I just wanted to wash laundry, besides type out this blog entry, and then quickly to bed. Then I had the internet back and I'm useless time to seed (you surely know, right? ^ ^) And just because I: Well as you hang the clothes on now quickly and easily go to bed without a new blog entry. Well. But somehow, the sports clothes still smell ... well. Without washing powder which can indeed be nothing haha So it all over again, at least now presoaked is already beautiful. Just blonde, right?
But back to today's topic of bad conscience. I can think of in recent times things I've always done, but then never put into action. Some goes into the 10th Class at the high school back (already sad ne?) but some is also not barred by much. And so that this blog does not even come as far as the trip report and photo album from the CAP exchange, so now here knows the entry ^ ^
I do not, if I've mentioned in a previous blog entry before, but I had originally planned to me for the 2nd Taiwan to spend half my year with a host family. When I was in my lonely, cold dorm room (again: I wanted to at least ONE roommate but that was my non. granted, as foreigners are all think that we will have a single room), well, at least in the dorm room I was in part almost came to mind, simply because there was no Wuhling times and no living thing except me and the occasional mosquito in the room were (and I say to you: drivers elevator to the 12th floor I have it just seen how the beast got out with me because you use the Free mosquito nets!! nothing on the windows haha). The search of my dream family, however, turned out to be quite difficult. Not that I would have started in early January so on, who knows me, the know that I mumble something always at least month before me now and then at the last minute but do something (hey! And usually it gets something, too!). No. I was the only just, because I on 16 had January (a Saturday) my first meeting with my host's daughter for the Chinese New Year. I wanted to not like the Chinese New Year (the festival par excellence, "said Yvonne goes, Easter and Christmas holidays and in general all at once within a week) to spend alone in the dorm room and said I was just as effective in this time the pre-fear a promising e-mail our great foreign e-mail distribution: Every year, families willing to explain again and again in and around Taipei to include the poor, totally lonely aliens on the New Year and with them so sooooo great, traditional "You have to do it, because no part of it" - well, is making just such things. And I wanted too! So same time there logged in and bang, I also had a host family. The meeting on the Saturday was a little - ahem-haltingly. We first had to be hot with each other and two strangers, each of which will live together, well. You can certainly imagine that you ^ ^ All in all, but we were quite friendly and I was already mentally prepared that I still need a visiting young daughter (gas generator daughter? How do you say that?) And a visiting son would have. And that the family lived just outside the Taipei county. And that we would then continue for the grandparents to the country, but not speak Chinese, and it would also very rural. .... I say do not now have. Just this first: It was .... very rural.
A very acute problem in January was also my visa. This was supposed to 31 Expire in January, because then the term would end at the Taida official. What no one here was interested in was that I was actually enrolled primarily because of the Chinese language courses at Taida and went until 5 February. It must be the so imagine: there are because the university, so as usual with semester and stuff, since I attended my marketing course and yet another one, and then there's the language center, which will also help Taida (university) belonging rt, but has no semester, but quarters. And anyway, it belongs to But maybe not, because everything runs independently of the university. The people at the visa office saw the suffering so, and thought I could then just leave the country only and request a new visa. Well. Great, right? As if to find an internship would not have been nerve-racking enough. No. And for the internship, I would need then yes a different visa and ever since I had to leave again and everything within 2 months? Maybe I am studying but also a term (ie 2 quarters) and more general. In retrospect, might have worked isses that I write the entry until now. Because that was just a wiiiiiinzig small fraction of what I then went about so in the head.
Fortunately for me, and completely out of the blue I decided, on 14 January that I am on 17 January would fly to Hong Kong to apply for my visa again. This all came about only at such short notice, because my fellow student in the Chinese course, Hetian - wanted one of the Japanese women, anyway this weekend to Hong Kong, to withdraw money from a Chinese bank (do not ask me for details, I just know that they has previously worked in Hong Kong and even the money earned still on this account is located, to which they can not access from Taiwan). Na had been found in any case because 2 stupid, because I did not like coward alone into unknown countries (like, please, I ended up in Taiwan?) And she could speak English really not be so. So we were pleased both of us, as we had endless detours last 2 tickets (the marathon to various banks to pay to spare you, I ....). And on Sunday the 17th January we went on to Hong Kong. Oh dear.
A flight from Taiwan to Hong Kong does not take long, about one and a half hours. As we departed, but not until late afternoon, we were already in the evening in the dark. First, I did quite like Hong Kong: at night, this great city actually looks quite pretty, with the viiiielen, skyscrapers and the many lights and everything. How is that just as with all things in life, always from afar who knows how great, and if you then closer rangeht, isses nich mal half as great. After a long bus ride into the city center (the airport is just outside), we issued two pretty ones we are on a hotel in the city center. We had been informed in advance via the Internet, where, what, how much does it cost, but we had booked anything yet. So we got off at Nathan Road and ran towards the Chunking Mansion. Anyone who has been in Hong Kong was the groans now to be loud or alternatively also reflected on the forehead. Yes. This is the cheapest flophouse. In two ways. ^ ^ On the way there, I liked Hong Kong not so happy: There were just so many incredible people on the streets and everything is so loud and wild and hectic and everything is flashing and stroke testing. Even then I was kind of obvious that this is not entertainment. Will be constantly on the road of all sorts of people of all nationalities discussed whether they wanted this or that and that would be so cheap and they look to talk and make it the time .... So we happened to waiting at the elevator, which we should then move to a hostel, had picked out the Hetian. All sorts of people around us chatted naturally to me (because obviously a foreigner, right?) And claimed to be in Chungking Complex of himself, the manager or even owner of this or that hostel. And this complex is huge in confined spaces are as crowded at flophouse flophouse. Some people live there as in a normal apartment. Because it is just so cheap. Anyway, the man was there at the elevator schreeeeecklich intrusive. And Hetian was there no great help, they simply tata cleverly as if they are not addressed or not felt at least would understand what is man as of himself. In other words, Petra, you do sometimes. You are bigger and more menacing than I do. Wimmel the time off .... Joah. Have I then ^ ^
That evening, we're not even gone further to go. Anyway, I was flat from all impressions, and we wanted to both early out, I take care of me for my visa and Hetian to worry about is their bank issue. Only once a few pictures of our flophouse. The shower was also very interesting. Since only one tube went from Heißwasserbäuler (how do you spell that again? XD) directly to the shower the shower. Joah. Nix-adjust with cold water or something. That's not quite pain, but it is also quite dangerous ....
The next morning, we are of course non freed himself as soon as I wanted, but it finally has passed to apply for my visa in time. If you pick up the same day the will (what I had to, because our flight on Tuesday was already around noon), one must have prior claims by 11 clock everything and again pay more than half the price, so that it quickly goes. Of course I missed it again, and those documents so that I had actually only about 12 made everything ready, but the woman at the desk was very nice (and actually I had already been there shortly before 11, only because the paper Get had again taken longer) and so I stood there around noon and I thought, "what now?"
preliminary Hetian and I had actually identified, that everyone would wait for the other, in a cafe opposite the visa building (a bit further back then was also the bank to which they had). I had no mobile phone in Hong Kong working and so that was communicating with something difficult. First, I was indeed in the wrong floor in the queue (yes, laughs only), and how I learned later, Hetian then look there again for me, but found myself not because I had already found naturally at the time in the right floor and decency in the right line. Well. For Hetian had learned in the bank, that here in Hong Kong may not be on their money, they should go in there to China and seek there ne branch. Well. No sooner said than done and sometimes they just went to Shenzhen. Well. Since it was of course not much that I of all kinds of pay phones and then from an Internet cafe from over Skype, they tried to achieve. For the fixed-line phones where you can not dial phones and Skype, I had yes, the code for a cell phone in Hong Kong entered. But since I came naturally by not because she was already half way in China, where then the area code was different again. Do not get me wrong: I am well able to spend the day alone and not starve or get lost (! Google Maps thanks be), but we had just one key to our treadmill and I had. (Later I learned that the cleaning lady has Hetian then later open the door. So all worried for nothing, but oh well ...) Well at least I'm here for a while ran panicked and worried over the place to Hostel, the Internet Cafe, the cafe where we wanted to meet us, written notes, people asked, again trying to call. And eventually I thought to myself then, I can not do anything anyway, so get out and have fun! ^ ^
What I then did. My MP3 player has actually NEN subway map of Hong Kong and since then also sights are tuned ^ ^ Cool, something like that.
here, so what I've seen so beautiful:
The Kowloon Park
Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui by day (the Hong Kong equivalent of the Walk of Fame in America)
The huge park behind the Vsiumsgebäude in Admiralty (oh ... .. I will never forget, but not because of the visit in January, but the end of June ... more on that later ^ ^)
Victoria Peak (the famous views across mb ... ; make BSCH from up there, but just eeeeeisig cold ^ ^, ie photos and quickly back down)
As you can see it already evening when I froze the mighty Victoria Peak came down again. My bad conscience and the fact that I actually all significant Hong Kong's sights had scoured in a single afternoon, then led me to hurry back towards the hostel. Hetian where I was lying in front of the TV. The cleaning woman they had left as I said clean. After a while we shake on the impossibility of today had their heads, we headed to the Avenue of Stars, where it was evening, then yes see a great laser show. Then we went up a bit food. We both had not eaten much during the day. I find it somewhat more difficult than in Taipei, was nice to see in Hong Kong. Mh Here are the pictures.
On Tuesday morning we did the first time check and then looking for a quick Uniqlo. No. This is not a toilet, even if it's spoken is so ^ ^ Uniqlo is probably the Japanese brand for clothing. Well. Now I know that also ^ ^
Well at any rate, the check out already designed as something more difficult than expected. We were a bit too early for the staff there got up and we got our deposit back only after repeated knocking, phone calls and running back and forth. Creepy characters drift along at these times around the corridors of the hostel, be warned! But the guy was probably shorter on something and a piece than I do, so quickly resolved the case ^ ^
The rest I do short (I ? say always, but it brings non-finished, ne Haha): After an unsuccessful visit to the UNIQLO we were just so, with sorrow and distress (and with the express train for 10 € Arrrrrrr)!! in time to the airport. There we were still frantically shooed through the area, we seemed indeed the last not yet be boarded haha But hey! 2 hours before check in and be there? Half an hour has passed haha
evening in Taipei, we were both sooooo glad to be back home soil under his feet. So many things as I can think of here in Taipei in part on the nerves, it's become my home and the people are sooooooo much more friendly here. Actually, it would be difficult, an even friendlier ^ ^ Where to Find the place for it in Hong Kong unfriendliness certainly still some growth potential, but still: Hong Kong is just not my city. Too loud, too hectic, too unfriendly and neeeeeeeee. Long live Taipei! celebrate
To my return to Taipei, I'm still waddling on the Tuesday to the hairdresser of my confidence and I've let something aufhübschen. For the following Wednesday I had my first and only interview for an internship. In short, I had indeed been the promise of another advertising agency Here in Taipei (ne large, international), but that was all just about e-mail and by telephone and included no salary or anything else. "Come on then just on the first day over." Yes. Did I not be so serious or mad with, so I'm happy about the offer to interview at the second, smaller, local advertising agency got. Also during the meeting we were all very friendly and I had a very good idea of the agency. Meanwhile, I'm in the last 3 weeks of my internship in that same agency, and it was not that all sooooo great, I had to be so presented. Wirs say it this way: I'm not too busy ... ^ ^ Sure, I've gained some insight into the everyday work in such an agency, but in the end I had hoped for but more. Well. Only 3 weeks and a report. And later I will still make advertising! XD
I see now that this entry has the dimensions of my Taiwanese colleagues Pang (literally: fat / fat) adopted. So here are a few .... Amusing pictures from my favorite cafe in Taipei. Anyone who knows me knows I want this not because of the drinks Cafe Love,-P
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