My First day at work.

Monday morning.....and like the rest of you, I had to get up and go to work. The First thing I learned about working in Hong Kong is ya gotta reset your alarm clock for Hong Kong time. My alarm clock(my cell phone) was still on Thailand time, so I woke up late. Great start huh? Actually it wasn't such a big deal. The work doesn't start till 9:00 here, and we were still early enough to get to the morning planning meeting on time.

As we took the train out to the site I got to see a lot more of Hong Kong. This city is truly beautiful. It's full of beautiful architecture. On the way we went by I. M. Pei's Bank of China building. It has to be one of the most amazing buildings ever made. From some angles it looks like a rectangle, but as we passed by it the multiple levels divided up by triangles reveals itself. Simply an amazing piece of skyline. Further along we passed a Chinese cemetery carved out of the hillside clinging to the edge of the shore. Beyond that the harbor is spanned by multiple suspension bridges of various designs. I see now why this city gets such raving reviews. It's clever, beautiful, tasteful, and sometimes it just seems impossibly built. The landscape is rarely flat. Often steep lush hillsides dive straight into the ocean.

Then we got to the land of the mouse. It's strange to be building something that is so familiar. The layout of the park is exactly the same as Anaheim. Orienting myself to what is being built and where is just a matter of remembering where it is in California. As I started on this job I was a bit concerned as to whether I could really help, but now I know I can make a big contribution to the project. Coming up with solutions to problems and developing process of construction are things that I just can't help doing. It's a real challenge working with all the different nationalities, and personalities, but that's also part of the fun. Today I worked with people from Hong Kong, China, France, and even some Americans. I think this is gonna be really fun and challenging. I feel like I'm helping to build something that will be a major part of Hong Kong for hundreds of years. They build everything to withstand Typhoon force winds, so it all seems like it will be here forever. Beyond that I found out about all the plans for the near and far future for the other parks throughout the world. Hearing that made feel like I want in. I'm going to try hard to be a part of the plans they have if only just to go to all the cool cities like Tokyo, Shanghai, and Paris. Can ya tell I'm pretty motivated?