Hong Kong - Docking in a New Harbour

People here in Hong Kong (or maybe the whole Asia as well) eat a lot of duck. Just like in Brazil, there is the good old steak-chicken-linguiça (which is kind of a sausage, but waaaay better), here they have ducks! In Brazil the closer I got to a ready-to-eat duck was at my relatives house, in the South of Brazil, where they still keep some german traditions. Anyway, like I said in my previous post, here is quite normal to walk on the street and see these small restaurants with a duck hanging on the window, with the head and everything, looking at you... I was grossed out at first, but now I got used to it, though they don't taste that good. Another habit that, in my opinion, ruins the landscape of most Hong Kong neighborhoods are the clothes hanging outside of the houses and apartments. So you see these really nice and fancy buildings with the clothes hanging outside the window: pants, shirts, underwear... I'm sure they get dirty all over again with the air pollution we have...

I have been here for exactly 5 months and 9 days. Visited 3 countries, and 6 cities. I just had a great week, when the tiredness of many days of work was compensated with some tiny but special moments that helped me think about some stuff and also to get to some conclusions. First, last tuesday I went to the chinese city of Zhuhai, with some of my bosses to give a speech to university students. And even though the crowd waiting for us was not big as expected, I had a great time. I am glad to have the chance to work with such people, that, looking past the same daily conversations, have such great insights and can really inspire the students. It feels good to look back and remember all the moments when I was inspired by people: to change something, to take actions, and not to be afraid of little things. Stanley Beach. Taken 70 days ago. :) And second, I went to a football match! I confess that I am a shame for all Brazilians, but I never went to a football match before. And ...

Meus queridos leitores!! Novamente, peço muuuuitas desculpas por não escrever antes! Nunca passou pela minha cabeça parar de escrever no blog, mas esses meses tão tensos, e estou assumindo novas, ahem, "responsabilidades" que me impedem de passar tanto tempo na frente do computador. Outro dia um cara veio me pedir direções no metrô, o que significa que eu já sou praticamente uma local... o melhor de tudo é que sim, eu soube ajudar ele, há! Porém, estou aqui para contar um dos finais de semanas mais surreais que tive desde que cheguei aqui. Não aconteceu nada de super estranho, mas foi mais uma experiência, digamos, interessante. Como o titulo já diz, eu e alguns outros trainees resolvemos passar o final de semana num Spa na cidade de Shenzhen, aqui do lado de Hong Kong. A idéia era conhecer um pouco mais da cidade (que é gigante e tem mais de 10 milhões de habitantes - bota São Paulo no chinelo, hehehe). Assim, resolvemos conhecer o parque "Windows of the World", ...