I was able to take Thursday and Friday off of this week because Brandon is on vacation. It has been sooo nice to actually see him for more than an hour here and there! His last day off is Sunday, so we have 3 more days to relax and enjoy life! (Mixed in with some wedding stuff of course.) For those with spouses that work 8-5, you dont know how lucky you are to have so much time! Brandon typically works 80-100 hours per week. Luckily, with time that will eventually get better, but not for a good chunk of years through residency.
I never really posted any pictures or comments about Hong Kong... I am a little slow. The one thing that impressed me about this place was the skyline. It's absolutely beautiful and endless. I have seen a lot of things, but this was amazing! The picture doesn't do justice and only shows a fraction of the buildings. I am putting it on my top 10 list. Here is a photo of the "gang" I was with during my trip over there. All of them were so much fun! The lady directly in from of me in black is the reason I even made it to China. She is the one who made my dad promise he would bring me on this trip. She also spoiled me rotten while I was with her. She speaks literally no English! Thanks Mrs. Dai for dubbing yourself as my Chinese mom!
In Hong Kong I was surprised to see so many white people. This city didn't seem very "Asian" to me compared to all the other places I have been. It was ruled by the British for a lot of years, which explains that and also why they drive on the wrong (left) side of the road. We were able to hit up the temple and luckily the mission presidents wife let us in, gave us a tour of the building (the non temple part), and passed out chinese books of mormon to all the crew. I love that pretty much no matter where you go in the world, there is also a place that feels so much like home! :) The last thing I would say about this city is that there are THOUSANDS of these skyscrapers/apartment buildings 100 floors high EVERYWHERE... MAN, they know how to pack the people in. One of the most densly populated cities in the world: 6,200 people in every 1 KM... which is about 1/2 a mile~ Can you believe that???
I had a lot of crazy experiences over in Asia last week! Here are a few photos :) These are Shanghai.
