Regain

Returning to Hong Kong is a tradeoff...

I came back during the time when the economy is worst in my 23+ years of life, I am admitted to a company in Quarry Bay rather than what was expected in Central or the HKG airport, plus the fact that my life of flying freely in the skies with my CX will come to an end.

Just at the point you are getting used to the life back home, the feeling of being barred in this Special Administrative Region comes again. The sky is out there but you never know how high you can reach again. Fun thing is you never find the fun while you are taking the flight. As a passenger, all you gotta do isto (1) sit (2) enjoy the Inflight Services Entertainment through a screen by Toshiba / Panasonic and (3) wait for the plane to land. The enjoyment or the devastation you can find in airports - checking in with 20+kg of luggage and getting a penalty, getting through security and finding you still have a bottle >100ml, getting through immigration and saying "hello" and "goodbye" in the language of the country, running (or walking) with my hand-luggage and back-pack (or laptop bag) to the gate and boarding CX/BA ??? to ???... all these seem to have stopped. Yet I cannot stop clicking on to the CX web looking for cheap tickets to exit HKG again... what kinda life is this? Am I suppose to stop clicking? Why am I so unhappy in Hong Kong?????

The answer probably lies in the following:
(1) I didn't get the job I was supposed to get
(2) The culture that I am expecting is far from what I am expecting (but still, colleagues were good)
(3) The boss is EXTREMELY Chinese, which means he never says what he want and never appreciate people at all!
(4) I am situated at Quarry Bay, rather than Central or the airport
(5) Life in Hong Kong is running too quickly (but I am brought up in such a way already so this is contradicting each other)

Thanks to the Chak's couple... bringing me into Intercontinental for the nigh drink after the dining in Kaya, I finally understood that I should stand up and make my way through to Central / the airport. It takes a bit of time... I know... but let's just say it's a transition... and my aim is half a year... the earlier it is, the better! I am on my way!

Hong Kong, love it? hate it? Not an issue anymore but one thing for sure... there are hesitations to the present job due to the development of the career. But let's just say Hong Kong is still my base and I shall not give this up. Central, I will come back! Flying to the skies will come again...