Hong Kong History Clip

by Sara Clark 1st hr. World History

Hong Kong has had human activity for hundreds of years. It dates back over five millennia. There was also early influences from Chinese stone-age cultures. The East India Company made the first trips to China, and trade developed soon after that. Hong Kong was ceded to Britain after the First Opium War under the treaty of Nanking. In the 19^th and 20^th centuries Hong Kong developed warehouses for the U.K. trade with southern China.

After World War II, communists took over China. Thousands of people fled from China to Hong Kong. This helped Hong Kong become such an economic success and tourism center. In 1997, China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending the years of British rule.

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Hello Hong Kong
I have finally arrived in Honk Kong after almost 24 hours of travel. My flight was long but alright. I did meet some really cool people during the flight that I hope I will run into here in HK.

Hong Kong is close to South East Asia so it has a semi tropical weather and it is currently 85 degrees with about 92% humidity @ 9 pm at night!

After I exchanged some money, I decided to go have a 'look see'. Woaw...the stuff that there is to see! In the picture I included in this post you see the ridiculously could Harbor City in the background (Oh yeah, I did get some Starbucks cause my body keeps wanting to sleep like its 2am and I have places to see and people to meet yet tonight! yeah, I a 13 hours in the future...) I am hoping to walk the length of that harbor by the end of the week.

So far Hong Kong-ites are really neat people. The young people are friendly and cool and most people speak English. People drive on the right side of the car which makes everyone seem like they are driving the wrong way...to me, at least.

I also went out looking for food so I ended up in a typical HK street eatery. These are really narrow and small family owned 'restaurants' (can't really call them that cause they are the size of most people's bedrooms back at home) and only the locals eat there. I stuck out like a sore thumb in there but...that is just the way I like it. I had only some fried rice cause I really wasn't hungry, I just wanted to go out and do the Hong Kong thang! The fried rice looked nothing like the stuff we see @ home and it tasted 19.5 times better.

My Hat, My Laptop and My Bag On Route Again

I love the buzz of a new trip. I love the magic of getting into a plane on one end and ending up on a huge adventure on the other.
I am always so curious about the other travelers...where are they going? what is their story? are they too expecting an adventure on the other end? who knows? Are they getting creeped out by some weird black chick staring intently at them? probably..tsk dang...I really should learn to use my powers for good.

Goodbye Lansing, Goodbye Michigan, See ya later USA....

Sister Mary Eucharist says.....Happy Halloween and Pleez be nice to my sub while I am gone or else you will be forever blamed and punished for the death and crucifixion of Christ!

Ridonculous birds eye view of Hong Kong!

HONG KONG AWAITS!!!
Ok, you have now heard me rant about going to Hong Kong at nauseum for the past week. I will be going there to present CareerForward, a course that I worked on for Microsoft Partners in Learning program. The course was created to help students like yourself begin to think your career goals in today's global economy.

Click on this link and follow the directions there to watch the course trailer. If you would like to become a better consumer of your high school career, you can take this course for free Michigan Virtual University.

I am super excited to go and I know that it will be amazing. I will try to blog everyday so that you can travel with me to Hong Kong through the internet. Come and visit often!

Africa on my mind...forever!

Antilope and Fries...Yum!


Time to go home...

BACK TO LANSING

It is difficult to leave this beautiful, peaceful and leisurely island. I will go back to the routine, the alarm clock, the long commute, the daily grind....my other world. Africa gets under the skin and becomes like an addiction that is difficult to ignore. It is the disease of most displaced Africans. When I am away from Her, I hear the distant drums and feel the pull no matter how much I integrate into American society.

Even though it is so very hard to live here, life here is a daily reminder that it is meant to be experienced to its fullest. Work is important but not all consuming, laughter is king, displays of affection are exuberantly shared, time is hardly acknowledged, family is first and personal accomplishments, dreams, ambitions, are just that...personal.