Typhoon Kappu

Hi everyone,

Right now I'm sitting inside listening to the storm outside - Typhoon Kappu is supposed to hit HK directly tonight, and right now a level 8 typhoon warning has been hoisted. If it's still up in the morning classes get cancelled - so hopefully the storm lasts til morning!

My classes have been good, although we had class on Saturday this weekend to make up for a break we're having in October (I don't know why). I'm taking four classes this semester:

Chinese
Southeast Asia in the World Political Economy
Money and Banking
International Economic Relations

I really like all of them - Chinese is really fun, and I'm especially excited about the Southeast Asia class because of all the traveling I want to do there. This weekend, other than having classes on Saturday, I went swimming at the pool - everyone who knows me knows that I HATE swimming, but my friend was going and I figured I needed the exercise. After a few pointers I was even doing a passable freestyle. I think I might go back a few times this week - it's the only exercise I can do in this heat that I don't sweat in! This coming weekend I might try to explore the beaches and the harbors here, and maybe go hiking in the mountains (although I think I might just wait til the temperature drops below 90 every day!)

Zai jian! (See you soon!)