Joanna's Singapore adventures

Due to the insanity of the few weeks prior to coming to Hong Kong (exams, camp in Malaysia, moving out of where I'd been staying....) I hadn't got to do much planning beyond booking my airfare and hotel room. One of the things I didn't get to plan for is the change of climate out of the tropics back to winter. Singapore doesn't really have a winter- it never gets below 20 degrees C. Because Singapore does not get cold, I wasn't in possession of any winter clothes. Getting off the plane in my summer clothing was quite a shock. Finding suitable clothing in Hong Kong was quite a challenge. I am certainly not Asian sized and the language barrier was a bit of a problem in asking about my size because I speak no Cantonese and most of the sales attendants spoke limited English. I've ended up wearing the same things a lot.

Its been quite weird to be seeing all the Christmas decorations while cold, since Christmas back home is usually accompanied by very warm weather. Its like being in those Christmas movies set in New York where people are seen walking past lavish shop windows and huge Christmas trees while all rugged up in big coats. Christmas trees and decorations are everywhere here and the Christmas music is almost inescapable.