ICE (International Cultural Evening)

It was on a Saturday night that we had a special dinner with dishes from around the world, and we had to attend wearing our national costumes. It was incredible to see all those people, who you already love although you only know them for a week, wearing such amazing costumes. Here's a couple photos:

Africans + Latinos


The Czechs and I




After dinner, they took us all to the big gym and made us wait for some time until the second years were prepared to perform... and how they performed. They sang, acted, but most of all, they danced. They danced a lot, and incredibly well. It became obvious that UWC is full of artists, at least their generation. I can't imagine myself in their place next year!
I've just posted a request on Facebook so that somebody lets me know if they have videos of the event.
After the performances we had a little time to prepare for the CANTEEN PARTY!!!!! A disco set in the canteen, everyone dancing in the middle, it was so much fun! Though it was then that I figured out the difference between discos here and back home: there, you can exit the disco and get some fresh air. Here you can't.
But it is still bearable.

I'm really having such a great time here!

Orientation Week

It has been a long and exhausting week, full of presentations, information, and names, LOTS of names. But it might be one of the best weeks I've ever lived. I immediately found very good friends in Laci (Hungary), Lorenzo (Italia) and Tomi (Finland). However, as the days passed by, I met more and more people, meaning more and more friends. There is a kind of brotherhood at LPC that everybody shares.We've seen some great dance and music shows, we've been to a camp (we had to hike for uncountable hours, I don't really know how I'm still alive), had 4 showers each day, attended meetings about LPC life, socialized with our Block and Tutor Group, set up bank accounts, got HK ID Cards, played pool games, danced in the canteen and the students' common room in the A Block... We have had some free time that we've used to go around the place by MTR (Underground) and buy stuff, or to work out a little in the gym, or just to socialize a bit more.

First Week at LPC

I've already been here for a week and the only way to describe it that I've found is saying "UWC". A new life has begun, full of new friends and experiences. I'll start writing from the beginning. I left from Madrid on Friday 3rd September 15:25. It was not possible to contain the tears when saying goodbye to my parents, but, why contain them? So after saying goodbye, I entered a new life. An independent life. Now it's me who cares about myself. I was a little worried because my boarding time was 14:40 and I went through the x-rays and metal detectors around 14:20, and when looking for the gate, the signals said that they were 22 minutes away. I had to take this little train, but finally arrived in time. I boarded and tried to start developing my English skills by watching Prince of Persia, which was a nice film but not a work of art.

When I landed in Dubai, I directed my steps to the next boarding gate and used the iPod to go on Facebook chat and find Maroua Sallami, my co-year from Tunisia. I sat in front of her and both of us took our computers and Skyped with family and friends, until Nasser Karmali, French, appeared. We talked for a while, and boarded (unfortunately, we weren't sitting together). Many hours later we were arriving at HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT!!! FINALLY THERE!! The feeling was delicious: three teenagers in a completely unknown airport. After the immigration control and the baggage claim, we went to the "Arrivals" Gate, where there was a bunch of 2nd year LPCers. After introducing ourselves, some went to Starbucks, some to Burger King, and then took a bus near to LPC and then a taxi. It was around 8 in the evening, and by 7 it was already night, so we couldn't see much. I almost didn't have time to see my room, I just left the baggage, said hi to my roomies (Jia Jun, Malaysia, and Jonathan, Hong Kong. On Sunday Thomas Chen, Hong Kong, would join us). Then, we took another bus to Sai Kun, the nearby town, where a lot of people were having dessert at Honeymoon's, but it was full when we arrived. Lots of names and nationalities, maybe I got some, but there are still many names I have to learn. It was so great to be with so many different people, we just hung around, had something to drink and walked along the pier. That night I would collapse onto my bed and immediately fall asleep.