The last itsy bitsy bits.

Oh, I thought the last post was going to be my last on this side of the world. But, I guess I was wrong. I'm inspired to write even though I have a hundred other things I could be doing right now (isn't that always how it goes??).

I survived (I think deep inside I am somewhat surprised)! This afternoon I taught my last teachers lesson. I thought the end of teaching the teachers would never come - it was by FAR the most challenging and least fun class I had to teach (with the exception of last week). I don't think I will miss that class one bit at all whatsoever. Poor attitude huh?

So this evening I decided to go out for dinner. Wait...I have been going out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day for the last week and a half or so because I don't want to buy any more food from the market. I am starting to clean up my kitchen and it's easier to just eat out and it might even be cheaper too. As I entered the restaurant I realized that I truly felt at home there. I just walked in, sat down, and didn't even have to ask for 'the usual' stirfry. At first they'd bring everything to my table, and serve me like in any other restaurant. But, I now get to grab my own bowl and chopstick from the sanitizing cabinet, scoop my own rice, and feel like a local person because the owners don't stare me down anymore while I am eating. Ha, I even eat like a Chinese person...slurp my soup, spit bones and fat on the ground, eat with my mouth open (owh, mom and dad would be so ashamed of me), throw napkins (which is really toilet paper) on the ground once I am done, and stay at the restaurant just to 'hang out'. Too bad I pretty much can't communicate at all with the owners...haha!

A week from tomorrow I'll be leaving this place. Still seems kinda surreal. As much as I feel like a foreigner - it does kinda feel like home here too. I know people all over town and they know me and there's not a 'walk' that goes by without running into at least 5 people I know. I shall miss them.

I'll be leaving Hong Kong on the 4th of July at 12:45pm on flight AC008 which should arrive in Vancouver at 10am on that same day (seems kinda odd - flying back in time). Then I'll have about 2 hours in Vancouver and I am hoping with all my heart that I'll be able to rush through customs and that all will go smoothly there so that I can hang out (at least for a few minutes) with my friend who's coming to see me at the airport. From there I'll head to Calgary and hope to arrive at 14:25pm on flight AC212. That will be the end of my 3-4 day trip home.

I'm hoping to leave here on the 2nd, then sleep in 'the city'. Then head from the city to the capital of this province. I haven't actually booked my flight from the capital of this province to Shenzhen yet (city right by Hong Kong) because I am hoping the prices will still go down. I'll stay in Shenzhen from the 3rd to the 4th of July. From there I'll have to catch an early morning ferry to take me to the Hong Kong airport. The 4th of July will be a looong day - good thing I enjoy traveling!

I enjoyed my 38th 2 hour massage today (since I came here in August)...which was probably my second last one. I've been spoiled. I am sure I will miss it!

Ok, time to do some more work. See you all soon!