提问：生长在加拿大的希腊后裔小C，在工作几年后作出了出人意料的决定－去香港留学一年。初到香港的小C不忘给大家写思想汇报。俺觉得他写的比较加拿大和香港的物价，公车等挺有意思的，和大家分享一下。。。Hey Everyone,Well, you should all be glad to know, this is the first big email I have sent out, and luckily for you guys, I chose you as the recipients... Something to do while sitting in my room waiting for a delivery from Ikea (more on that later).I've now been in Hong Kong for 8 days or so, and I tell you, I am finally starting to get adjusted to the life here. It is a really big, congested, dense, and really damn hot city. For those of you who have not been here, when I say its HOT, i mean, really, its hot. Normal temperatures right now are about 35C during the day and with humidity it feels like 42-45C. Night time only really goes down by 5-7C. How to cope? lots of water (which you cant drink from the tap) and air conditioning EVERYWHERE. And when I say Air Con, I mean -really damn cold- air conditioning.I arrived here in HK last Saturday night around 11pm in the airport. A very nice and modern airport, and really fast immigration (unlike Toronto). Most people used their ID cards that have a smart card build on it to get themselves into the country. I however do not have such a card yet. The flight from Vancouver to HK was about 12.5-13 hrs, and was quite fine. I had my fair share of alcohol early on and passed out for about 8 hrs afterwards. Definitely the best sleeping pill I could have asked for.After arriving a friend of mine picked me up and let me stay at her place the first nite. I was pretty tired even though I had slept most of the tiem prior, that I just fell asleep and woke up the next morning. I then made my way with a taxi to the residence and got my room. Nice thing about taxicabs in Hong Kong is that they are fairly cheap. $15 HKD for the first two kilometers (which is approx $2) and then more after that. I have not yet paid more than $60HKD for a taxi (about $8.50). Some of the reasons for this also are that HK is relatively small, and Im not really going far.Public transportation here is something completely different. Lets preface that for a second; The island of HK on the north side (where I am) is very very dense. Skyscrapers and extremely tall condo building severywhere, and very windy one way streets. The lack of urban planning when it comes to infrastructure leads to an extremely busy traffic system, lots of traffic jams everywhere. No real grid road system like in most north american cities. Also the island's centre is a mountain and park, and most things are only built part way up the mountain. My hall is actually at a very high point on the mountain (there is nothing higher) so to walk down is a real pain in the ass, because walking BACK is .. well.. hard on the body :). So back to public transport. I'll start a new paragraph..The Bus system here is very interesting. All privatized, there are a few major large bus carriers that operate several hundred fixed routes. Unlike Toronto where the busses typcally travel along a main road and stop at each major intersection (for isntance the Eglinton 34 bus, or the Yonge 97bus..) the routes here are ALL demand based. What this means is they go from point A to Z b ased on the fact that at some point people wanted to be able to go from A to Z, and have various stops on the way. The routes will invariable consist of many different streets. So what this means is you really need to know where you're starting from, and where you need to go. The fares for busses fluctuate wdepending on where on the route you are and how far you are going. There really are no 'transfers' between busses. Aside from the BIG busses (and I mean doubel decker almost coach size busses) there are the 'mini busses'. These busses are 16 passenger van type vehicles. The green ones operate on fixed routes. The difference here is that they only stop either by you calling out STOP PLEASE or if youre by the road at a bus stop you have to hail it like a cab. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, 99% of bus drivers speak 0 english, so really, you cant communicate with them, other than saying STOP!!!!. When you yell stop, the driver usually goes to the next bus stop (for the big busses) orsometimes will actually stop close to wherever you are. The red mini busses (I dont dare try them yet) are another story. They have "sort of" fixed routes, in the sense they have a final destination (usually only displayed in chinese), and they also just stop and pick up wherever. Kind of like a big taxi. Also the fares are up to the driver.In addition to the extensive bus system there is a pretty modern and nice subway system called the MTR. The MTR is more expensive than the busses but is also really fast and efficient. The stations are all over Kowloon and the north part of Hong Kong Island. I have to take a bus to get to the MTR, myself, but its not really that long a ride. The MTR can get you to most of the major points of interest in Hong Kong. In addition to the MTR there is an above ground rail network called the KCR that services the new territories area and kowloon.So, how do you pay for this all? This is the greatest achievement yet. With the exception of Taxis and RED mini busses, you pay with this rather wonderful thing they call the Octopus card. What it is is a RFID smart card type proxy card that you just put money on. Every time you get on the bus or the MTR you just hold y9our card (or bag, or purse, wherever the card is) near the reader and it debits the amount from it. It costs $50HKD(deposit) to get a card (thats like $8) and then you put on amounts of $100 and up on to the card as credit ($16 cdn +). Another nice thing about the Octopus is that since its a payment card you can use it in many shops (like 7-11 and some grocery stores, etc) to buy things. Its kind of like dexit but faster and better. I rather do enjoy buying beer at the store with my transit pass, you know? :). One thing to mention. The MTR system's fares are based on destination. The further you go the more expensive it is. Anywhere from (in Canadian now) about $0.80 to $4 depending. The busses are about the same in terms of pricing, anywhere from $0.80 to about $3-4 canadian. That being said, I have never had to pay more than about $1 for a trip to somewhere.So, on the topic of beer. This is what I have noticed... Beer in stores is cheaper than in Canada. Same with liquor. You can buy it in any 7-11 or gorcery store, and you can drink on the street if you like. Bars and clubs (especially in the western areas) are much more expensive than in Toronto. You end up paying at least $8 CDN for a drink when you go out, if not more. So your best bet, if you are me, and want to have a good time, is to have a few beforehand.Food and groceries at the supermarkets is relatively the same price, if not a bit cheaper for some things. The nice thing here on goods is there is no sales tax at all. In restaurants, depending on what youre eating, you can spend a lot of money, or al ittle. I would say its a bit cheaper than Canada even simply because you are not required to tip at all.So what the hell is supposed to be so expernsive here? Simple: RENT and accomodation. Rdiciulous expensive. I am lucky to have a room in my residence because otherwise I would probably have to fork out at least $1200 CDN for a 'somewhat decent' tiny little apartment that was 'reasonably' close to the university. A 2 bedroom condo, 1000 sqft, in the downtown area, would probably run you at minimum $4000 CDN a month. Probably more however. The further you get from the core of the island the cheaper it gets, howevever the 'nice'ness of the places declines. Also the less english and more chinese the areas become.. what I mean to say is, the more difficult it is for a westerner to get around.So thats another good segway. What are the challenges I face in every day life. Well, the reality is the people here for the most part dont speak MUCH english at all. Only in the more western areas of teh island is there english, and that is quite basic at most. If I want to go to a restaurant near the university, its a challenge for sure because most around here have NO ENGLISH at all, and the waiters usually speak none also. i have been lucky to be able to have some friends here who are locals and can order :). Other than that, when you get here, its a big culture shock, and its a completely new area. I was smart to go buy a book of maps so that I had an idea of where I was, but even then, its confusing. The bus system as I mentioned is really confusing, and is knowing where you need to go. I suppose it all just takes time though.So I started my email talking about having to wait for Ikea. Here's that story... I got into my residence here, and, to my wonderful delight there was a single bed. I was expecting this of course. What I was not expecting was what they call a "mattress". This, as many of you who are chinese probably understand, is about as 'soft' as the floor. I kid you not. I have no ability to sleep comfortably on this thing, so, I decided to go to Ikea and purchase my own single bed mattress for here. Nice thing is, I found one for about $65 canadian including delivery. Now Im waiting on it... so we wait :). Im looking forward to a good night's sleep.What else. Oh yeah! Cellphones. You have no ability to undersand HOW MUCH CHOICE there is in what phone you want. Seriously, theres HUNDREDS of handsets you can buy in stores. All ranging in price (new, now, not.. fake and grey market) from $140 CDN and way the hell up. What you do is you BUY a GSM phone (it is unlocked) and y ou buy a SIM card from whatever provider you want. The phones arent cheap. but, the price per minute for calling is REALLY cheap. If you are on a pre-paid sim card like me, you bpay by the minute. My rates are either 0.06 HK cents a minute to 0.12 HK cents a minute. So in Canadian its.. 0.009 canadian (less than a penny) to0.017 canadian per minute. yeah. Cheap. Really cheap. If youre a resident you can gtet a 12 month contract and pay for really cheap rate plans. My friend has one that works out to $28 CDN a month for 2000 (yes, twothousand) minutes of usage. And she goes over. People are cell crazy. And oh yeah, if anyone would like to call me you are welcome to, my mobile is852 (thats the country code) XXXXXXXX (my number). I can afford the 1 cent per minute to talk to you.Internet access here is all high speed for the most part. Theres thousands of WIFI access points all over the city, even in the subway if you want. You can also use your mobile in the subway, its pretty cool. The school gives me access via the hall network so I dont have to pay extra for a DSL connection or anything like that.Well.. I cant think of anything more to write, I know I've written quite the essay here. Im still waiting on Ikea and watching my savings run dry... Ive managed to spend a bit of money already. Maybe our boss will rethink the idea of having that off hours support centre over here :).Take care all, and hope to hear from some of you soon. I am missing Canada and it would be nice to see a reply this time :) -C
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引用“for_eu写道:生长在加拿大的希腊后裔小C，在工作几年后作出了出人意料的决定－去香港留学一年。初到香港的小不忘给大家写思想汇报。俺觉得他写的比较加拿大和香港的物价，公车等挺有意思的，和大家分享一下。。。HeyEveryone,I'venowbeeninHongKongfor8daysorso,andItellyou,Iamfinallystartingtogetadjustedtothelifehere.Itisareallybig,congested,dense,andreallydamnhotcity.Forthoseofyouwhohavenotbeenhere,whenIsayitsHOT,imean,really,itshot.Normaltemperaturesrightnowareabout35Cduringthedayandwithhumidityitfeelslike42-45C.Nighttimeonlyreallygoesdownby5-7C.Howtocope?lotsofwater(whichyoucantdrinkfromthetap)andairconditioningEVERYWHERE.AndwhenIsayAirCon,Imean-reallydamncold-airconditioning.”香港那种闷热还记忆犹新......哈哈，把加拿大北极熊关在香港大蒸笼里......
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