Moving all around, twiching in and out

A lot of movement in the air.

It is finally time for Markus to be moving out of my apartment and test his own wings in this world of opportunity we call Hong Kong. It has been fun having him around but as it was with my guests a few months back, so it is with him: it'll be nice to see him gone.

He has proven to be quite a formidable opponent in a number of debates and I do feel brave enough to declare that the intellectual level of our conversation must've reached that of at least 5-year-olds on numerous occasions. I will have to reduce debating with him to office-conversations and in times between I shall meditate at home. Alone.

There are a number of changes his absence will cause, most which I look towards to.

Aside from Markus, one my friends in Guangzhou is moving. You can read more from his blog (BuHao's China Friendly Journal). The bottom-line is, he'll be quite significantly further away from Hong Kong making it a bit more difficult for us to meet. Most unfortunate, but at least I can honestly be happy he got his things sorted out after a rather dire looking circumstance.

I, too, have been thinking about moving a lot. And I will, actually, move out the first chance I get. I still have until February 2008 on my current rental contract but once it expires, I'm SO out of there. I don't know yet where I'll move but I know it won't be Tung Chung.

Tung Chung is an awesome place and I like being there. But there's so much more to Hong Kong and I want to see other places too. Especially I would like to move to a place with less gweilos around. I've seen other residential areas now and I realized there is an almost unlimited selection of places I could live in. Now I have some months to pick up my 'dream spot'.

The real reasons I want to move are a bit more practical. First of all, my current apartment was ready-furnished. And I have this feeling of not being fully at home in a place where someone else owns most what I see. Hence I want a place to which I will buy all the furniture. Secondly, (as mentioned already) I want a place with less gweilo's. It's not really that I want 'less' gweilos but a place which is more local-oriented. I don't care about living like a European, I want to live here like a local would. At least to my best knowledge. Third, I want a place where pets are easier to have. I don't plan to buy a pet of my own but since Chi has a dog, I think it'll make things easier for us in the long-term - if indeed I should be brave enough to think so far ahead, which I am, of course.

Unlike many thought, transportation isn't really a problem for me when thinking about Tung Chung. I am aware it's not the best possible location but I still think the transportation is quite efficiently arranged.

Anyway. Not much happening lately here. Life is on its usual tracks and things are good. Tomorrow's Friday so this week is slowly starting to be at its end. Swell and Super!