The end is near

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, be grateful to the people love you and thankful of all things you own. So today marks the end of last week of instruction and I got a final on monday. I'm glad it's all coming to an end because I can honestly say I'm ready to go home to my friends, family, and my girlfriend. I miss all you guys. Over the month of Nov I learned a great deal about How NOT asian I am compare to these real asians here in HK. I always thought my identity as "asian" when I'm in America, but here I realize that I'm more American than I thought. Asia is a place that makes you realize things, things I never realized before about life, identity and my future. I thought it'd be appropriate to take a moment here (since it's thxgiving) just give thanks to all da ppl that made my life meaningful, don't be shy here you know who you are.

Asians study so hard...well because they have to, you think your future career opportunities are shrinking in America? well, you better think again cuz the competition here is much greater and people are under much more pressure...that's why Hong Kong people are always rushing. Being in Asia observing harsh realities sometimes allowed me to have a deeper understanding for my parents, ironically when I had to turn in my EAP statement, I BSed some lines about how this experience would bridge the generational gap between me and my parents, well it actually did (kind of). I sometimes wonder why I chose Hong Kong but actually it doesn't matter where I picked and the fact I experienced some hard times here (I know hard to believe right? exchange? hard times? come on quit being a pussy go out and get drunk!) made it necessary for me to grow up.

A few words about Hong Kong Society: is Hong Kong more asian now that it belongs to China or is Hong Kong more western? I don't feel like I learned a thing about "real" Hong Kong culture per se, but I can certainly tell that Hong Kong people make clear distinction from mainland China. Hell, Hong Kong is even competing against China in the Asian games. Shit it's 4AM again, I better go sleep.

But I will certainly miss the time here with my exchange life coming to a wrap.