have the M.D.) Engineering (Any kind as long as its like "See Woe" -civil., "computah", "EE" electrical), or "Fai, lance-so" (financial), business related stuff. Architecture is leaning towards a still respected profession but often the parents dont know thats where their kids learn free thought and expression and human objectivism (thanks to Ayn Rand) and what design is all about. oh well, they'll say (in phonetics first) "AH , LAY GOH ZHAI DOOK GEEN JUK SEE AH? WAH HO HO AH!" translated (wow, your son studies to be an architect ? So good!) OR as long as their children are in some respectable science related or business field, as an asian , you're safe. On the other hand, if you study "Engwish lee tur Ah chur" or a Bachelor's degree in like "Psycho lo gee" well, hmm... ur parents will probably persistently isnist that your gifts and likes are elsewhere...
Even worse, if you go into music unless your parents are musicians, (sometimes i wonder if they are worried about their retirement plan of living with their doctor daughters and sons).. so back to what schools asian parents like their children to go to...
"O MY SON goes to HAH WUT " (Pronounuced like shrimp and Seed in chinese=> Harvard).... or "My daughtah goes to SEE DAN FUD" (Stanford)... or " ah my kids go to BURk lee..." or " Yeh-low" (yale)

a fine arts degree is a definite no no. Painting? HA! Of course my above statements are made with a pure CBC cerebration process. Honestly, if i had my chance at skool, ti'd seriously be music or fine art. Then again, architecture isn't so bad... if my parents only knew... or rather if chinese parents only knew ( ithink my parents do know since my dad is a see woe en-jah-leer)

Hmm.. and of course there's the interesting aspect of Asian Chinese Christian Familes.... but i wont go into that... ANOTHeR DAY! ANOTheR TIME!

Remember people : As christians and humans, we need to maintain our Temple's of the Holy Spirit, i.e. our bodies. so eat rite , sleep tite, and be like ARnold.
peace.