LAST paycheck

Since I'll officially be on the HK company's payroll starting June 1st, I received my last paycheck today!!! hmm, dunno what to think, but for some reason I don't think it has hit me yet that I'm leaving soon... who knows if it ever will?? I think most likely I'll wake up one day, perhaps 2 weeks after being in HK, and think to myself "whoa, I'm not in Kansas anymore".

Hooray for no car!!!

Whoa!! I was talking to my boss today, who happens to be in US for the next 2 weeks attending 2 graduations... he called me as he was driving to his destination and I asked him how he liked our gas prices and his response was "it's cheap!!!" He continues on with how he just bought a Prius, and it is the best investment he's ever made. Apparently gas prices in Hong Kong are at around $8 USD per gallon, that's more than double what we pay here!! At first I was sad because I'm going to be moving to HK, but then I remembered I'm not going to have a car, which is one of the pluses with living in HK! HOORAY!!!

Most of us here in the States don't know this, but our prices are actually lower than a lot of other countries out there, such as most of Europe and parts of Asia. However, there are still quite a few countries out there where gas prices cost less than here in the States, the question is whether you would want to move there? Venezuela anyone???

My Calendar

Haahaa!!! Finally figured out how to add a calendar to my blog, I'm going to use this to track folks that'll be visiting me, so if you're interested in coming, let me know and I'll pencil you in. =) This will also serve as a notification to friends on my whereabouts. Hopefully I'll have visitors or be traveling somewhere... if not, then it'll look pretty pathetic... =/

PHEW...

Here I was thinking that I've already secured my serviced studios with Mr. Tse at Empire Studios... As I was about to wire my $3,000 HKD deposit over, we had additional email confirmations where we re-confirmed my arrival date, which is actually 7 days after the initial date we had discussed a few weeks ago, and he replied back with "please give me a few days to confirm our availability"...
GASP!!! I thought we were set? oh boy... I then patiently waited 2 full days before hearing back from him, and he confirmed that they will have a Deluxe Plus unit available to me. I still find it funny that Deluxe Plus is a 230 sq ft room.

Apparently someone else had query about moving in on June 14th as well, since I've pushed my date back by a week, I understand his desire to not have an empty unit. Luckily for me he was able to confirm the move out date for another tenant, which turns out to be on the day that I will be arriving. What are the odds?

Now to ensure I really have secured my serviced studio, I went to my bank and wired over the $3,000!!! phew...