January 17, 2005
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…bored in class…
I’m in my Business Law class right now and it’s incredibly boring. The professor is supposed to be teaching in English, but he only does so about a third of the time; the rest of the time he’s essentially explaining each of the concepts in Cantonese to the other students in the class. I’m the only international student here, but because I blend it very easily, I’m overlooked altogether, how fun. Fortunately, he gave us all an outline of everything he’ll be covering the whole semester, so I’ll just read that and I should be fine. The professor sounds a lot like my youngest uncle in Australia though, although this guy is far more annoying…
I didn’t go to my Cantonese class today. My alarm went off, but I got up to turn it off, then went right back to sleep. I woke up again in time to get to class, but I just didn’t feel like getting up because I was so warm in my bed. I did my laundry and cleaned up my whole room yesterday, it felt good to see my room clean again. I really should try to keep it orderly more often, but it’s just such a hassle. Yesterday was relaxing though, didn’t do too much, but I went to play tennis with Johnny. Johnny’s a Singaporean student who’s on my college tennis team. He’s sweet and cute in his own way. I need to figure out whether or not he’s family though. I’m thinking he is, but not quite sure. Argh, darn Asian boys, why can’t they be easier to decipher?!
Cultural Observation: Asian women are robust!
It seems that true gender parity exists here. Women don’t really get treated differently here. They are no real distinctions between what a man’s job is, and what a woman’s job is, they just do what needs to be done, period. I was walking around Wan Chai a couple of days ago and saw lots of women in the field of construction. They were carrying carts of bricks, working the jack hammers, etc. I was impressed, quite shocked, but impressed nonetheless…
