Yesterday we went to Haworth! It was raining so we didn't go for a walk on the moors .... :(

Just heard that my flight has been delayed by 9 hours ... fortunately I found out before I left for the airport. It's kind of weird because I was mentally all ready to go and now I have an extra night here!

I need to work on this ...

Dinner with the students

Look at this expert chop stick action. It was quite disconcerting in this restaurant as the students washed all the plates and cutlery in tea before eating ....

yes you literally get a bucket of beer in this restaurant

At City U, in case you hadn't worked it out!

with the City U students after the meeeting and just before rushing off to lunch

Martin and Greg

The students

Dinner at Chinese University with Cecilia, Fonia, Winnie (seated) and Betty. It was lively!

I didn't take any photos of the campus ... damn ... but it's kind of similar to York but with hills and more roads! They have lakes, ponds and generous amounts of wild life.

When you enter the campus there is a sign saying how many minutes it takes to walk to each department along with how many calories it will burn and what food consumption it offsets. So if you teach in Alcuin you can have that extra pie.

Monuments to capitalism. How much longer do they have left?

kick ouch kick ouch kick ouch ...

Hong Kong Island lights up

I took this just before the meeting - i was admiring the view but when a Phillipino girl started making eyes at me I made my excuses and left!

Lunch

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I ate here before the meeting. Very 'local' - had to show and point at what I wanted, mixing with the workers! People stared at me in my suit and tie but all friendly! The pork and noodle soup was delicious!

Tuesday

Street scene during the search fopr breakfast

for some reason the meeting completely wore me out today ....

OK so that's Chinese U done, now for Thursday. With a bit of luck at this rate I will even have time to start preparing for my MATESOL session next Friday, which will take some of the pressure off next week. Only problem is that I don't have the books I need here ...

anyway, probably time for some lunch now.

Work

I'm working in the hotel today. I have prepared everything for today's meeting and so now on with tomorrow's ....

Woke up again in the middle of the night but the jet lag isn't as bad as it could be!

I realise that owning a cat is similar to being a Leeds United supporter.... when you meet a fellow sufferer/owner you instantly have a bond with anecdotes aplenty to share!

Right, I'm off out now to find an alternative place for breakfast - I'm fed up of paying $150 here in the hotel! Scandalous!

Today went quite well - met Mike at midday at Kowloon Tong and went to an organic restaurant in a shopping centre. It doesn't seem difficult to end up in a shopping centre over here! We then drove over to Lingnan where I met the dean and talked about the programme. We then went over to the tea party and gave my presentation, which seemed to go well. One student said that his dream, when in England, was to go to Elland Road!

We then drove back to Kowloon and met Jessica from Baptist University at a pizza place .,... in a shopping centre.

Got back after 10, looking forward to sleeeep!

Li ngnan University at night

Lingnan English department - Wendy works in this office

Jessica, Mike and me after dinner

Ugh didn't sleep so well last night. I hope a strong coffee will wake me up.

OK, so all planned for tomorrow's meeting. Will need to look again in the morning though. i even squeezed in a few minutes on the running machine and will head out for something to eat in a minute.

I think I have sorted the size issue!

no idea what all these women were doing!

Just before getting on the ferry to Hong Kong island

Woke up to a lovely sunny day and even managed to sleep until 9.30.. it meant I missed breakfast and so I had to pay a bit more to have it in the hotel but after the cheap meal last might (£3!) I don't think anyone at the University can complain!

Spent most of the afternoon wandering around, trying to get my circadian rhythms in order....got a ferry across to Hong Kong island and had some lunch there (some rather suspicious beef balls...) and now back to the hotel, trying to stay awake, and will prepare for my first meeting, at Lingnan University tomorrow.

well I'm struggling to stay awake now .... just been wandering around Nathan Road looking for something to eat and I ended up in what I think was some sort of Japanese fast food restaurant! It was nice though :)

I was constantly accosted by these guys offering to make me a new suit ... I must stop looking like I've just got off the boat.

I just had hotel staff come round saying that they wanted to turn down the bed!

The room

This is my room

Hong Kong

Just arrived at the hotel in Kowloon - not quite as nice as the photos on the web had me believe but I guess it's not bad!

This is the view from the 14th floor ... oooh errr...

Will venture out to scout the area after a shower.

photo

Sunset over the Uni