Being amazingly high going to a terrifying low then to some where in between

Up down up down up?

After an emotional scene at the airport leaving our parents team Hong Kong was ready to fly. Cathay Pacific...I was impressed with the entertainment provided as me and the 'Lads' watched Ab Lincoln vampire slayer (1 out of 5 stars) then Madagascar 3 (5* simply amazing) and finally Men in black 3 (3*). I was also lucky to be in the window seat with an incredible view of the planes large wing... The food served was average but the service was disgusting firstly they only had pasta left for lunch when I was looking forward to some pork and then THEY FORGOT TO GIVE US ICE CREAM! Everyone else got ice cream I was disgusted, was I being racially abused? About 7 hours into the flight I asked for noodles which were provided as a free snack, The air hostess stared at me and said fine...I never got my noodles. Other than the clear hatred of me Steve and Chris the flight went fine.

Arriving in HK was quite nice but we were already slightly tired as only Chris has slept on the plane. We said goodbye to my lover Sarah as she got into a taxi to be whisked off to United Christians hospital. We clambered into our own red cab and started the drive into HK. The humid air was already taking its toll I suddenly released my body was not built for a warm climate. After a nice 30 min drive we arrived at our hospital next to the nursing accommodation.

This next part has some distressing scenes so readers digression is advised  however any radiographers looking to work in HK please read. We walked into the building and were greeted by some lovely ladies. The Human Resources ladies came as well to greet us and show us the rooms. They explained one of the two lifts was broken and wont be fixed for 4 months. If I had to compare these lifts I would compare them to a tin box a hobo would use for a toilet. As we slowly made our ascent to the 4th floor we were continually told never to go above the 4th floor as that was the girls apartments. I had already began scheming to dress Chris or Steve up as a girl and send them in as a spy. The doors to the 4th floor opened and we were greeted with a lime green tiled floor, we slowly walked round to room 12 (Chris's room) the door opened and tears began to fall. The room was massive very spacious almost too spacious however it contained one chair, one desk, one bed and some large built in cupboards. The wall paper was lime green to match the floor but sadly was peeling. According to Sarah it looked like a torture room from hostel but more green and less appealing. Me and Steve left Chris to adjust to the shock and bravely ventured down the corridor to our rooms. They were the same exactly the same what the hell had we got ourselves into. The worst news was yet to come, we had no internet access!!!!! The upbeat mood changed dramatically our heads dropped. We quickly decided that we needed to go for a walk to try and lift the spirits. We strolled around the area and realised that it is a very Asian area with not many western folk. We found a few shops and got some water. After a while we decided to try the free internet cafe in the hospital, that worked fine so we were slightly happier slightly... Jet lag set in and I decided to go to sleep at 4pm just for a few hours but sadly after only 40 minutes sleep Sarah rang me claiming to be in a place called Mong Kok and asked for directions to my hospital, I made her get in a taxi and she appeared not 10 minutes later. Her jaw dropped when she saw my room and now realised her room in comparison was a palace. I was very happy to hear she had the internet and her room was nice as she was a good 40 minutes away. After Sarah left at 7pm I decided to go to sleep for good surely sleep would help this terrible day.

I awoke at 430am and managed to stay in bed till about 6 before texting the others to see if they were up. We all were up and didn't have to meet HR until 10 so decided at 7 to go down and get some breakfast from the cafe. After some pointing and attempting some basic Cantonese we managed to order 3 meals of sausage egg ham and toast with a carbonara kind of dish, this came with a coffee for the nice price of £1.50 :) Spirits were on the rise. After a nice meal I viewed our rooms differently the shower curtain pole next to the sink was very sturdy and I began my pull ups because I am dench and tings. The floor space was good for walking around in, the air conditioning was very erm cooling and the cupboard space was huge so I unpacked easily. We all seemed happier and met HR who gave us an invoice to open a bank account. Sarah arrived and we set out to meet her at the station, we got lost on our way back and went through some side streets. Then just before making it back to the main street we sniffed out some prostitutes (at 11 in the morning jesus!) we quickly ran off before temptation got the better of Steve. We wandered to HSBC and attempted to sort the bank out. I had set up my HK account in England so my process was as simple as collecting the documents, Steve and Chris needed more identification so we had to come back later. On our way back we decided to try some estate agents still buzzing from our good morning. The lady in the estate agents took us instantly for a viewing, she was very nice and we were excited until we arrived. The building was worse than our own bloomin accommodation and the price was outrageous! The best thing was the view which was of the middle of the building so dark dark and damp. After talking to another agent our heads were very much down the prices were horrendous and we then knew we could not live that close to the hospital. We got maccy ds to cheers us up and the price there was awesome as our double cheeseburger meal was £2.30 and a big mac meal was £1.80 :O This began the rise once more!!! we stormed back to the accommodation and I decided I would go back to Sarah's to view that while the guys went back to the bank. My first experience of the trains was great they were very very very efficient and it dawned on me that we could live further away than first thought. We walked up to her building and the area was different to ours it was slightly more market based but had more charm. Her room was like northern hay at Exeter Uni. The internet here was like a pool in the desert it allowed me to write this post. We began to look at possible places to live and she found a gem! A place called Diamond hill it was everything we needed: Near a train station, attached to a shopping mall, reasonably priced, swimming pool and gym!!! I emailed the estate agents and rang the guys to tell them about this place, they then informed me we had been given cards so we could access the staff computer room downstairs. Finally my Hong Kong was turning round! I accepted my room was not perfect but can easily live their until we move out! Now extremely excited for the future and my next post will tell you of our first touristy adventures of HK