September 13, 2008

  • According to two of my flatmates, Hong Kong people work long hours.  They go overtime because their colleagues go overtime; they don't want to be among the first to leave b/c it would reflect badly on them.  Even if they're done with their work, they learn to be less efficient at what they do.  This means many families employ Filipino maids at home because both parents work and cannot watch their children at home.  It is more economic for them to employ a maid than for a parent to stay at home.

    Today I went swimming at the pool.  I was surprised I could still do (even if just my best attempt at a facsimile of) breaststroke, backstroke, dolphin kick, and freestyle.  It was fun; I'm glad Phyllis, my roommate, asked me to go with her.

    Later today, I went to Shatin with Phyllis and we bought a fan for $149HKD.