Sorry I have not updated in a long time, but I've been trying to familiarize myself with the campus and the activities you can do!
Moving in...
8/26: I went to the Student Residence to check-in and got my Residence Card!
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| Hall 7! (Right half: Hall 7 is on the left; straight ahead is Hall 11) |
I was assigned to the 3-person unit apartments: Hall 7, Jockey Club Harmony Hall. There are 11 halls that students (local and non-local) can live in. For Hall 7, our 7th-9th floors are 3-person units while the other floors are 2-person units.
3-person units
Advantages:
- Your own bathroom shared among 3 of you (More privacy)
- Your own refrigerator, microwave, and heat plate for cooking
- Having a closer bond with 2 other roommates
- A/C price shared within 3 of you
Disadvantages:
- No common room on your floor (Less opportunity to meet other students)
For now, I have only 1 roommate, who is also an exchange student. He is Ricardo! From Mexico!
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| Meet my roommate, Ricardo! |
To meet more friends in the hall, you can walk down to the common rooms on any of the floors (G to 6). You can also get filtered water and wifi in these common rooms!
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| (left: Common Room, top right: Computer Room, bottom right: Function Rooms) |
Aside from the common rooms, you may go to the computer room or the smaller rooms to hangout with friends. Best part about going into these rooms is that you don't have to pay for A/C! For City University, you have to pay for your own A/C and so far...it has been about 1 HKD per hour when it is set at "quiet cool - 4".
For laundry, you go to the top floor (10th floor) and walk to the end of the hallway. The price is 5 HKD per wash (~45 min), and to use the dryer it is 1 HKD per 4 minutes. If you do not wish to use the dryers, you can hang your clothes outdoors to dry and pick them up later.
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| Laundry Area |
Orientation Week
So for this week before the start of school, we were given schedules and programs of what we could attend to familiarize ourselves with the campus.
8/27: After my 1st day of moving in, the next day I went to the Arrival Hall to pick up my Welcome Pack!
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| Includes: A guide, t-shirt, towel, and business card holder |
Afterwards, I attended the City University Orienting Luncheon, Session 1.
We got into groups to play a campus game that helped us learn where different departments or centers were. And had lunch on campus eating in a Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant. At the end of the day, we signed up to join the IKEA tour to buy our essentials and bed coverings. For the following 2 days we attended 2 more mandatory sessions to learn more about the university and the Exchange Student Club!
On Sunday (9/1), exchange students were able to join a One Day Trip to Lantau Island! We were able to see the Big Buddha, and visit Tai O (a fishing village with stilt houses).
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| Taking tour bus to Lantau Island |
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| Pit stop at Cheung Sha Beach |
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| Top half: Big Buddha, Bottom half: Tai O |
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| Eating Vegetarian Lunch |
