So I've started work. I always thought that a tie was like a noose, except it just hung the wrong way, but halfway through the second day, maybe it's not so bad. I feel spiffy for sure, but maybe I'm just being vain.

I had my first tai-chi lesson on Friday morning. It was interesting, and I realized how I do a lot of things unconcsciously that are not very conducive to relaxing. Quite a few times I had to stop, consciously relax my body and start over again. I wonder if that's something everyone does or just me. Because I always thought that I was pretty easy going and relaxed. I'd hate to see how tense the people I think are uptight are.

I also spent part of the weekend looking for my office building. For all of you budding stalkers out there, I'm in the Honeywell Tower (big surprise there!) at 255 Kings Road, North Point, Hong Kong. Of course, since I think it's in North Point, I get out at the North Point MTR (subway) stop to go see if I can find it. 15 minutes of walking later, I'm one MTR stop over, and realize that the building is right at the Fortress Hill MTR stop. At least it's going to be easy in the future.

The building itself is okay. There's a bunch of restaurants on the lower floors, and some little shops and things as well. There's also a fitness club in the base of the building as well. Who knows, I might become motivated and attempt to work out a bit at some point. I doubt it, but maybe.

The best thing about the building is the number of cake shops around. Go outside and there's like little cakeshops all over. You can go wandering around and find them everywhere. Fresh egg tarts, char siu bao, little char siu pies... Mmmmm.

Sunday was spent as a lazy day. Wandering around Sai Kung, helping D bake, and messing around with the computer. The only problem is the computer is in her dad's room, and I'd much rather we put one down in our room. Or two ideally. I think it's going to be a while before I'm WoWing again.

Monday was interesting. I'm definitely not used to the crush of people getting into the MTR on the way to work. I've always taken it in the middle of the day or on the weekends so it's not so busy, so I never realized how busy it was. The station attendants with the whacking batons was an eye opener.

Work is going to be interesting. I have nobody that I will actually work with in the office, so I am dealing with everyone remotely. I had my boss tell me he doesn't have anything for me for the next couple of weeks, so I'm kind of on my own doing learning and such until I'm needed in Japan, which if I understand things should be extremely quickly.

Until then, I guess it's time to see if the hour long commute is worth living out in the sticks and actually having lots of space.