This is called a wet market, it's a place to buy fresh fruits, vegetables and meat near Lingnan.
The past 2 weeks have been very busy. Our classes didn't start until last Thursday, September 1st, so during the week prior to that we had orientation. The first day was just for exchange students, there are 144 of us. We listened to briefings from the police, vice president and exchange student coordinators. We had a survival Cantonese course. We had the opportunity to sign up for several organized trips, I signed up for a hiking tour on Lamma Island and a cultural tour in Shum Shui Po and Temple Street. At the end of our day we had a scavenger hunt that was meant to help us learn important locations, such as the library, local market and mall. Overall it was a good day, I learned a lot and met many other exchange students.
Toads for sale at the wet market!
These are some of the many cats roaming Lingnan's campus, the one on the left is actually stalking a toad on the sidewalk
The past 2 weeks have been very busy. Our classes didn't start until last Thursday, September 1st, so during the week prior to that we had orientation. The first day was just for exchange students, there are 144 of us. We listened to briefings from the police, vice president and exchange student coordinators. We had a survival Cantonese course. We had the opportunity to sign up for several organized trips, I signed up for a hiking tour on Lamma Island and a cultural tour in Shum Shui Po and Temple Street. At the end of our day we had a scavenger hunt that was meant to help us learn important locations, such as the library, local market and mall. Overall it was a good day, I learned a lot and met many other exchange students.
On Tuesday, all of the local new students arrived. It was a little overwhelming at first because I had gotten used to the few exchange students that had been on campus for that week, but they were very friendly and highly encouraged our participation! Tuesday night we had what I saw to be the equivalent of Main Stage at CMU. All of the clubs and sports teams showcased their groups at different booths. I signed up for the women's soccer team (!) and the cat society. There are very many cats on campus, I would say there are as many cats on Lingnan's campus as there are squirrels on CMU's campus. The cat society is a group that raises money to feed these cats.
