Under the weather.
I’m quite sick at the moment with a nasty cold. I blame it on the changing weather. One moment it’s hot and the next - dreary, in typical Vancouver fashion. It even drizzled a bit this morning. An Asian-studies friend of mine (who has been in China and HK a zillion times) advised me not to do any “building hopping” (air con in buildings are mega cold!) while there as it can get me sick. It’s kind of ironic that it’s happening here with me now. Totally looking forward to how my immune system responds.
Okay okay, enough about weather, who wants to hear about that? After all, we’re not on the front porch like a bunch of Gen X folks.
So I think I’m starting to feel the anticipation with all the packing my family is starting to do. To be honest, I’m not too excited about the trip - although I think I should be since a month is a long time! - it only pertains to visiting lots of people I don’t know and will never talk to again. Even though the trip isn’t my idea and I’m rather “meh” about it all, I want to approach it with a positive attitude since I don’t travel often and it’s a good opportunity to see what it’s like. I look forward to seeing new things, engaging in a different culture, eating not-so-vastly-different food.. I should also read up on the building structures and examine the buildings a la true tourists. A chem prof of mine was telling me how the buildings in Malaysia are very much like the British’s, but I am absolutely clueless about these things.
Not much of an update, but I did make a list of the things I need to pack seeing as I always forget things. And I just remembered that I didn’t get a converter for my laptop yet.
