I made it!

Well we got in to Hong Kong last night around 8:30 (the time difference from home is 12 hours so pretty easy calculation) after the longest day and then some of traveling ever. I got up at 6am on Thursday and went to bed at 11pm on Friday. Ok yes I lost 12 hours in there but still it was painful. The flight to Newark was uneventful, and I was so excited to see NYC because I didn't realize that the Newark airport was literally right across the river from New York. Rebecca and I met up with another boy from our team, Luke and we got lunch and waited for our plane. The flight to Hong Kong was also uneventful but also one of the weirdest experiences ever. We flew over the north pole so the entire flight the sun was bright and shining. Except people were not thrilled when I opened the window shade to look outside because the plane was very dark and they were blinded by the light. So after the 3rd withering stare I received, I stopped trying to peek. I watched quite a few movies: Valentine's Day, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and part of Wall-E until I FINALLY fell asleep. We landed in Hong Kong just after the sun had gone down. The city was absolutely stunning to see from the sky. It's huge!!! and then there are random hill/mountains in the middle of huge sky rises. It's so funny. We then proceded through immigration and customs and then met our greeting party.
The school that we are staying in is very large, although as of now I've really only seen the second floor, but no worries there will be pictures to come. I woke up this morning around 5am and was wide awake... stupid time zones. Apparently our agenda today is pretty open: we have a meeting at 8am and then the rest of the day to explore and get accustomed. I hope to take lots of pictures and I'll have them up here sometime soon!