Gam Yat Ho Yit Ah!

*Translation: Today is very hot.

Y'know, I wondered why the Learn Cantonese Podcasts I listened to before coming here (which have proved invaluable, by the way!) Only taught me two types of weather:
Gam Yat Ho Yit Ah
and Gam Yat Lok Yu Ah (It's raining today).
I no longer wonder-these are the two options for weather in Hong Kong.

So what've I been doing?
Well, School, for one! Classes are going well, pretty much every class has a tutorial (A small discussion group), which is rare in Ottawa (or was in second year, at any rate). Also, very few text books to buy, which makes me happy (My most expensive was actually an Arabic book I already owned but left at home-and even that was cheap!).
I've also been exploring. I've been to the markets in Mong Kok, the big shopping centres in Tsim Sha Tsui (pronounced Chim sha Choy), Admiralty and Tai Koo, the waterfront in TST, the golden Bauhinia square, Dim Sum with my local buddy and another local friend...the list goes on!
I really like taking the MTR (Underground): it's such a novelty, since we have none in Ottawa (Or Castlegar, or Sydney, or Hali, etc.). I've also been enjoying the bakeries: as some of you know, baked goods are like crack to me, and here you can buy a slice of chocolate cake for about 2 dollars Canadian, even less for Tiramisu etc.
I've even mostly adjusted to the heat (except today, which was excessively hot, even for HK), and have endeavoured to walk home from school instead of taking the bus.

I'll post some pictures of the tourist sites I've seen in another post soon. Also, I'm going to start making posts in French on a regular basis, but these won't replace anything in English, so don't worry.

Leave comments, hope you're all well!