So, I am living in Hong Kong. I’ve been here for 3 days and I can’t tell if everything is absolutely bizarre or already totally normal.
After the initial day of ‘what should I be doing with my time??’, ‘I’m so lonely!!’, ‘Outside seems terrifying, maybe I can just stay indoors and no-one would know?!’ …I feel like I’ve started to get it together.
Since then I’ve set up 2 flat viewings, arranged a job interview, learnt some new Photoshop skills, made a website (ta da) and jumped around a bit in the gym. I even ventured out for lunch and casually found loads of monkeys, just hanging around at the Botanical Gardens.
There are plenty of things I’m not yet ‘used to’. Like the instant sweatiness on leaving the flat- I just don’t have enough clothes to change 3 times a day!
Or that the streets make Oxford Street seem quiet and empty. So. Many. People.
And desperately wanting to get some authentic Chinese cuisine, but just not feeling confident enough to figure out what anything is or how I order it. Yet!
But, for week number 1, I feel like it’s gone OK. I’ve found that you can buy pretty much absolutely everything you could want (including M&S ready meals- not that I do). I’ve unpacked my things and I certainly have enough stationery to inspire me. So here’s to making lists, planning some goals and doing cool sh*t.
Em Royston Design 