July 12, 2011
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The Best way to see Hong Kong
A. With great people. check.
B. With someone else’s money. check.
C. With challenges/scavenger hunts like taking pictures with strangers. check.
We went out and about Hong Kong for the first time yesterday. Amazing. I never really connected Hong Kong with tropical rain forest and mountains, but it is just that. And beautiful. I have a perfect view of the harbor as I walk into the staff room every morning.
On our scavenger hunt, we not only sang every single word–all 99 rounds–of “99 bottles of beer on the wall,” but we traveled by minibus, tram, ferry, “Ding Ding,” Subway (MTA), and foot. Through rain we stood in fountains and took pictures with strangers, one who promptly got out her camera and took our picture as well. We taught and filmed a kung fu session, and made one poor guy believe that we were wax figures at Madam Tussauds.
We tried these amazing smoothes that come in layers and have jello in them–one flavored with bird’s nest (actually, the spit that the bird uses to make the bird’s nest). That wasn’t anti-vegetarian, was it? Smelly tofu wasn’t bad, as long as you topped it with enough hot sauce. Anything isn’t too bad with enough hot sauce. I tried to learn the word for “Thank you,” which sounds like “hmmmm-goi.” Unfortunately, other things randomly came out…like “hmmm-gong.” But an “A” for effort, right?
Today we are finishing up staff training and tomorrow we meet the campers–around seventy, ages 13-17. I bruised my rib last night, and am taking things slowly, but it is killing me to fell like I am not pulling my own share. Please pray for me, to be able to relax when I need to, and to be able to step up when I need to as well. I want to be there for my team–I have gotten to know that they are amazing people that I am gonna love spending the rest of the month with.
