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To Hong Kong

November 16, 2012

Before: Finished my grad school apps and packed in 2 days.

Here is my stuff for the next 6 month, pretty good right? My sweet brother is bringing the bigger suitcase with him next week when he meets me in Japan.

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It was very sad to say goodbye to these people who came to see me off (plus my mom, not pictured here) who are so dear to me, that I won't see for a while. Goodbyes are painful but I will focus on the time ahead.

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During: -Current read: Forgotten God by Francis Chan. So far it has been excellent and perfectly applicable especially to the next 6 months -14.5 hour direct flight...wow. But after going on a total of 7 hours of sleep combined in the past three days

After: Sander and his friend Anthony came to pick me up, we dropped off my stuff and I got to experience Friday night out in Hong Kong. Loving it so far! On the train from the airport:

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