All the new things

         I don’t think I have ever been in a position where I have felt like I have known so little. I have spent most of the week slightly overwhelmed by pretty much everything. From learning a new job to learning how to live in a huge city and getting lost every time I come back to the house from work.  I have been incredibly blessed with a place to stay for the past week. A Kivu family has generously extended me a room to sleep in for the past week and it has been much needed.

         Hong Kong actually shares many similarities with many US cities, people are very driven and time oriented... and they have McDonalds, thankfully. There are also some differences that are taking getting used to. Hong Kong is very compact and 90% of the population uses public transportation, so I’m slowly learning to navigate the bus and train system. I have yet to get to and from work successfully. The past three days I have gotten lost coming back and end up taking a Taxi back to the place I am staying. I am still very excited for my time here and really enjoying all of the new experiences.

Airplane Thoughts

            I’m writing this sitting in the exit row on my flight to Hong Kong, alternating between excitement and nervousness. I have very few expectations for what the next nine months will look like. The two expectations I do have are that: this is going to be hard; and I’m going to learn a ton. And even though expectations are completely vague, but I’m ok with that now.

I would like to think that I’m ready, but I have a feeling that my world is going to drastically change; and honestly that scares me just as much as it excites me. For the first time in my life I can honestly say I have no clue what the next year holds. Not that I had ever known what was going to happen, but every year up until this point I have known that I would have a year of school in front of me and that was comfortable. Now, I’m uncomfortable. Basically I don’t know what I feel right now and I’m not a fan.