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 This is my 7th time to have a short business trip to Hong Kong. So, I did not feel very excited. I thought that one night would be enough for me to prepare my personal things.
Anyway, I was wrong. First of all, a clerk of the administration office exchanged money wrong. I asked U.S.dollars, he gave me the H.K.dollars, he thought since I would go to HongKong, certainly I need H.K.dollars. I would really like to ask him to re-do the thing. However, I knew he had not had his dinner and he had been in a bank for hours. So, I changed my idea and say "Thanks a lot for making a decision for me "with smiles.
 Secondly, I was informed that we made a mistake in a newspaper yesterday. I had to find an engineer to check the program, to publish a correction and apologize our readers next day. Meanwhile, I needed to prepare to be punished for the mistakes as an administrant.
Thirdly, I just found that I had "owed" so much debt -- emails, letters and telephones. All of these should be "returned" before I left from the office. I could not delay them until I come back from Hong Kong.
Also, I hoped I have some time to copy few poems by Emily Dickinson...
Finally, I thought that I had prepared everything ok. I could do a wonderful travel next day. However, when I am in Hong Kong right now, I found I had forgotten the wire and the British style socket to connect my computer. Luckily, the hotel offers them to me.:-)
 This evening, I am going to take part in a work party by the host. What is waiting for me tomorrow?
--Shirley
Written in NTT International House in Hong Kong Baptist University on 4th.,Jan.,2001
Edited on 29th.,June, 2005
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